Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto

[suspsy]

The ROM is Canada's largest natural history museum, located right in downtown Toronto. After undergoing a major expansion and renovation some years ago, its dinosaur collection rivals that of the Tyrrell Museum of Paleontology in Alberta.

The biggest star of the museum, and the biggest mounted dinosaur skeleton in all of Canada, is the Futalognkosaurus in the main lobby.

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[suspsy]

Flying overhead is a Quetzalcoatlus.

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And here's Prosaurolophus and Edmontosaurus respectively.

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[Halichoeres]

Gotta get myself to Toronto

[stargatedalek]

I will never be able to visit without thinking of Fringe

[fason]

ill never be able to take in the scale of these animals ,for some reason its stuck in my head that trex was the size of an elephant and sauropods , giraffes . I need help....

[suspsy]

Steneosaurus.

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Eurhinosaurus.

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Temnodontosaurus.

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Excalibosaurus.

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Archelon.

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Xiphinactus.

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Hydrotherosaurus.

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Platecarpus and Trinacromerum.

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Tylosaurus.

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[Jose S.M.]

I love those skeletons that are like still within the rocks.

[Doug Watson]

The ROM is Canada's largest natural history museum, located right in downtown Toronto. After undergoing a major expansion and renovation some years ago, its dinosaur collection rivals that of the Tyrrell Museum of Paleontology in Alberta.

The biggest star of the museum, and the biggest mounted dinosaur skeleton in all of Canada, is the Futalognkosaurus in the main lobby.

Never understood that name....it's way longer than a foot

Seriously, great shots.

I haven't been back since the Ultimate Dinosaurs exhibit, have they finally done something with the original interior exhibits? I was disappointed that most of the displays were now in that horrible drywall crystal they tacked on to the front of that great building while trying so hard to be avant-garde.

[suspsy]

Thanks, Doug! There are a couple of new faces in the dinosaur gallery (stay tuned!), but otherwise, it's still the same layout.

[Uncle Rex]

Thanks for the great pics. It's been years since I visited the ROM. I'll make a point of visiting again soon.

[suspsy]

Deinonychus, unfortunately with pronated wrists.

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Albertosaurus.

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Dromaeosaurus.

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Anzu. What a gorgeous mount.

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Ornithomimus.

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[suspsy]

Maiasaura adult and babies, with Gryposaurus on the wall.

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Corythosaurus.

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Lambeosaurus.

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Parasaurolophus.

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[suspsy]

Euoplocephalus. It really is scary how damn BIG that club is up close!

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Geosternbergia male and female.

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Allosaurus and Stegosaurus. Many years ago, the original dinosaur gallery had two Allosaurus surrounding the Stegosaurus in a diorama setting. I liked that a lot better than this.

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[Doug Watson]

Allosaurus and Stegosaurus. Many years ago, the original dinosaur gallery had two Allosaurus surrounding the Stegosaurus in a diorama setting. I liked that a lot better than this.

The Cave! Yes that was cool, back in the seventies I visited their model shop for a behind the scenes tour and sharing of ideas and the head of the shop took me into the paleo hall through secret door that opened up in back of one of the displays. We stepped into the display and then out into the hall to the surprise of those there. The door was covered with the same hanging stuff that made up the background and was barely noticeable when closed. At least I had never noticed it in previous visits and it was in plain site.

[suspsy]

I loved the old underwater diorama that had light radiating from the ceiling to simulate waves. There was a Tylosaurus skeleton that lay on the floor as though it was a carcass being picked over by the Platecarpus. I don't know why they didn't mount it on the wall of the new gallery as they did with the Hydrotherosaurus.

[Doug Watson]

I loved the old underwater diorama that had light radiating from the ceiling to simulate waves. There was a Tylosaurus skeleton that lay on the floor as though it was a carcass being picked over by the Platecarpus. I don't know why they didn't mount on the wall of the new gallery as they did with the Hydrotherosaurus.

I had forgotten about those, they were cool. I must have slides of those somewhere.

[suspsy]

There was also a nifty La Brea tarpit diorama with a giant sloth sinking into the tar while a couple of dire wolves and a Smilodon approached it. I don't understand why natural history museums avoid such displays these days. Is it just to save space, or do fewer people appreciate fine artistry?

[Doug Watson]

There was also a nifty La Brea tarpit diorama with a giant sloth sinking into the tar while a couple of dire wolves and a Smilodon approached it. I don't understand why natural history museums avoid such displays these days. Is it just to save space, or do fewer people appreciate fine artistry?

It is mainly cost. That is what killed the model & diorama shop at CMN. Plus the hoity toities in programming argued that most visitors spent less than 10 seconds in front of dioramas. A number that I seriously doubt to this day. But cost wise it is must cheaper to pay Research Castings or P.A.S.T to come in and assemble a skeleton than it is to create an artificial environment around them.

[suspsy]

Here's the second largest mounted dinosaur in Canada, Barosaurus. Unlike the famous rearing skeleton at the AMNH, this one contains a lot of real fossil bone.

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Cast of a baby sauropod, possibly Apatosaurus.

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Camptosaurus.

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And here's a newcomer to the gallery, Mymoorapelta! To my knowledge, this is one of only two ankylosaur skeletons mounted in Canada. The other is a Euoplocephalus at the Tyrrell.

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[suspsy]

Tyrannosaurus rex! This impressive cast is based on the famous Wankel specimen, the one that will feature at the Smithsonian when it reopens in 2019.

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Adult and juvenile skulls.

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Acheroraptor.

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Caudipteryx.

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Bambiraptor dancing with a great blue heron.

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Herperonis.

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An excellent Microraptor sculpture with a bright but now inaccurate colour scheme.

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