Author Archive: ROM
Monthly Archive: December ROM
Collaboration, Family and Photography: The Process of Creating an Installation for The Family Camera Exhibition
Written By Maya Wilson-Sanchez
Since September 2016, OCAD University, The Royal Ontario Museum and The Family Camera Network have been collaborating to create an interactive project for The Family Camera exhibition opening May 6, 2017.
Illustrations that Bring the Past Back to Life!
![](https://www.rom.on.ca/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/blog_post/thumbnail/theropodziphodontygorgosaurusindinosaurpark_rom2017_15552_3_thumbnail_.png?itok=dPK9i1X3)
Meet Danielle Dufault—she is the Royal Ontario Museum's paleaontological illustrator. Check out her amazing illustrations that showcase life from the past.
Popular Motifs on Asafo Flags from Southern Ghana
![Art, Honour, Ridicule: Asafo Flags of Southern Ghana Art, Honour, Ridicule: Asafo Flags of Southern Ghana. Unidentified artist, Saltpond Workshop c. 1980. Royal Ontario Museum.](https://www.rom.on.ca/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/blog_post/thumbnail/asafoflag.png?itok=S252VxzD)
The Fante are one of the many culturally and linguistically related groups known collectively as the Akan. They mostly live in the Central Region of Ghana, their territory extending along the coast and inland from Takoradi in the west, to Senya Beraku in the east. Coastland Fanteland, once known as the Gold Coast, has been exposed to European contact longer than any other area of sub-Saharan Africa.
#ThrowbackThursday: Typewriters and Cranky Looms
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.
Join us at the Blue Whale Media Preview!
![Dead Blue Whale is towed behind a boat for processing](https://www.rom.on.ca/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/blog_post/thumbnail/bluewhalestory-5.jpg?itok=Pc8nJx4x)
We're inviting 10 lucky people to the Media Preview for our upcoming exhibition, Out of the Depths: The Blue Whale Story.
#ThrowbackThursday: Quite a Feat
!["It looks rather hopeless but it worked."](https://www.rom.on.ca/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/blog_post/thumbnail/it-worked.jpg?itok=YwxBEtYL)
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.
Sports et divertissements: a unique resource for researchers in design history
![Portfolio cover of Sports et divertissements (Paris: Publications Lucien Vogel, 1923). Musical score by Erik Satie, illustrations by Charles Martin, hand-coloured by Jules Saudé. Royal Ontario Museum, Rare Book M25 .S27 S7 1923 (Image: ROM2017_15496_1) Portfolio cover of Sports et divertissements](https://www.rom.on.ca/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/blog_post/thumbnail/rom2017_15496_1_resized.jpg?itok=iajDppKA)
Toronto based researcher, illustrator and textile artist, Ketzia Sherman, discusses
#ThrowbackThursday: Stippling the Walls
!["Frank finishing painting the weaving shed."](https://www.rom.on.ca/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/blog_post/thumbnail/weaving-shed.png?itok=kTUXn1tN)
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 Book of Life
![These rock layers near Parrsboro, Nova Scotia, hold Canada’s oldest dinosaurs. They are near the boundary of two chapters of geologic time – the Triassic and Jurassic Periods of the Mesozoic Era. (Photo by Victoria Arbour) These rock layers near Parrsboro, Nova Scotia, hold Canada’s oldest dinosaurs. They are near the boundary of two chapters of geologic time – the Triassic and Jurassic Periods of the Mesozoic Era. (Photo by Victoria Arbour)](https://www.rom.on.ca/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/blog_post/thumbnail/2017_01_18_image_for_blog_wasson.jpg?itok=zMB1W-Dr)
By Dr. Victoria Arbour, ROM Postdoctoral Researcher
Science communication at the Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto and the Natural History Museum, London: two experts compare notes
![An exciting invitation posted on the wall at the Natural History Museum, in London, UK. An image of text panel in a museum, which reads: This is where the boundaries between the public galleries and behind-the-scenes science are blurred. Come in and explore.](https://www.rom.on.ca/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/blog_post/thumbnail/20160830-img_0409.jpg?itok=G2puIXML)
Guest blog by recent EVC grad Temira Bruce comparing opinions from science communicators at museums in Toronto and London, UK, on the how the way in which museums communicate science to their visitors is changing.