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Tours- November 29

Tours in English 11 am            Museum Highlights 12 pm           Ancient Egypt & Nubia 1 pm             Museum Highlights 2 pm            Schad Gallery of Biodiversity 3 pm            Museum Highlights Visites guidées en français 14 h              Les

Tours- November 30

Tours in English 11 am            Museum Highlights 12 pm           Art and Culture at ROM: 3rd Floor Highlights 1 pm             Museum Highlights 2 pm            Dawn of Life Gallery 3 pm            Museum Highlights Visites guidées en français 14 h         

Exploring the Diversity of Insects: So Many Species, So Little Time!

Exploring the Diversity of Insects: So Many Species, So Little Time!

2024 Quimby F. Hess Lecture Exploring the Diversity of Insects: So Many Species, So Little Time! Saturday, November 23, 2024, 1:00 pm- 2:00 pm FREE. RSVP Required. Explore the unseen world of insects in an illustrated talk with Steve Marshall, one of Canada’s most influential entomologists.

A SILURIAN “SHARK” TALE

What comes to mind when you hear or read the word “jaws”? For many, it will be the eponymous 1975 Hollywood blockbuster, starring a memorable mechanical menace in the form of a ravenous Great White Shark – along with a few notable human actors, of course. Or perhaps it invokes images of

A mid-Silurian aquatic scorpion – one step closer to land?

A mid-Silurian aquatic scorpion – one step closer to land?

Rocks of the 430 million year old Eramosa Formation Konservat- Lagerstätte on the Bruce Peninsula have produced an amazing new species of aquatic fossil scorpions, Eramoscorpius brucensis, which contributes to our understanding of how scorpions may eventually have moved from the sea onto land. 

From Meteorites to Slime- A Look at the ROMForYou “Space Day” at The Hospital For Sick Children

From Meteorites to Slime- A Look at the ROMForYou “Space Day” at The Hospital For Sick Children

(written by Min Wong, member of ROMForYou, Friends of Earth and Space, Friends of Paleontology) Have you ever held a piece of Mars? Martian meteorites are exceedingly rare but kids got to see one first hand on “Space Day” at the Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids) over the March Break. It was

Join our first #EmptyROM tour!

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

Tours- November 17

Tours in English 11 am            Museum Highlights 12 pm           Rome, the Roman Empire & Byzantium 1 pm             Museum Highlights 2 pm            Art and Culture at ROM: 3rd Floor Highlights 3 pm            Museum Highlights Visites guidées en français

Building Blocks of the ROM

Submitted by Vincent Vertolli, Assistant Curator Geology Opened in 1933, the addition facing Queen's Park features materials found in Ontario quarries. The Rotunda part of the familiar west wing of the ROM facing Queen’s Park Drive was, for many years, the main Entrance Hall. For countless