Royal Ontario Museum Blog
Monthly Archive: December
Stories from 2B - Talking about Canadian History
![Visiting Australian intern chronicles her time with the ROM in a weekly blog, "Stories from 2B" Image of door with text "2B"](https://www.rom.on.ca/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/blog_post/thumbnail/img_19321_0.jpg?itok=OH6cLLnG)
Australian intern, Maxine Kauter, knows nothing about Canadian history... but that's not stopping her from talking about it.
Oh Canada! Celebrating our history
![Buffalo Seed (2004), by Jane Ash Poitras. Photo by Paul Eichhorn. Buffalo Seed by Jane Ash Poitras](https://www.rom.on.ca/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/blog_post/thumbnail/poitras_buffaloseed.jpg?itok=lUZo3Y8g)
Recently, the Hon. James Moore, federal Minister of Canadian Heritage and Official Languages, announced the creation of a new initiative: Canada History Week...
Mesopotamia: The First Reviews Are In
![Mesopotamia: Inventing Our World Mesopotamia: Inventing Our World](https://www.rom.on.ca/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/blog_post/thumbnail/meso-blog.jpg?itok=ACNyLzFe)
ur newest feature exhibition, Mesopotamia: Inventing Our World, opened just a few days ago and already, broadcast, digital and print media are buzzing with critical acclaim.
Veni, Vidi, Vici - A Weekend to Remember
![](https://www.rom.on.ca/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/blog_post/thumbnail/katec_rg_weekend_2013_logothumbnail.jpg?itok=-DivfjqW)
Now that Ancient Rome and Greece Weekend is over the interns reflect on their experiences.....
ROM magazine presents a Mystery Object
![What is this? Detail of mystery object](https://www.rom.on.ca/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/blog_post/thumbnail/deatilsized.jpg?itok=2bdQkXLJ)
Did you know that 97% of the Museum’s collection is not on display? While 30,000 objects do currently grace our exhibition halls, they are just the tip of a very large iceberg cloistered away here on Bloor and Queens Park.
Viktor&Rolf Dolls come to the ROM
![Viktor&Alexandra&Rolf Viktor&Rolf with Alexandra Palmer](https://www.rom.on.ca/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/blog_post/thumbnail/victorrolf.jpg?itok=ypuXpGCG)
Appearing at the ROM until the end of June, Viktor&Rolf Dolls. Free admission.
Caring for the ROM's Collections
![ROM staff, volunteers, and interns work behind the scenes to care for our collections Woman photographing a clay pot, with a cart holding additional pots in the foreground](https://www.rom.on.ca/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/blog_post/thumbnail/sarah_thumbnail.jpg?itok=olgfLJL6)
Year round, ROM staff, interns, and volunteers care for our collections behind the scenes.
Re-enactment, Archaeology, and the Ancient Rome & Greece Weekend V of IV: The Final Story
![The ROM/Hart House archers - a 3rd century Roman army (although a small one) - photo by Kay Sunahara.](https://www.rom.on.ca/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/blog_post/thumbnail/archers.jpg?itok=Xl4T7DP3)
Ancient Rome & Greece Weekend is over, and I thought I would show you the results of my attempt to create a recreation, re-enactment, or impression of a soldier from Dura-Europos (so this is not really one of the original IV, so to speak, hence it is V of IV). In the group above you can see me on the left, with members of the University of Toronto's Hart House Archery Club, who collectively constitute the ROM's 3rd century Roman army (or ROMan army - it being the ROM, we are posing in front of a dinosaur).
The Making of "Life in Crisis: Schad Gallery of Biodiversity" - by Kati Bruch
![White Rhino in the Schad Gallery of Biodiversity](https://www.rom.on.ca/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/blog_post/thumbnail/the-making-of-schad-16_9.jpg?itok=mIEi9azO)
On Saturday, June 29, 2013 come visit the "Life in Crisis: Schad Gallery of Biodiversity" to participate in our special Curator's Corner event from 11am to 4pm. Celebrate the 4th birthday of the gallery by playing our "You be the Curator" and "Fact or Fiction" games. Visit Earth Rangers Studio to learn more!
Stories from 2B - Week 1: Paying attention to what's behind the curtain
![Visiting Australian intern chronicles her time with the ROM in a weekly blog, "Stories from 2B" Image of door with text "2B"](https://www.rom.on.ca/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/blog_post/thumbnail/img_19321.jpg?itok=9nnEzW3p)
What are they building in there? A weekly chronicle from communications intern, Maxine Kauter.