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Modern Design for a Modern World: Art Deco in Paris

Modern Design for a Modern World: Art Deco in Paris

In the years between the World Wars a new design style emerged  which embraced  the imagery of industrialization.  This style, known as Art Deco, responded to the social and technological developments that had come out of the First World War, and celebrated all things modern. It was the era of

Guide à l’intention des enseignants et accompagnateurs

Avant la visite Au Musée Après la visite Conseils aux accompagnateurs Aide-mémoire pour vous faciliter la vie ► Bien qu’il puisse être tentant d’essayer de voir un peu de tout au Musée pendant la même journée, vos élèves/étudiants risquent d’être dépassés et d’avoir de la

The Wildlife Photographer of Yesteryear

The Wildlife Photographer of Yesteryear

The Wildlife Photographer of the Year competition is celebrating its 50th year, and the exhibition showing this year's outstanding images of the natural world opened at the ROM last week. Wildlife photography has a history nearly as long as the medium itself. Artists of other mediums had of

Beautiful Bugs! A New Acquisition

Beautiful Bugs! A New Acquisition

The ROM Library has recently acquired an edition of E. A. Séguy’s Insects, published in the 1920s. The book contains highly coloured and detailed full-page illustrations of insects, executed in the expensive pochoir printing technique favoured at this time.    The scientific study of insects

In the Shadow of the Volcano: The Discovery of Pompeii

In the Shadow of the Volcano: The Discovery of Pompeii

In 79 CE Mount Vesuvius erupted violently.  Pliny the Younger, in his eye-witness account of the event, describes earthquakes, towering plumes of hot ash, and skies filled with fire.  The heat, ash and debris killed thousands and buried the Roman city of Pompeii. This now-famous event sealed

Of Africa at the ROM. Exploring the complexity of African and Diasporic experience.

The third week of October marked the launch of the three-year multi-platform project Of Africa: a rich and thought-provoking series of talks and performances entitled Histories, Collections, Reflections. Led by independent curators Julie Crooks and Dominique Fontaine and myself, Of Africa is a

Sustainable development in the Caribbean: beer and biology

Sustainable development in the Caribbean: beer and biology

by  Dr. Burton Lim, Assistant Curator of Mammalogy  Dr. Burton Lim has traveled to more than 20 countries over his three decade career at the Royal Ontario Museum. The Dominican Republic is noted as a beach resort destination and that is exactly what I am studying. No, seriously!  There are 18