Royal Ontario Museum
Canada's largest museum of world cultures and natural history, on Bloor Street in Toronto. Its collections include dinosaur skeletons, and the angular Michael Lee-Chin Crystal addition by Daniel Libeskind opened in 2007.
- Where
- Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- Grade
- Well known
- Worth
- 10 points collected on site, plus 1 for its grade
- Coordinates
- 43.6676, -79.3947
Get the Royal Ontario Museum stamp
Open LOQAH when you are at Royal Ontario Museum. It checks where you are once, at that moment, and the stamp is yours: confirmed on site in gold and struck with the date. It goes into your Ontario volume with your photos and a note.
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Yonge Street 0.7 km
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Union Station 2.7 km
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CN Tower 2.8 km
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Questions
Where is Royal Ontario Museum?
Royal Ontario Museum is in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. The nearest other LOQAH stamps are Yonge Street (0.7 km), Kensington Market (1.5 km), Art Gallery of Ontario (1.6 km).
How do I get the Royal Ontario Museum stamp?
Open LOQAH when you are at Royal Ontario Museum and get its stamp. The app checks where you are once, at that moment, and the stamp goes into your Ontario volume, confirmed on site, with the date.
I have been to Royal Ontario Museum before. Can I still have the stamp?
Yes. Add it from Earlier trips in your Ontario volume, with the date if you know it, or import your Google Timeline and LOQAH matches the places you were.
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