Case Study (212) 273-1131 gallerysystems.com ROYAL ONTARIO MUSEUM The Royal Ontario Museum (ROM) is coming to the end of an ambitious five-year project. In 2017, this acclaimed Toronto institution began transferring its 15 databases to a single collections management solution, The Museum System (TMS). The migration project’s central goal was to better catalogue and manage its expansive natural history collections. As Canada’s largest museum, the Royal Ontario Museum oversees 13 million natural history specimens, cultural objects, and artworks that span the globe and time. Since its opening in 1914, the ROM has evolved its internal cataloguing practices throughout the decades. However, with 11 natural history disciplines under one roof, processes would sometimes vary between colle

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