Hey everyone, last week I had an awesome trip to the Royal Ontario Museum. There were so many fascinating things to see. In this blog, I’ll be sharing all the highlights from my visit, and I really hope you enjoy them as much as I did.

First of all, the size of the museum was absolutely humongous, from the outside it looked giant, and once inside, I found that it was! There were countless exhibits, unfortunately I only got to see a fraction of them during our visit as we went close to the Museum’s closing.

Upon entering, the first place we went to was an Asian history exhibit, It showcased an array of diverse Asian regions, encompassing Chinese, Korean, Indian, and more. Inside there was dining ware, tiny little figures, paintings, and giant statues of various historical leaders and figures they worshiped. One thing in particular that really caught my eye were paintings of Asiatic people, and how they had distorted-looking people and made everyone have a very stereotypical-looking exaggerative squinty Asian eyes, although the artists who made these paintings were probably Asian themselves.

The second place we went was upstairs and it was a prehistoric exhibit, it displayed a variety of extinct sea and land animals, and this part of the museum was probably the most vibrant and definitely had the most vibes of a science center.

We then went to the room on the other side of the prehistoric exhibit which showed off a bunch of rocks and gemstones like quartz and pyrite, it wasn’t really one of my favorite exhibits but it did have rubies which are my favorite gemstones, and it also held some funny-looking pink rocks.

We then went to a room in between both rooms and it contained what I believed to be taxidermies. It was one of the biggest exhibits that we went to on our visit. It showcased a rhino, buffalo, squirrel and many other animals. The exhibit was pretty cool overall, other than the King Crab and bug sections (I’m not really a fan of bugs.🪳) Within this exhibit, there was also a bat cave, but I unfortunately didn’t see any bats.

We then went to a Roman and Greek exhibit and there were lots of naked statues…. that’s all I have to say about that 😂

Next, we visited an exhibit featuring an array of medieval armor. Additionally, beyond this exhibit, housed a small room dedicated Judaism and another encased room that showcased the historical evolution of home decor designs. This section definitely had the most unique assortment of random artifacts.

The final exhibit we went to was an African exhibit which was a bit hidden beyond other exhibits at the far end of the museum, it showcased African instruments, attire, tools, and more. In my opinion, I think it did a great job at showcasing African culture and it seemed to really captivate Sami’s interest as well, it might not have been my favorite exhibit but it was still a good exhibit overall.

My final thoughts on the museum…well my final thoughts on the exhibits I was able to see prior to the museum’s closing, is that I think this is a really cool and interesting museum. There was lots of stuff to explore. The museum had a lot of variety and showcased a good amount of history between different cultures. I would definitely visit again to see the remaining exhibits I missed during my first visit.