Royal Ontario Museum
Museum in Toronto
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| February 2024 | Commenced OpenROM renovation, focusing on Bloor Street-facing side and architectural improvements to the Crystal. |
| 2023 | The CIBC Discovery Gallery was closed after serving as a children's learning zone, ending its interactive exhibits and educational programming for children. |
| 2022 | The Sigmund Samuel Gallery of Canada closed after displaying approximately 560 artifacts covering the period from early European settlement to the beginning of the modern industrial era. |
| 2021 | The Willner Madge Gallery, Dawn of Life opened in the former Peter F. Bronfman Hall, focusing on the evolution of life from the Paleozoic era to the Late Triassic period, featuring fossil collections from Canadian sites like the Burgess Shale and Mistaken Point. |
| 2018 | The Roloff Beny Gallery of the Institute for Contemporary Culture hosted the 'Here We Are: Black Canadian Contemporary Art' exhibition, featuring works by Black Canadian artists including Sandra Brewster, Michèle Pearson Clarke, Sylvia D. Hamilton, Bushra Junaid, Charmaine Lurch, and Esmaa Mohamoud. |
| September 4 2017 | The ROM concludes its travelling exhibit of a beached blue whale skeleton and heart, which was purchased from the coast of Newfoundland at Trout River. |
| 2011 | The ROM hosts a 'bat workshop' connected with the 41st Annual North American Symposium on Bat Research. |
| July 2011 | The Royal Ontario Museum unveiled new permanent world culture galleries, with $2.75 million in funding jointly committed by the Government of Canada and the museum, expanding its collection across the first, third, and fourth levels. |
| February 27 2010 | The Bat Cave exhibit reopens after extensive renovations, recreating the St. Clair Cave from Jamaica and featuring over 20 bats and 800 models. |
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