July 2016
Monthly Archive: July 2016
The Tattoo Hunter
Posted: July 28, 2016 - 08:00 , by ROM
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Guest blog by Doug Wallace
Anthropologist Lars Krutak has documented the tattoo traditions of Indigenous people all over the world, from the Amazon to the high Arctic.
Exhibit A: Light of the Desert Cerussite Gem
Posted: July 19, 2016 - 08:00 , by ROM
At 900 carats, this magnificent gemstone is the world's largest faceted specimen of the mineral cerussite.
What's the Buzz on Bees?
Posted: July 13, 2016 - 08:00 , by ROM
Antonia Guidotti, is an Entomology Technician at the ROM.
The secret of Oesia: a Burgess Shale mystery, by Karma Nanglu
Posted: July 7, 2016 - 10:05 , by royal
My name is Karma Nanglu and I’m a PhD student at the University of Toronto, but on a day-to-day basis I do my research at the Royal Ontario Museum.
ROM Celebrates National Aboriginal Day!
Posted: July 5, 2016 - 16:14 , by ROM
On June 21st, the ROM Learning Department began National Aboriginal Day celebrations with a cleansing ceremony using Sweet Grass to start the day off in a good, positive way led by Justin Chiblow, Kiowa Wind Memorial Indigenous Youth Intern.
