Bat Cave

Level 2, Philosophers’ Walk Wing

Be among the first to see the new Bat Cave. With more bats, animatronics and atmospheric sights and sounds, kids will love discovering the real stories behind these mysterious creatures of the night.
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Image: Bats in flight.

Life in Crisis: Schad Gallery of Biodiversity

Level 2, Centre Block
Drawing on the ROM’s extensive natural history collections, this new gallery presents the diversity of life on earth and the significant challenges to its conservation and survival. Located at the centre of this gallery is the Earth Rangers Studio, a state-of-the-art space for digital and live programming on latest scientific research and relevant issues.
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Image: Orthithoptera croesus croesus.

Teck Suite of Galleries: Earth's Treasures

Level 2, Weston Family Wing
Filling the length of the Weston Family Wing on Level 2 in the ROM’s historical buildings, the Teck Suite of Galleries: Earth's Treasures is divided into the Vale Inco Limited Gallery of Minerals, the Canadian Mining Hall of Fame Gallery and the Gallery of Gems and Gold.
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Image: The display cases in the Teck Suite of Galleries: Earth's Treasures present an attractive array of colourful and textured specimens.

Reed Gallery of the Age of Mammals

Level 2
View an impressive array of large fossil skeletons and unusual North and South American specimens in a new gallery that explores the rise of mammals through the Ice Ages that followed the great extinction of dinosaurs.
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Image: Visitors marvel at the collection of Ice Age animals, including a Mastodon, in the Reed Gallery of the Age of Mammals. Photo credit: David McKay.

Gallery of Birds

Level 2
The gallery displays hundreds of species of birds in flight, with pull-out drawers containing eggs, feathers, footprints and nests. Mini-dioramas focus on extinct birds and how environmental changes and habitat destruction have put other species in danger.
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Image: View of the Gallery of Birds.

James and Louise Temerty Galleries of the Age of Dinosaurs

Level 2
These new galleries feature our renowned collection of dinosaur skeletons, along with fascinating fossil birds, mammals, insects and plants of the Jurassic and Cretaceous periods.
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Image: Mounted Theropod skeleton on display in the James and Louise Temerty Galleries of the Age of Dinosaurs.

Patrick and Barbara Keenan Family Gallery of Hands-on Biodiversity

Level 2
This gallery is a hands-on learning centre exploring the vast diversity of life on earth. The gallery is based on the Museum's collections and research, and offers visitors a venue to examine and handle hundreds of objects.
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Image: View of child looking at leaves.

Natural History Highlights

Level 2
Highlights from our natural history collections include Burgess Shale, fossil evidence of the first animal communities over 505 million years ago.
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Image: Burgess Shale fossils from British Columbia.