Royal Ontario Museum Blog
Monthly Archive: December
Explorers' Club kids get a sneak peak at the newest Animal Explorer
Submitted by Courtney Murfin, Interpretive Planner and Explorers' Club Co-chair
NEW Discovery: A Bone-headed Dinosaur the size of a Dog
A new species of bone-headed dinosaur, Acrotholus audeti, has just been announced by a team co-led by ROM paleontologist Dr. David Evans. The groundbreaking fossils are on display at the ROM until June.
Conservator in the House – In-situ Conservation of the “Tree Cookie”
Find out what Heidi Sobol, Senior Conservator of Paintings is up to in the Schad Gallery!
Into the Heart of Borneo - Gunung Mulu National Park
The ROM Biodiversity "Borneo" team has landed in Sarawak, and have been spending the last several days organizing equipement, permits and buying machetes....
Magpies, Hand axe, and Highway - Dr. Chen Shen and the ROM-China Luonan Project
In China the colourful and beautiful sounds of the Eurasian Magpies (Figure 1) historically have been described in many poems and throughout literature...
Toronto Space Apps Challenge hackathon results
On the weekend of April 19 to 21, 2013, the ROM was host partner for the Toronto Space Apps Challenge hackathon...
Behind the Camera: ROM Images creation
The Scotiabank CONTACT Photography Festival starts today which makes May a busy month for Brian Boyle the ROM’s Senior Photographer.
ROM Curator Jean-Bernard Caron is a “Science Superstar” and “Big Thinker”
This week’s cover story in The Grid, a popular Toronto news and entertainment weekly, features “Big Thinkers… 10 young science superstars.” ...
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.
