Hello from Toronto! On our trip
here in Toronto we have been lucky enough to stay at Victoria University in the
University of Toronto, which is located down the street from the Royal Ontario
Museum (ROM). Because of it’s convenient location we have been able to visit
the ROM twice. The first time we visited the ROM we got to see some very
interesting and diverse galleries. My favorite galleries were the James and
Louise Temerty Galleries of the Age of the Dinosaurs and the Eaton Gallery of
Rome. At the dinosaur gallery we got to see a wide variety of fossils including
fossils of dinosaurs and aquatic life.
The fossils represented the actual size of the dinosaurs and I liked
being able to compare the different types of dinosaurs represented. At the Rome
gallery there were many different types of sculptures and traditional Roman
dishes and coins. I enjoyed reading
about each sculpture and what type of Roman citizen they represented.
The second time we went to ROM we
went specifically to the Pompeii exhibit. The exhibit shared a descriptive
history of Pompeii and the volcano Mount Vesuvius that destroyed the city. The
exhibit had representations of statues and artifacts found in Pompeii. There
were also paintings that depicted traditional life in Pompeii. I really enjoyed
this exhibit and was very excited that it was at the ROM while we were here in
Toronto!
--Lily Simmons
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| Dinosaurs at the Royal Ontario Museum |
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| Roman statue |
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| Pompeii |
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