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Artist Annu Palakunnathu Matthew takes Family Photos at ROM

On Saturday May 23, 2015, during ROM Big Weekend: Global Family and in conjunction with the exhibition “Generations,” artist-photographer Annu Matthew set up studio in the ROM galleries to take complimentary family photographs of ROM visitors. After a steady stream of interested parties that

'Globes Celestial and Terrestrial': the Science of Star-gazing

'Globes Celestial and Terrestrial': the Science of Star-gazing

The study of celestial bodies is one of the oldest sciences. Meticulous observations of the night sky were made by many early civilizations who used the information for various purposes, including determining the right time for planting, harvesting, ceremonial events and tides.  Early astronomy

Fashion Follows Winning Form

Fashion Follows Winning Form

The ROM’s Fashion Follows Form exhibition, which was featured in ROM magazine in the Summer 2014 issue, has won The Richard Martin Exhibition Award, an annual award given by the Costume Society of America.    In her article “Fashion Follows Form: Patterning a Relationship Between Function and

Southern Alberta Dinosaur Project

Southern Alberta Dinosaur Project

The Southern Alberta Dinosaur Project (SADP), designed to fill in gaps in our knowledge of Late Cretaceous dinosaurs and study their evolution, is lead by palaeontologists David C. Evans (Royal Ontario Muserum) and Michael J. Ryan (Cleveland Museum of Natural History).  This project focuses on

Introducing Wendiceratops: A remarkable new horned dinosaur

Life reconstruction of Wendiceratops pinhornenis. Credit: Danielle Dufault. Reconstruction of the skeleton of Wendiceratops pinhornenis Credit: Danielle Dufault Reconstruction of Wendiceratops pinhornenis skeleton showing the bones that have been found to date in blue. Credit: Danielle Dufault.

ROM Centennial Memory Project

Thank you for enabling the ROM to nurture discovery and inspire wonder for more than a century. In honour of the Museum’s Centennial many of you supported our Love the ROM fundraising campaign, helping to enrich lives with extraordinary experiences of science and civilization. Supporters who

Weapon Wednesday: Pesh Kabz

Pesh Kabz daggar with sheath. Steel, jade, stone, water buffalo horn, fabric. 19th century, India. ROM 948.1.256a-b The Collection of the First Lord Kitchener. Currently part of the South Asian Study Collection in the ROM’s Education Department. Written by Aruna Panday, Ph.D Candidate York