TORONTO, ON.- The Royal Ontario Museum (ROM) showcases some of its biggest names as it presents the original exhibition The Art of Collecting. Opening on Saturday, October 22, 2011, the exhibition will be displayed in the ROM’s Level 3 Samuel European Galleries for approximately one year. The exhibition provides the ROM the opportunity to acknowledge its many generous donors who have made the ROM’s European Decorative Art Collection the most comprehensive in Canada. The exhibition was co-curated by Robert Little, Mona Campbell Curator for European Decorative Arts, and Brian Musselwhite, Assistant Curator of European Decorative Arts, of the ROM’s World Cultures department, with assistance from technician Catherine Wyss. Musselwhite states, “We are excited about this exhibition as it honours the ROM’s donors and allows us to share their treasures with our visitors. While many of the objects have never b