Let’s go to a place where we see things that are in the past and dead! You mean a cemetery? No! The ROM!

The ROM at night

This title is quite misleading, I love, or should I say loved the ROM! I am a huge history buff. I used to eat up anything history like it was the best meal I ever had. I pride myself on knowing A LOT about world war two in detail. While also having a keen interest in: the Roman Empire, the Wild West and the main revolutions that shaped our modern society. So when I was told we are going to the ROM for class a wave of excitement nostalgia and nerdiness washed upon me. Let me say though it was cool at the beginning, it got old really fast. The ROM fails to bring much wow factor to anything. One floor is full of dead animals, yes seeing these very interesting creatures up close is cool and you get to see some you will never see in your life, the zoo can suffice is much better alternative because well, they are breathing.  The same floor contains all the dinosaurs! What guy didn’t like dinosaurs at some point, whether you were reading about them, getting eaten by a t-rex while sitting on a toilet or sadly going into the long grass, Dinosaurs are AWESOME! There sheer size still gets me but now that I’m older the fact that most of the dinosaurs at the ROM aren’t 100 real fossils crushes my childhood a little bit.

I too wish this was 100% authentic

Also it seems to be the same damn dinosaurs since I thought I too could grow up to be a brontosaurus. The other floors contained a snippet at the past with such exhibits as ancient Egypt, Rome etc. However most of the stuff are just replicas or pictures, when I think of a museum, I want it to be full of actual artifacts, the real deal! Sadly the younger generations don`t have the thirst for knowledge unless it’s how to get a higher score or 10 X kill streak. The ROM really needs to reinvent itself or invest more money in preserving actual history before its gets swept away by the sands of time; or exploited and destroyed by some major corporation or shitty high budget Hollywood action flick.

  For your viewing pleasure, the infamous toilet scene from Steven Spielbergs: Jurassic Park