Royal Ontario Museum Blog
Monthly Archive: December
Chinese Hat Spheres
![Image of Hat Spheres.](https://www.rom.on.ca/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/blog_post/thumbnail/hat.jpg?itok=DN4RvP4G)
How Chinese hat spheres became a visible means of social indentification.
ROM Fieldtrip: Red Knot migration at San Antonio Oeste, Argentina
![The landscape in Argentina](https://www.rom.on.ca/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/blog_post/thumbnail/red2_new.jpg?itok=PpL3SZb2)
A team bands Red Knots to assess their physical condition and survival rate as the birds begin their annual migration.
Student Photographers Shoot for the ROM
![Every Object Has a Story Publication Every Object Has a Story Publication](https://www.rom.on.ca/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/blog_post/thumbnail/every_object-has-a-story.jpg?itok=sgX_1isf)
I would like to congratulate each of the student photographers who contributed to Every Object Has A Story.
National Volunteer Week: ROMkids
![Woman standing in the Dinosaur Gallery.](https://www.rom.on.ca/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/blog_post/thumbnail/sab.jpg?itok=0mCCS-Qw)
In celebration of National Volunteer Week 2014, we interviewed ROMkids volunteers to learn more about what they do and why they do it.
Rare Chinese Chicken Cup Auctioned for $36 million
![This cup represents the most exquisite and rare of Ming porcelain wares. Made in the imperial kilns at Jingdezhen for the court of Emperor Chenghua (r.1465-1487), it depicts two scenes featuring a family of chickens. Today, only two original Chenghua chicken cups remain in the Palace Museum. Image of rooster depicted on the porcelain cup.](https://www.rom.on.ca/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/blog_post/thumbnail/chickencup1.jpg?itok=ARi38xdP)
An original and very rare Chicken Cup, that was created as part of a set, was recently sold at an auction hosted by Sotheby's. The ROM is currently displaying another cup from this set in The Forbidden City: Inside the Court of China’s Emperors.
The ROM ‘Minoan’ Goddess: The Minoan Relations
![The ROM 'Minoan' Goddess Detail of the head of the ROM 'Minoan' Goddess](https://www.rom.on.ca/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/blog_post/thumbnail/katec_thumbnail_0.jpg?itok=QFfhH77L)
After looking at the best known of the dubious ‘Minoan’ figurines (which may be modern) in my last post, here I show some of the genuine Minoan objects discovered in archaeological excavations on Crete.
The ROM ‘Minoan’ Goddess: the Suspect Sisters (and brothers)
![The ROM 'Minoan' Goddess Detail of the head of the ROM 'Minoan' Goddess](https://www.rom.on.ca/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/blog_post/thumbnail/katec_thumbnail.jpg?itok=jhyS6nTk)
The ROM Goddess is just one of the ‘Minoan’ figurines in several museums sometimes thought to be fake. These two installments of the ROM Minoan Goddess project introduce you to some of the suspected (although not definitively proven) fake figurines, and the genuine Minoan objects that may have inspired them.
National Volunteer Week: David Grafstein
![David standing under a blue umbrella ready to begin a ROM Walk.](https://www.rom.on.ca/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/blog_post/thumbnail/david.jpg?itok=7-Z_89Cw)
National Volunteer Week (April 6-12, 2014) ROM highlights DMV's David Grafstein.
Asian Carps and GLMRIS Canadian Information Session
![Invasive Species poster from the Ministry of Natural Resources and GLIMRIS panel at the Information Centre (Photo by Henry H.C. Choong) A poster containing information about invasive species produced by the Ministry of Natural Resources and GLIMRIS](https://www.rom.on.ca/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/blog_post/thumbnail/photo_1_resized.jpg?itok=9uONJsa8)
Henry H.C. Choong shares his insight into a recent, important information session regarding the threat of invasive species in the Great Lakes basin.