Royal Ontario Museum Blog
Monthly Archive: December
Mummies, mummies, mummies!
![Mummy Djedmaatesankh featured at ROM Ancient Egypt Weekend 2013 Detail of mummy Djedmaatesankh in ROM's collection](https://www.rom.on.ca/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/blog_post/thumbnail/djedmaatesankh_thmb.jpg?itok=UKYtkwEL)
Even if you missed Ancient Egypt Weekend 2013, you can continue the fun at home or on a future visit to the ROM.
Let there be Light
![Image showing all of the detail.](https://www.rom.on.ca/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/blog_post/thumbnail/rom2009_10833_16_0.jpg?itok=ZEtXSuH7)
Our Senior Photographer, Bryan Boyle, shares his process of photographing beautiful Baroque textiles.
Purple Wartybacks, Pink Heelsplitters, and Rayed Beans—Oh my!
![Freshwater mussels (scientific name: Unionidae) are an important part of the ROM’s invertebrate zoology collection. Many species in the Unionid family are imperiled or already extinct.](https://www.rom.on.ca/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/blog_post/thumbnail/untitled1.png?itok=UN8kHadu)
Freshwater mussels may have funny names, but the extinction risk faced by many species is no joke...
Meteorites
![Thin section of a meteorite](https://www.rom.on.ca/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/blog_post/thumbnail/rom2013_13466_3.jpg?itok=FUr9hdYJ)
As the ROM's photographer, I get to see and handle some really neat things.
The Museum Makers Mural!
Hi, we are the Museum Makers from Session 1 of Summer Club 2013! We made this extraordinary mural for the Royal Ontario Museum....
We’re More Ancient than We Think
![Artifacts grouped on a shelf for storage.](https://www.rom.on.ca/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/blog_post/thumbnail/photo.jpg?itok=vOfaDPMi)
We’re More Ancient than We Think: An afternoon with April Hawkins, New World Archaeology Collection Technician.
Bringing the Streets to Life: ROM Walk - Amanda Hunter
Toronto 2013: a fast paced, action packed city where we rarely stop to think about how its rich history has been masterfully included into the 21st century.
Old School Still Works
![Film hanging to dry. Film hanging on a string to dry.](https://www.rom.on.ca/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/blog_post/thumbnail/rom2013_13460_1.jpg?itok=eMaDg5Ps)
The ROM's Photographer, Bryan Boyle, shares his experience with processing film and why he put these skills to use after the big Toronto storm.
An Ivory Triptych
![15th century European ivory hinged triptych with Crucifixion and Baptism scene 15th century European ivory hinged triptych with Crucifixion and Baptism scene](https://www.rom.on.ca/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/blog_post/thumbnail/rom2013_13454_1_2_7_9_0.jpg?itok=wPhe8TXn)
Every once in a while, well actually more on a very regular basis, some amazing artifacts come to our studio to be photographed.
Getting Our Game On
![Registration open until July 15, 2013. ROM Game Jam! Foretelling the Past](https://www.rom.on.ca/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/blog_post/thumbnail/game-jam_11.jpg?itok=OwJXKqvj)
From August 9 to 11, the ROM will be hosting a horde of keen electronic game programmers, designers, artists, coders and other wizards for our first-ever “game jam.”