June 2014
Monthly Archive: June 2014
The Monastery of St Moses, Syria: The Pottery
![Pottery with an earthenware fired-clay body, overall white slip, incision through the slip with a broad tool, overall lead glaze, splashed with copper-green, probably mid-14th century. Pottery with an earthenware fired-clay body, overall white slip, incision through the slip with a broad tool, overall lead glaze, splashed with copper-green, probably mid-14th century.](https://www.rom.on.ca/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/blog_post/thumbnail/dscn0483.jpg?itok=jW8W9uiY)
Celebrate Canada Day with Maple Syrup!
![Maple Leaf Maple leaf on forest floor; http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Maple_leaf.jpg#file](https://www.rom.on.ca/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/blog_post/thumbnail/maple-leaf_1.jpg?itok=Y8Yig7wu)
In celebration of Canada Day and Canadian Heritage Week (July 1st - July 7th) this post will relfect on the rich heritage and history embedded within our maple leaf.
[REVIEW] The Making of The Forbidden City Exhibition: Member Lecture
![Dr. Chen Shen at Member Lecture Dr. Chen Shen by the podium](https://www.rom.on.ca/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/blog_post/thumbnail/cover.jpg?itok=LiYa8FpL)
The Royal Ontario Museum treated its Members to a private lecture on The Making of The Forbidden City. Hosted in the Signy and Cléophée Eaton Theatre, over 200 ROM Members were in attendance. Dr. Chen Shen and David Hollands – two of the many masterminds behind our current blockbuster exhibition, spent the morning walking Members though the complex and in depth process of curating an exhibition of this magnitude and exquisite nature.
Silk Threads from China
Welcome banners for Friends Groups
Google+ Hangout on Air: Butterflies of Ontario
![Black Swallowtail - Papilio polyxenes Black Swallowtail - Papilio polyxenes](https://www.rom.on.ca/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/blog_post/thumbnail/black-swallowtail.jpg?itok=owvP85gy)
Join us on July 16th at 2pm EST for our next Google+ Hangout on Air as we chat about the new ROM Field Guide to Butterflies of Ontario!
Montréal Botanical Garden hosts the 50th Anniversary meeting of the Canadian Botanical Association
![By being late for the banquet, we came across a family of foxes who were moving out into the Garden after most of the human visitors had left. By being late for the banquet, we came across a family of foxes who were moving out into the Garden after most of the human visitors had left.](https://www.rom.on.ca/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/blog_post/thumbnail/tinyfoxes.jpg?itok=dqThrN4O)
Deb Metsger and I are on the train coming back from Montréal where we attended the 50th Anniversary meeting of the Canadian Botanical Association.
Triceratops Dig Week 1
![The Triceratops quarry was under water when we arrived. Land with water on it](https://www.rom.on.ca/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/blog_post/thumbnail/tri-quarry.jpg?itok=tjess9fL)
For the past week, a small crew from the Royal Ontario Museum’s palaeontology division has been excavating a Triceratops site on private ranchland in Harding County, South Dakota.
Your Guide to Family Summer Fun at the ROM
![ROM Family Fun http://www.rom.on.ca/en/support-us/inspiring-stories/barrick-gold-family-day-at-the-rom](https://www.rom.on.ca/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/blog_post/thumbnail/rom-family.jpg?itok=Fqg7Q91w)
A step-by-step guide to visiting the ROM with your kids!
The Monastery of St Moses, Syria: Introduction
![View of the old monastery buildings from the South in 2004, with then Brother Jihad, a member of the monastery. View of the old monastery buildings from the South in 2004, with then Brother Jihad, a member of the monastery.](https://www.rom.on.ca/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/blog_post/thumbnail/dscn0819.jpg?itok=zFpkWDX7)
Robert Mason reports on his years of archaeological fieldwork at the Monastery of St Moses, Syria, in this blog series.
Sloth Life
![Upside-down Two-toed sloth http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Two_toed_sloth.JPG Upside-down Two-toed sloth](https://www.rom.on.ca/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/blog_post/thumbnail/upside-down-two-toed-sloth.jpg?itok=k5FIXtI4)
What you may or may not know about this unusual mammal.
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