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Monthly Archive: December cont
Our next Google+ Hangout on Air: De-Extinction
![Passenger Pigeon De-Extinction Passenger Pigeon De-Extinction](https://www.rom.on.ca/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/blog_post/thumbnail/passenger_pigeon_horizontal_rgb_letters.jpg?itok=dxFh8M5O)
Join us for a Google+ Hangout on Air on September 24th at NOON. Topic: De-Extinction
Biodiversity in the City: Toronto Biodiversity Series Launch
![A volunteer gathers a stack of Biodiversity Series books. Photo by Vincent Luk A volunteer gathers a stack of Toronto Biodiversity Series books on a table](https://www.rom.on.ca/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/blog_post/thumbnail/vincent_luk_1-2-2_1.jpg?itok=qEpwgJ9T)
Earlier this summer, the public was invited to the Evergreen Brickworks for the launch of the “Biodiversity Series of Toronto”. The initiative, a project by the City of Toronto and a number of GTA partners like the ROM, is intended to connect Torontonians with the biodiversity found in their very own backyards.
Gamers Unite for ROM Game Jam 2014
![The 2014 ROM Game Jam event runs from August 8-10 Logo of the 2014 ROM Game Jam with the theme "The Evolution Revolution"](https://www.rom.on.ca/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/blog_post/thumbnail/rom_game_jam_title.jpg?itok=199CUKYH)
The second annual ROM Game Jam will begin this Friday, August 8th, bringing together gaming enthusiasts and game developers to work together to create interactive games inspired by the unique setting of the ROM. This year's theme is "The Evolution Revolution".
My Experience as a Web Intern at the ROM
![Behind the entrance to the Bat Cave, is this delightful diorama of deer in the forest. This reminded me so much of the forest diorama at The Royal British Columbia Museum. Photos by Jaime Clifton-Ross (left) and Royal British Columbia Museum (right). Behind the entrance to the Bat Cave, is this delightful diorama of deer in the forest. This reminded me so much of the forest diorama at The Royal British Columbia Museum. Photos by Jaime Clifton-Ross (left) and Royal British Columbia Museum (right).](https://www.rom.on.ca/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/blog_post/thumbnail/museum_deer_dioramas.jpg?itok=svYtDZEx)
Jaime Clifton-Ross reflects on her Summer 2014 internship at the ROM.
Conservation Intern Spotlight: Natasa Krsmanovic
![Natasa performing backing removal on an albumen photograph at her bench in the Queen’s conservation lab. Photo courtesy of Natasa Krsmanovic. Natasa performing backing removal on an albumen photograph at her bench in the Queen’s conservation lab. Photo courtesy of Natasa Krsmanovic.](https://www.rom.on.ca/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/blog_post/thumbnail/natasa_at_school.jpg?itok=mpdBYLVh)
This spotlight post--featuring ROM paper conservation intern Natasa Krsmanovic--highlights her background, shares her perspective on current paper conservation practices, and discusses her treatment projects at the museum.
Triceratops Dig 2014 Recap
![Figure 1. The <em>Triceratops</em> quarry on our final day of work for this season. Quarry](https://www.rom.on.ca/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/blog_post/thumbnail/image001_0.jpg?itok=52wvN1BV)
Our time at the Triceratops site came to an end on Friday, June 27. As we rushed to get the last jackets out of the quarry and close down the site for the year, a menacing storm was rolling in, but we made it out just in time (Figure 1). With the back of our pick-up truck filled with plaster jackets (Figure 2), we headed back to the Royal Ontario Museum.
Conservation Intern Spotlight: Emily Ricketts
![Emily cleaning Neoclassical Chandelier with tools and supplies. Photos by Jaime Clifton-Ross Emily cleaning Neoclassical Chandelier with tools and supplies. Photos by Jaime Clifton-Ross](https://www.rom.on.ca/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/blog_post/thumbnail/emily-conserving-chandelier.jpg?itok=URa8NPXL)
This spotlight post--featuring ROM conservation intern Emily Ricketts--highlights her background, shares her perspective on current artefact conservation practices, and discusses her treatment projects at the museum.
The Monastery of St Moses, Syria: The Cave Survey
![This cave would have been a home for one of the monks of the Deir Mar Musa community, the wall at the front of the photograph shows that they had a small terrace outside the cave, either for a living area or for growing food. This cave would have been a home for one of the monks of the Deir Mar Musa community, the wall at the front of the photograph shows that they had a small terrace outside the cave, either for a living area or for growing food.](https://www.rom.on.ca/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/blog_post/thumbnail/img_0860teaser.jpg?itok=L4AhHjwU)
The monastery at Deir Mar Musa would not have just comprised the main buildings, the monks would actually have been dispersed in hermitages across the landscape.