At the turn of the 20th century, a small group of Torontonians visualized a museum in the city of international stature. People of some position and influence, they championed the cause and persuaded both the Ontario Government and the Toronto University to fund the future museum.
The Royal Ontario Museum was created by the signing of the ROM Act in the Ontario Legislature on 1912. When the Duke of Connaught, then Governor-General of Canada,the new building was opened to the public at 3:00 pm on March 19, 1914, it instantly became an object of pride for Toronto.
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