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From Meteorites to Slime- A Look at the ROMForYou “Space Day” at The Hospital For Sick Children
![© Jayshree Khimasia](https://www.rom.on.ca/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/blog_post/thumbnail/sickkidsmar19-6.jpg?itok=ZSpvOS-I)
(written by Min Wong, member of ROMForYou, Friends of Earth and Space, Friends of Paleontology)
An Innovative Approach to A Puzzling Problem
![Sheridan College student Lara Morrison preparing images for digital textile printing. Photo courtesy of Stephanie Herrara. A young woman sits in front of a laptop computer surrounded by squares of patterned fabric.](https://www.rom.on.ca/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/blog_post/thumbnail/indian_chintz_cope_0.jpg?itok=FZUmbm8f)
Conserving an Indian Chintz Cope made in the Eighteenth Century for the Armenian Church
Here in the Textile Conservation department of the ROM, Senior Textile Conservator Chris Paulocik and I have begun preparing objects for display in the upcoming exhibition: “The Cloth that Changed the World: India’s Painted and Printed Cottons”.
Safavid Tile Arch Project III: The Palace of the Stables
![Tile spandrels on the outside of the Hasht Behesht Palace, Isfahan (1669). Like the tiles we are studying these spandrels are also antithetical, one side of the arch being the inverse of the other. The arch displays the Lion and the Sun, an ancient Iranian symbol of royal power. These tiles were probably made by the same craftsmen as ours. (source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Hasht_Behesht_Isfahan_Aarash_(7).jpg) Tiles over an archway.](https://www.rom.on.ca/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/blog_post/thumbnail/hasht_behesht_i_aarash_7.jpg?itok=lus5jmaN)
Written by Lisa Golombek, Curator Emeritus (Islamic Art)
The Healing Power of Dinosaurs: A look at Dinosaur Day at The Hospital for Sick Children
![photo credit @markbernards3 Photo of a girl at Sick Kids doing a dinosaur craft. Photo credit Mark Bernards3](https://www.rom.on.ca/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/blog_post/thumbnail/1._sk_girl_in_blue_with_green_plate.jpg?itok=02owFK1D)
Written by Min Wong, Outreach Volunteer, Member of Friends of Palaeontology
The life cycle of a new fossil: Meet the ancient cousin of the earthworm
![Kootenayscolex barbarensis An artist reconstruction of Kootenayscolex barbarensis](https://www.rom.on.ca/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/blog_post/thumbnail/kootenayscolex_reconstruction.jpg?itok=wNh1x1SH)
By Karma Nanglu
Indigenous Education Month at the ROM
![A teacher explaining a painting to students in the First Peoples Gallery](https://www.rom.on.ca/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/blog_post/thumbnail/first-peoples.jpg?itok=ml7Vhbw3)
By Summer Catt, Kiowa Wind Memorial Indigenous Youth Intern
Habelia, a fossil predator with a “multi-tool” head
![Artistic reconstruction of Habelia optata Artistic reconstruction of Habelia optata. Credit: Courtesy of Joanna Liang, © Royal Ontario Museum](https://www.rom.on.ca/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/blog_post/thumbnail/habelia-optata.jpg?itok=3XvCKFxu)
The Cambrian Burgess Shale arthropod Habelia optata illustrates the uncanny origin of horseshoe crabs, scorpions and spiders
8 things to know about the ROM’s reopened Weston Entrance
![Rendering of ROM Heritage Weston Queen's Park Entrance](https://www.rom.on.ca/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/blog_post/thumbnail/weston_entrance_thumbnail.jpg?itok=oVj6aqa7)
With the reopening of the heritage Weston Entrance, the ROM is literally and symbolically throwing its doors open even wider and welcoming all audiences into the Museum. Here are 8 things to know about the Weston Entrance.
LIVE: Timothy Snyder on The Rise of Modern Tyranny
They say history repeats itself, and today, the price of ignoring history has been to invite authoritarianism back into the mainstream. Although they differ from the fascists and communists of the 20th century, modern-day tyrants have regularly referred to the 1930s while relying upon familiar oppressive tactics from the collapse of the first globalization. Professor Timothy Snyder's thought-provoking lecture explores how individual citizens can turn history into action to better defend democratic freedoms and institutions.
There’s bones in them there hills: Fossil Finding in the Badlands
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written by: Mary Paquet, Intern, ROM Paleontology
How do you go about finding a dinosaur? It’s the best kind of treasure hunt. The thrill, the satisfaction, the excitement of finding a fossil is something not everyone gets to experience.