Royal Ontario Museum Blog
Monthly Archive: December
Introducing Habitat the Game to Toronto (and Canada)!
![Polar bear characters from Habitat the Game stand next to Bull the Southern white rhino in the Schad Gallery](https://www.rom.on.ca/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/blog_post/thumbnail/img_4470.jpg?itok=XqzXqEDB)
ROM Biodiversity is excited to announce its partnership with a mobile game for children, new to Canada, that's designed to teach kids ecologically sustainable habits.
Adventures in the Great Bear Rainforest: from the Royal Ontario Museum to the wilds of British Columbia with Paul Nicklen
![A moss-covered, First People's-made wooden carving amidst lush-green undergrowth](https://www.rom.on.ca/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/blog_post/thumbnail/2016-08-16_-_0116_-_sealegacy.jpg?itok=0Pl0zSXR)
Guest blog by recent EVC grad Paul Esposti relating his adventures and insights from exploring the Great Bear Sea & Rainforest.
The Living Room: Creative Team & List of Works Cited
![Detail of The Living Room, 2017 (Photo: C. Barreto, 2017) installation view](https://www.rom.on.ca/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/blog_post/thumbnail/img_8182.jpg?itok=2GyacOyV)
CANADA 150 - Nova Scotia – Amos Pewter
![Bottom view of ROM Accession: 2010.33.2 print label of Amos Pewter](https://www.rom.on.ca/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/blog_post/thumbnail/2010.33.3.1_3_2010cdstaff.jpg?itok=thkGmZB5)
Mahone Bay is a beautiful town just south of Halifax, on the eastern shore of Nova Scotia. I stopped there on a holiday with my family this summer, and was charmed by the sheltered harbour, the tall trees, and the lovely shops. It was a perfect place to stretch our legs and eat some ice cream. When we were there, I noticed that we drove by Amos Pewter, and smiled at the memory of a Christmas ornament made of pewter that I once received as a gift from a dear friend.
Mother's Day Gift Guide
From Gift Memberships to gems, jewellery and more - treat the amazing women in your life with a museum inspired gift this Mother’s Day.
The Living Room: Photography in the Public and Private
![Instructor Dr. Martha Ladly with students Mudit Ganguly, April Xie, Katie Micak and Afaq Ahmed Karadia discussing a 3D model. students in class](https://www.rom.on.ca/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/blog_post/thumbnail/class_in_progress.jpg?itok=p4Y36ip1)
By Maya Wilson-Sanchez
#ThrowbackThursday: Labels, labels, labels
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.
National Volunteer Week 2017 | Volunteer Spotlight: John Golla
John Golla is the Co-Chair of the Visitor Guides and a Member of the Membership Committee at the Department of Museum Volunteers.
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What inspired you to volunteer at the ROM?
I love the ROM and it was a chance to contribute to the community. The opportunity for learning and meeting interesting people both visitors and other volunteers.
Tokummia, a new fossil species from the Burgess Shale traces origin of ants, millipedes and lobsters.
![Cédric Aria cutting into the fossiliferous beds at Marble Canyon quarry at Kootenay National Park during the summer 2014 fieldwork season. Tokummia katalepsisis named after Tokumm creek, which flows through Marble Canyon, visible near the base of the mountain to the right of this picture near the middle, with the species name katalepsis means “seizing” in Greek. Image credit: Jean-Bernard Caron © Royal Ontario Museum Students working at fossil site on the mountain side.](https://www.rom.on.ca/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/blog_post/thumbnail/cedric_2014-07-29_12.07.57.jpg?itok=6ZrVMJmg)
Guest Blog by Cédric Aria, recent PhD graduate from Dept. of Ecology and Evolutionary, UofT, who was based at the ROM. Currently a post-doctoral researcher at the Nanjing Institute of Geology and Palaeontology.
National Volunteer Week 2017 | Volunteer Spotlight: Doug Gibson
Doug Gibson is a docent, gallery interpreter and ROMWalker at the Department of Museum Volunteers.