Library hours

The Libraries and Archives of the Royal Ontario Museum are currently currently closed for in person use. Online collections and services continue to be available.

Related links regarding library hours and COVID-19
Link to library hours for Libraries and Archives at the Royal Ontario Museum
Library status (open/closed) for 2021/2022
Updates on Fall 2021 library reopenings
Holiday hours and closures

This page was last updated on September 15, 2021

About

The Royal Ontario Museum Library and Archives includes the Richard Wernham & Julia West Library and Archives and the Bishop White Committee Library of East Asia. Together these libraries support the collections and research of the Royal Ontario Museum (ROM).

Richard Wernham & Julia West Library and Archives (416) 586-5595
Bishop White Committee Library of East Asia (416) 586-5718

How to access

Our library collections are listed in the University of Toronto library catalogue, however, they are predominantly non-circulating, for in-library use only.   As our collections are dispersed throughout the Museum, we require advance notice of at least one business day to retrieve materials for in-library consultation. Please email us for your retrieval requests. To visit the Richard Wernham & Julia West Library and Archives, enter the museum through the Bloor St. or Queen’s Park entrance. Library and Archives researchers should identify themselves at the admissions desk. Visitors to the Bishop White Committee Library of East Asia (including access to Egyptian and West Asia library collections) must check-in with museum security with a valid photo-ID at the Staff Entrance, accessible from Queen’s Park on the south side of the museum.