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Monthly Archive: December cont
ROM Ideas: Ancient Cultures
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Explore civilizations of the past with ROM Ancient Cultures, featured this Sunday, May 4th at ROM Ideas. Here’s a sneak peak of what you’ll hear at ROM Ideas.
The ROM's presence on Social Media
![Business Cards listing the new social media accounts.](https://www.rom.on.ca/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/blog_post/thumbnail/social_media_cards.jpg?itok=LmjHMZqk)
A BIG annoucement and a little shift in how we do social at the museum.
BREAKING: Royal Ontario Museum to recover two rare Northwest Atlantic blue whales
![Blue Whale skeleton on display in the Beaty Biodiversity Museum, BC. Photo by alans1948 via Flickr Creative Commons. Cropped. https://flic.kr/p/cR1hpj The blue whale skeleton hangs in the atrium at the Beaty Museum.](https://www.rom.on.ca/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/blog_post/thumbnail/7774487928_8e5af1d68e_b.jpg?itok=b8AuHWUD)
The ROM Biodiversity will send a crew to salvage two blue whales that washed ashore on the coast of Newfoundland last week.
ROM Ideas: Contemporary Culture
![ROM Ideas, formally know as the Colloquium](https://www.rom.on.ca/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/blog_post/thumbnail/romideasfinal.jpg?itok=lBtJFR5c)
On May 3rd, the Center of Contemporary Culture will join the Museum in unpacking their research initiatives. Check out this sneak peak of what you’ll hear at ROM Ideas
Of India and Modernism: Youngo Verma
Youngo Verma (1938-2014), Tantra 21, New Dehi, India, Graphite on Paper, 1981, 36 x 48 inches. ROM 2014.14.1
ROM Ideas: Fossils & Evolution
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Join ROM Fossils & Evolution this Sunday May 4th as they unearth their discoveries, and highlight the treasures within our collections. Here’s a sneak peak of what you’ll hear at ROM Ideas.
ROM Ideas: Biodiversity
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This free two-day event (May 3rd & 4th) highlights the latest global discoveries and ongoing research within each of our eight Centres of Discovery, delivered in TED x-style 12-15 minute talks. Check out this sneak peak from the Center of Biodiversity.
Earth Day at the ROM: Saving the Fastest Birds in the World!
![Touching a peregrine falcon: the fastest bird in the world. | Image by the ROM A young boy carefully pets the back of a hooded Peregrine falcon](https://www.rom.on.ca/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/blog_post/thumbnail/rom2014_14025_5.jpg?itok=ebuPu_K9)
Neighborhood students join the ROM and special guests in learning about the conservation of birds of prey.
Weapon Wednesday: Preparing for ROM Revealed
![Middle Eastern helmets Middle Eastern helmets](https://www.rom.on.ca/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/blog_post/thumbnail/p4110084web.jpg?itok=BDGuuA4b)
For ROM Revealed, part of our 100-year celebrations, we undertook a major re-organisation in some Collections and Research departments. Here we can see the improvements made in the storage of Asian Arms & Armour in anticipation of this momentous occasion.
Dr. Burton Lim's Yellow Shouldered Bat
A new species of Bat was recently named after our very own Dr. Burton Lim!