Author Archive: ROM
Monthly Archive: December ROM
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.
Accessibility Awareness Week 2013 Spotlight - Alexis Pastuch
![Alexis Pastuch takes in an exhibition at the ROM Alexis Pastuch takes in an exhibition at the ROM](https://www.rom.on.ca/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/blog_post/thumbnail/alexis_pastuch.jpg?itok=fKjFx8tQ)
Alexis Pastuch has been a member of the ROM’s Accessibility Advisory Committee since 2010
Accessibility Awareness Week Spotlight 2013 - Adam Roy Cohoon
![Adam Roy Cohoon visits the ROM Adam Roy Cohoon visits the ROM](https://www.rom.on.ca/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/blog_post/thumbnail/adam_roy_cohoon.jpg?itok=0MdbaqvM)
Adam Roy Cohoon is an active member of the ROM's accessibility advocacy community
The ROM Celebrates Accessibility Awareness Week (May 26th to June 1st)
![Kate at a touch table in the Hands-On Biodiversity Gallery, holding a T-Rex tooth from the Education handling collection Kate at a touch table in the Hands-On Biodiversity Gallery, holding a T-Rex tooth from the Education handling collection](https://www.rom.on.ca/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/blog_post/thumbnail/accessibilityawarenessweekblog_022.jpg?itok=jliIzKGa)
This week we will highlight some of the people who ensure the ROM is accessible for all.
Connecting Canada’s newest citizens to Canadian culture at the ROM
![Child using his Cultural Access Pass, image courtesy of the ICC Child using his Cultural Access Pass, image courtesy of the ICC](https://www.rom.on.ca/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/blog_post/thumbnail/ago_tour_2812.jpg?itok=d_yC228k)
Jess Duerden, Institute for Canadian Citizenship
Magpies, Hand axe, and Highway - Dr. Chen Shen and the ROM-China Luonan Project
![Dr. Chen Shen Dr. Chen Shen](https://www.rom.on.ca/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/blog_post/thumbnail/figure_6_resized.jpg?itok=_Nyqx6Lr)
In China the colourful and beautiful sounds of the Eurasian Magpies (Figure 1) historically have been described in many poems and throughout literature...
How to display the past.....Part 3: Curatorial Perspectives
How do curators put together a museum display? Find out in my third installment of this behind-the-scenes tour.
ROM Volunteer Profile: Gary Cassidy
Meet Gary Cassidy, an outgoing and dedicated ROM Volunteer for over 25 years....
Our first Google+ Hangout on Air
![Google+ Hangout on Air, photo courtesy of Brennan Caverhill. Google+ Hangout on Air, photo courtesy of Brennan Caverhill.](https://www.rom.on.ca/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/blog_post/thumbnail/2013-04-02_007.jpg?itok=PIFSpqjk)
Yesterday the ROM held our first Google+ Hangout on Air, the first museum in Canada to do so. There's more to come every Tuesday and Thursday at Noon EST until April 30th.
The LEGO Maya Pyramid that 5000 kids built
![The LEGO Maya Pyramid that 5000 kids built The LEGO Maya Pyramid that 5000 kids built](https://www.rom.on.ca/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/blog_post/thumbnail/aprilpyr.jpg?itok=OsXtSXyG)
For our March Break programming this year I wanted to mark the 50th anniversary of the excavation of an incredible ancient Maya site - Altun Ha, Belize