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The largest museum in Canada - we showcase art, culture, and nature from around the world and across the ages.

A photo of a museum gallery featuring 3 marble statues. In the foreground is a headless Aphrodite - the statue depicts a female form draped in transparent fabric. The head and arms have been lost. In the background, a marble bust of a man, Thucydides, stands on a plinth. Next to it is a marble woman's torso, without arms or head, and legs that terminate just above the knee.
A psychedelic-era lithograph print features a white rabbit in the centre of a room with checkered floors and walls featuring high contrast squiggling lines. A variety of objects are littered around the floor, including a glass bottle labeled "Drink Me", playing cards, and a mushroom. Joseph W. McHugh (American, b. 1939, The White Rabbit (Keep Your Head), Colour offset lithograph poster, San Francisco, California, United States, 1967, 89x58.6 cm, ROM 988.201.33 Museum Purchase; anonymous gift
A page from a bird guide shows the entry for Blue Jay (Cyanocitta cristata). The page provides a detailed description of the bird (excerpt: "a medium-sized songbird with a black bill and large blue crest ). Underparts are blue with some white and some black barring on the wings and tail. There is a prominent black "necklace" around the head and throat."), along with information about the bird's distribution and habitat (excerpt: "throughout the southern half of Ontario but more common south of Lake Superior. Found in... woods, shrubby areas, urban areas, backyards..." - a small map of the province of Ontario in the lower right-hand corner of the page indicates its range.
A wooden box, richly engraved with floral and foliage motifs. The wood has been stained a dark colour, while the engraved portions remain high-contrast unstained wood. The lid of the box is warped by time, leaving the lower left hand corner of the box slightly open.