Royal Ontario Museum Blog
Monthly Archive: December
Accessibility Awareness Week Spotlight 2013 - Adam Roy Cohoon
![Adam Roy Cohoon visits the ROM Adam Roy Cohoon visits the ROM](https://www.rom.on.ca/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/blog_post/thumbnail/adam_roy_cohoon.jpg?itok=0MdbaqvM)
Adam Roy Cohoon is an active member of the ROM's accessibility advocacy community
The ROM Celebrates Accessibility Awareness Week (May 26th to June 1st)
![Kate at a touch table in the Hands-On Biodiversity Gallery, holding a T-Rex tooth from the Education handling collection Kate at a touch table in the Hands-On Biodiversity Gallery, holding a T-Rex tooth from the Education handling collection](https://www.rom.on.ca/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/blog_post/thumbnail/accessibilityawarenessweekblog_022.jpg?itok=jliIzKGa)
This week we will highlight some of the people who ensure the ROM is accessible for all.
Connecting Canada’s newest citizens to Canadian culture at the ROM
![Child using his Cultural Access Pass, image courtesy of the ICC Child using his Cultural Access Pass, image courtesy of the ICC](https://www.rom.on.ca/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/blog_post/thumbnail/ago_tour_2812.jpg?itok=d_yC228k)
Jess Duerden, Institute for Canadian Citizenship
Explorers' Club kids get a sneak peak at the newest Animal Explorer
![Vara hanging around at the Totem Pole stairs A Komodo Dragon Toy on a staircase railing at the ROM](https://www.rom.on.ca/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/blog_post/thumbnail/dsc05182.jpg?itok=aemVFCo4)
Submitted by Courtney Murfin, Interpretive Planner and Explorers' Club Co-chair
Conservator in the House – In-situ Conservation of the “Tree Cookie”
![Heidi Sobol conducting conservation work with Tree Cookie](https://www.rom.on.ca/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/blog_post/thumbnail/heidi_and_tree_cookie.jpg?itok=YvNlm4tR)
Find out what Heidi Sobol, Senior Conservator of Paintings is up to in the Schad Gallery!
ROM Volunteer Profile: Patricia Harris
Patricia Harris is a true testament to the profound impact of volunteerism...
How to display the past.....Part 3: Curatorial Perspectives
How do curators put together a museum display? Find out in my third installment of this behind-the-scenes tour.
Archaeology Weekend is here!
Here’s THREE reasons to come out to the ROM this weekend (April 13/14) for Archaeology Weekend!
Our first Google+ Hangout on Air
![Google+ Hangout on Air, photo courtesy of Brennan Caverhill. Google+ Hangout on Air, photo courtesy of Brennan Caverhill.](https://www.rom.on.ca/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/blog_post/thumbnail/2013-04-02_007.jpg?itok=PIFSpqjk)
Yesterday the ROM held our first Google+ Hangout on Air, the first museum in Canada to do so. There's more to come every Tuesday and Thursday at Noon EST until April 30th.
The ROM Marks World Autism Awareness Day
April 2, 2013 is an historic day for the Canadian Autism community