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Monthly Archive: December
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)
Department of Art & Culture Summer Internship (Graduate and Undergraduate) - Summer 2019
About the ROM
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”.
Presenting our Winners of the 2018 ROM Wildlife Photographer of the Year Contest
![Burrowing Owlet. Photo by Megan Lorenz. owlet standing on branch](https://www.rom.on.ca/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/blog_post/thumbnail/romwpyon_grand_prize_winner_burrowing_owlet_c_megan_lorenz.jpg?itok=jGZlrhU6)
Captivating Images from Winners of the ROM Photographer of the Year Contest
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)
Celebrating the Year of the Pig
Burial figure of a pig , earthenware, Eastern Han Dynasty (late 2nd-early 3rd century), China
918.17.57
Sir Edmund Walker Collection
February 5th, 2019, marks the beginning of the year of the pig 猪. The twelfth and last animal in the Chinese zodiac. People born in the year of the pig are said to be loving and kind. On the other hand, they can be stubborn and dawdle on tasks.
Facing Histories: A Block Maker, a Dye Specialist, and a Textile Study Room
![Woodblocks carved by Gangadhar at the weekend display, ROM, October 2018. Woodblocks carved by Gangadhar at the weekend display, ROM, October 2018.](https://www.rom.on.ca/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/blog_post/thumbnail/rajappa_gangadhar_4.jpg?itok=j7eoal-1)
This guest post was written by Rajarshi Sengupta, ROM IARTS fellow 2017/18.
Holiday Gift Guide 2018
Shop the ROM this holiday season! ROM Members get double the discount! 20% off regularly priced merchandise* at the ROM Boutique and the Exhibition Boutique when you show your Membership card. |
Fear for Adults and Fascination for Kids: Spiders and Friends Day at The Hospital for Sick Children
Written by Mark Bernards, Environmental Visual Communications student
An Afternoon With Weird Science at the ROM's 80-Year-Old Camp
![Bethany Kempster sit with her science class observing rocks and minerals. Image: Michael Berger Bethany Kempster sit with her science class observing rocks and minerals. Image: Michael Berger](https://www.rom.on.ca/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/blog_post/thumbnail/werid_science_2_credit_michael_berger.jpg?itok=Bk6_oYhY)
On their quest, they find glow-in-the-dark rocks, which leads to a lesson about ultraviolet radiation. A lesson, Bethany admits that will not be taught in school until grade 12.⠀