July 2013
Monthly Archive: July 2013
Bringing the Streets to Life: ROM Walk - Amanda Hunter
Toronto 2013: a fast paced, action packed city where we rarely stop to think about how its rich history has been masterfully included into the 21st century.
Old School Still Works
![Film hanging to dry. Film hanging on a string to dry.](https://www.rom.on.ca/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/blog_post/thumbnail/rom2013_13460_1.jpg?itok=eMaDg5Ps)
The ROM's Photographer, Bryan Boyle, shares his experience with processing film and why he put these skills to use after the big Toronto storm.
An Ivory Triptych
![15th century European ivory hinged triptych with Crucifixion and Baptism scene 15th century European ivory hinged triptych with Crucifixion and Baptism scene](https://www.rom.on.ca/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/blog_post/thumbnail/rom2013_13454_1_2_7_9_0.jpg?itok=wPhe8TXn)
Every once in a while, well actually more on a very regular basis, some amazing artifacts come to our studio to be photographed.
Getting Our Game On
![Registration open until July 15, 2013. ROM Game Jam! Foretelling the Past](https://www.rom.on.ca/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/blog_post/thumbnail/game-jam_11.jpg?itok=OwJXKqvj)
From August 9 to 11, the ROM will be hosting a horde of keen electronic game programmers, designers, artists, coders and other wizards for our first-ever “game jam.”
Stories from 2B - Talking about Canadian History
![Visiting Australian intern chronicles her time with the ROM in a weekly blog, "Stories from 2B" Image of door with text "2B"](https://www.rom.on.ca/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/blog_post/thumbnail/img_19321_0.jpg?itok=OH6cLLnG)
Australian intern, Maxine Kauter, knows nothing about Canadian history... but that's not stopping her from talking about it.
Oh Canada! Celebrating our history
![Buffalo Seed (2004), by Jane Ash Poitras. Photo by Paul Eichhorn. Buffalo Seed by Jane Ash Poitras](https://www.rom.on.ca/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/blog_post/thumbnail/poitras_buffaloseed.jpg?itok=lUZo3Y8g)
Recently, the Hon. James Moore, federal Minister of Canadian Heritage and Official Languages, announced the creation of a new initiative: Canada History Week...