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Monthly Archive: December coll
Caring for the ROM's Collections
![ROM staff, volunteers, and interns work behind the scenes to care for our collections Woman photographing a clay pot, with a cart holding additional pots in the foreground](https://www.rom.on.ca/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/blog_post/thumbnail/sarah_thumbnail.jpg?itok=olgfLJL6)
Year round, ROM staff, interns, and volunteers care for our collections behind the scenes.
Stories from 2B - Week 1: Paying attention to what's behind the curtain
![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.jpg?itok=9nnEzW3p)
What are they building in there? A weekly chronicle from communications intern, Maxine Kauter.
Daily Life in Greek & Roman: Insights from our Interns
![The ROM's Kay Sunahara examining Roman coins with interns Menghan Yan & Clare Schwartzberg, surrounded by artifacts being prepared for the upcoming Ancient Greece & Rome Weekend exhibit. <I>photo: R.Mason</I> The ROM's Kay Sunahara examining Roman coins with interns Menghan Yan & Clare Schwartzberg, surrounded by artifacts being prepared for the upcoming Ancient Greece & Rome Weekend exhibit](https://www.rom.on.ca/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/blog_post/thumbnail/gr_2013_group_1_1.jpg?itok=vCMDaah2)
Student interns are a vital part of behind-the-scenes throughout the ROM...
Museums, stories and things.
![Image of visitors in the Birds Gallery Visitors in the Birds Gallery](https://www.rom.on.ca/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/blog_post/thumbnail/birds169.jpg?itok=EX0PRzwP)
Get ready for an insider's look at the ROM from someone who's usually very far outside of it.
Faces to Remember: Chinese Portraits of the Ming and Qing Dynasties (1368 – 1911)
![Portrait of the elderly Master Jing. By an anonymous painter. Hanging scroll in ink and colour on paper. Qing dynasty, ca. 1768. The George Crofts Collection. Gift of Mrs. H.D. Warren. 921.32.98 Portrait of the elderly Master Jing. By an anonymous painter. Hanging scroll in ink and colour on paper. Qing dynasty, ca. 1768. The George Crofts Collection. Gift of Mrs. H.D. Warren. 921.32.98](https://www.rom.on.ca/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/blog_post/thumbnail/921.32.98_2.jpg?itok=7mJqlO8x)
Currently on display in the Herman Herzog Levy Gallery from May 18, 2013 to February 23, 2014 is the exhibition Faces to Remember: Chinese Portraits of the Ming and Qing Dynasties (1368 – 1911). Located on Level 1 of the ROM’s Philosophers’ Walk building, the Levy Gallery is the Museum's main venue for its diverse slate of rotating East Asian exhibitions - themed displays drawn from the ROM’s vast collections of Chinese, Japanese and Korean artifacts.
The Making of Mesopotamia
Take a look behind the scenes as we prepare for the opening of the Mesopotamia exhibition on June 22.
The Cat's Tomb
![The Cat's Tomb display Image of cat's eyes](https://www.rom.on.ca/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/blog_post/thumbnail/pic_1.jpg?itok=8IbmaLzN)
Special display in the Ancient Egypt gallery, Summer 2013
ROM Volunteer Profile: Patricia Harris
Patricia Harris is a true testament to the profound impact of volunteerism...
A bird in the hand... by Mark Peck, Ornithology Technician, ROM Biodiversity
![A bird in the hand... by Mark Peck A bird in the hand... by Mark Peck](https://www.rom.on.ca/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/blog_post/thumbnail/mark_flap.jpg?itok=fQ6Vj6mg)
Every year, thousands of migrating birds encounter urban environments on their way to breeding or feeding grounds. Birds mistake the reflection in buildings for habitat during the day, and are attracted to light at night - both situations cause an estimated 1 million bird deaths per year in Toronto alone.
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.