Recent Acquisitions
Monthly Archive: December Rece
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
Objects and stories from Namibia
![Women and children in the village of Ohungumure, Photo copyright: Nharo! Women and children in the village of Ohungumure](https://www.rom.on.ca/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/blog_post/thumbnail/women-childre-ohungumure.jpg?itok=7Y3KzDZa)
The ROM recently acquired several Himba (from the northwestern Kuenene Region of Namibia) accessories and garments collected by Paul Welhauser, the founder of Nharo!
New Acquisition: Late Triassic Araucarian Conifer
![ROM staff inspect one of our newest acquisitions. L - R: Palaeontology technicians Brian Iwama and Peter Fenton as well as Contract Assistant Curator, Dr. Linda Tsuji Inside the shipping room, inspecting a wooden crate](https://www.rom.on.ca/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/blog_post/thumbnail/dscn1981_ps.jpg?itok=C6as8aIK)
Last week the museum acquired a Late Triassic Araucarian Conifer.
Bring on the Welcoming Committee: Doni the Komodo Dragon is Here
![Here's Doni! A close-up of the Komodo Dragon in the Life in Crisis: Schad Gallery of Biodiversity](https://www.rom.on.ca/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/blog_post/thumbnail/dsc04662.jpg?itok=vO5y0y42)
It's taken over a year to get this specimen ready, but the newest addition for the Schad Gallery was worth the wait.
Great Collections Make Great Museums: Constantinian Era Pendant
Great Collections Make Great Museums – An ongoing blog describing recent acquisitions added to the Greek, Etruscan, Roman or Byzantine Collections.
![A gold pendant flanked with red gems with a silver inset depicting three human figures.](/sites/default/files/imce/family_image_3.jpg)
A Rare and Beautiful Bird
![barn_owl_steve_brace A closer look at a living barn owl perched.](https://blog.rom.on.ca/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/barn_owl_steve_brace.jpg)
Their distinctive heart-shaped face actually helps improve their hearing. With lop-sided ears, they can easily pinpoint prey with sound alone. Photo by Steve Brace
Southern Alberta field collection 2011 has arrived!
Marked field jackets containing horned dinosaur bones from the McPheeter’s bonebed (MBB) and the South Side Ceratopsian (SSC).
Changing of the guard – Schad Gallery welcomes North America’s largest land animal
A long awaited addition to the Royal Ontario Museum was installed today in the Life in Crisis: Schad Gallery of Biodiversity. Our new North American Plains Bison (Bison bison bison) wears his shaggy winter coat and munches on grass, a key component of his vegetarian diet. Weighing about 360 kg (or 800 lbs) today, this large specimen was prepared for the ROM by the same taxidermist who prepared the White Rhino also on display in the Schad Gallery.