Royal Ontario Museum Blog
Monthly Archive: December
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
Mystery of conical fossils solved, after 175 years
![A photo of me holding a fossil at Marble Canyon, Kootenay National Park in 2014. Student holding shale slabs with fossils.](https://www.rom.on.ca/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/blog_post/thumbnail/joseph-moysiuk_fieldwork.jpg?itok=vvDFFhZE)
My name is Joe Moysiuk, I am a 20-year-old undergraduate student at the University of Toronto enrolled in both the departments of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology and Earth Sciences. I am excited to announce that a research paper which I am lead author of, titled Hyoliths are Palaeozoic lophophorates, has recently been published by the journal Nature This paper was based primarily on newly discovered fossils housed in the ROM’s invertebrate palaeontology collections.
#ThrowbackThursday: Needle and Thread
!["Judy takes a crease out of a coverlet after it is hanging up."](https://www.rom.on.ca/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/blog_post/thumbnail/ironing.jpg?itok=ZRYTMHBe)
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.
#ThrowbackThursday: Saws and Drills
!["Frank getting the blue paint on the floor of the blanket cases."](https://www.rom.on.ca/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/blog_post/thumbnail/painting-floor.jpg?itok=XKZKzjJF)
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.
#ThrowbackThursday: Not a Lick of Paint
![Black and white photo of a man mopping a platform](https://www.rom.on.ca/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/blog_post/thumbnail/plinth.jpg?itok=WuZA4XCI)
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.
Storytelling: Art, Culture, Nature
![This year’s overall winner of Wildlife Photographer of Year is Tim Laman and his photo story, “While the forest still stands.” This image from the story is titled “Entwined lives.” This year’s overall winner of Wildlife Photographer of Year is Tim Laman and his photo story, “While the forest still stands.” This image from the story is titled “Entwined lives.” It shows an orangutan high in a tree with the rest of the canopy below](https://www.rom.on.ca/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/blog_post/thumbnail/laman_winningimage_1_of_1-2.jpg?itok=We8u6Q26)
Guest blog by Environmental Visual Communication graduate Samantha Stephens
Art, Culture, Nature. They may be separate words, but if we consider them separate disciplines, we are doing a disservice to the potential of human wisdom. Without nature, there is no culture. Without culture, there is no art. EVC grad Samantha Stephens gives us some examples of how these themes intertwine in recent ROM research and exhibits, including the 2017 Wildlife Photographer of the Year exhibit, open now!
#ThrowbackThursday: Drying in the Garden
![Judy drying a coverlet in the ROM garden](https://www.rom.on.ca/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/blog_post/thumbnail/garden.jpg?itok=iuht9UpN)
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.
What Is “Obscene”? And Who Decides? — Thought and Proposition by the Curator of "A Third Gender"
What Is “Obscene”? And Who Decides? — Thought and Proposition by the Curator of A Third Gender
By Asato Ikeda
#ThrowbackThursday: Overshot Coverlets
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.
Farms, Cities, Animals, and the Museum
![A goat is milked in front of the ROM for "The Goat, the Honey, and the Museum" project by Bill Burns. Photo by Teghan Dodds A goat is milked in front of the ROM for "The Goat, the Honey, and the Museum" project by Bill Burns. Photo by Teghan Dodds](https://www.rom.on.ca/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/blog_post/thumbnail/tdodds_blog_header.jpg?itok=LkTXuWtE)
Guest blog by Environmental Visual Communication student Teghan Dodds
Goats are not something you’d expect to see within the confines of the city, and especially not on Toronto’s Bloor Street with its upscale shops and prestigious historical buildings. Read this blog written by 2016 Environmental Visual Communication student Teghan Dodds to find out why we had goats out in front of the ROM, and what that has to do with nature, art, and the ROM.