July 2017
Monthly Archive: July 2017
A Superior BioBlitz
![The insect team treks down to the dock to head out and find more species. Photo by Adil Darvesh The insect team travels with nets in hand on a chilly morning towards the dock. Photo by Adil Darvesh](https://www.rom.on.ca/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/blog_post/thumbnail/20170717_bigtroutbaybioblitz_adildarvesh_10.jpg?itok=9wfv4LWT)
Guest blog written by 2017 Environmental Visual Communication student Adil Darvesh
Most BioBlitzes tend to span a 24-hour period, but this was no typical BioBlitz. Read on to see what made the Big Trout Bay BioBlitz on the North shore of Lake Superior different!
#ThrowbackThursday: Horse Blankets
In September, 1971, the ROM opened the landmark exhibition Keep Me Warm One Night, a kaleidoscopic display of over 500 pieces of Canadian handweaving. It was the culmination of decades of pioneering research and collecting by the ROM curatorial powerhouse duo 'Burnham and Burnham’, aka Dorothy K. Burnham and Harold B. Burnham.
#ThrowbackThursday: Horrible to Handle
In September, 1971, the ROM opened the landmark exhibition Keep Me Warm One Night, a kaleidoscopic display of over 500 pieces of Canadian handweaving. It was the culmination of decades of pioneering research and collecting by the ROM curatorial powerhouse duo 'Burnham and Burnham’, aka Dorothy K. Burnham and Harold B. Burnham.
The Journey of the Lost Water Bottle
![A plastic water bottle stands next to Toronto’s CN Tower. Photo credit: Cristina Bergman A photo of the skyline where a plastic water bottle stands next to Toronto’s CN Tower. Photo credit: Cristina Bergman](https://www.rom.on.ca/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/blog_post/thumbnail/cntower_bottle-edit.jpg?itok=4av5KXlC)
Guest blog written by 2017 Environmental Visual Communication student Cristina Bergman
I will travel the ocean for hundreds of years. I will see more wildlife and more extinction in my lifetime than any human that has ever walked the earth. I fit in your hand, but can be more powerful than a blue whale. I am a plastic water bottle and this is my story.
#ThrowbackThursday: Stars and Diamonds
In September, 1971, the ROM opened the landmark exhibition Keep Me Warm One Night, a kaleidoscopic display of over 500 pieces of Canadian handweaving. It was the culmination of decades of pioneering research and collecting by the ROM curatorial powerhouse duo 'Burnham and Burnham’, aka Dorothy K. Burnham and Harold B. Burnham.
No Cutting Corners: Canada C3 Explores our Country's Coastline
![Students On Ice sailing through Arctic sea ice in 2011. Photo by Mary Paquet A view over ice floes in the Arctic Ocean from the bow of a Students On Ice Boat in 2011. Photo by Mary Paquet](https://www.rom.on.ca/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/blog_post/thumbnail/soi_for_blog.jpg?itok=arOqJamN)
Guest Blog written by 2017 Environmental Visual Communication student Mary Paquet
Have you ever been in a place where you knew that not many other people had ever stepped foot? As an “ocean nation”, surrounded on three sides by the longest coastline of any other country, there are nooks and crannies of our country that are yet to be experienced by many Canadians. This summer, through an exciting ocean-based expedition called Canada C3, along with an interactive hub at the ROM that connects museum visitors to this expedition, many Canadians will be able to experience the coastal landscapes of our country from another perspective, and connect the rest of us to those extraordinary places. Read on for more info about the Canada C3 expedition and how you can interact with its voyage!
Visiting Zuul
![David Evans and Victoria Arbour inspecting the <em>Zuul</em> belly block. Photo of two people looking at a big block containing rock and a dinosaur fossil](https://www.rom.on.ca/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/blog_post/thumbnail/meeting-zuul.jpg?itok=-jlgntxn)
Team Zuul had a chance to go check out progress on the belly block at Research Casting International a few weeks ago.
#ThrowbackThursday: Working on the Weekend
In September, 1971, the ROM opened the landmark exhibition Keep Me Warm One Night, a kaleidoscopic display of over 500 pieces of Canadian handweaving. It was the culmination of decades of pioneering research and collecting by the ROM curatorial powerhouse duo 'Burnham and Burnham’, aka Dorothy K. Burnham and Harold B. Burnham.