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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
ROM Style: Asian Inspired
Visit the ROM Boutique and bring home the treasures of a well-travelled collector Great interior designers have a long tradition of travelling far and wide in search of inspiration. They know that great designs can come from almost anywhere—art, fashion, fabric, and of course, furniture. Although
Bug Hunting with Bed Sheets
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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
T. rex vs. Pan Am Athletes: Who Would Win a Race?
Guest blog post by Environmental Visual Communication Student Lisa Milavic With the revival of the Jurassic Park franchise this summer, the popular question gets raised again: can we clone dinosaurs? Although it is still a resounding “no” by scientists, we are still welcome to consider how cool
Join our first #EmptyROM tour!
Have you ever wanted to visit the museum BEFORE we open to the public? Are you an Instagram whiz? Apply below for our 1st #EmptyROM tour. On August 19th from 8-9am we'll welcome 10 lucky social media influencers who will have the chance to visit our galleries, EMPTY! Deadline to apply is NOON
Our Darling Dermestids- A Visit to the ROM's Bug Room
Guest blog written by 2015 Environmental Visual Communication student Robert Elliot How does the Royal Ontario Museum get their Skeletons so clean without compromising their integrity? A well-kept colony of hide beetles cleans every crevice of the various cadavers in the ROM’s bug room with
Meme the ROM!
We love seeing the ROM through your eyes. Luckily we get to do this by speaking with you on social media and hearing about your visits to the Museum. We also get to marvel at the awesome photos you take and share with us. And now, we’re going to take it one step further: we want to see the
"Pseudo-Nature" and Photographic Integrity
Guest blog written by 2015 Environmental Visual Communication student Sean de Francia The 13th of June saw the fourth annual Ontario Bioblitz, a 24-hour frenzy of citizen science bringing taxonomic experts and ecological enthusiasts to the Don River Watershed to create an inventory of the local
#ROMmeme Week 1: Prairie Dogs
Thank you for submitting your hilarious takes on the prairie dogs meme. We essentially spent the entire week laughing at the entries below. We'll share next week's image on Monday, so stay tuned!