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#ThrowbackThursday: The Finale

In September, 1971, the ROM opened the landmark exhibition  Keep Me Warm One Night, a kaleidoscopic display of over 500 pieces of Canadian handweaving. It was the culmination of decades of pioneering research and collecting by the ROM curatorial powerhouse duo 'Burnham and Burnham’, aka

#ThrowbackThursday: Tight Schedule

In September, 1971, the ROM opened the landmark exhibition  Keep Me Warm One Night, a kaleidoscopic display of over 500 pieces of Canadian handweaving. It was the culmination of decades of pioneering research and collecting by the ROM curatorial powerhouse duo 'Burnham and Burnham’, aka

#ThrowbackThursday: A Heavy Job

In September, 1971, the ROM opened the landmark exhibition  Keep Me Warm One Night, a kaleidoscopic display of over 500 pieces of Canadian handweaving. It was the culmination of decades of pioneering research and collecting by the ROM curatorial powerhouse duo 'Burnham and Burnham’, aka

#ThrowbackThursday: Workforce of One

In September, 1971, the ROM opened the landmark exhibition  Keep Me Warm One Night, a kaleidoscopic display of over 500 pieces of Canadian handweaving. It was the culmination of decades of pioneering research and collecting by the ROM curatorial powerhouse duo 'Burnham and Burnham’, aka

#ThrowbackThursday: A Warm Memory

In September, 1971, the ROM opened the landmark exhibition  Keep Me Warm One Night, a kaleidoscopic display of over 500 pieces of Canadian handweaving. It was the culmination of decades of pioneering research and collecting by the ROM curatorial powerhouse duo 'Burnham and Burnham’, aka

The Woman Behind the Biggest Heart in the World

The Woman Behind the Biggest Heart in the World

Guest Blog written by 2017 Environmental Visual Communication student Fenella Hood Knife in hand and knee-deep in rotting blubber, Jacqueline Miller is about to do something that has never been done before: carve out a blue whale's heart for preservation. Enveloped in its stench and racing

CANADA 150- Ontario- Elmer Hookway

CANADA 150- Ontario- Elmer Hookway

This is a glass steam engine, made by a glass blower and flame worker named Elmer Hookway, who was born in Toronto in 1889. It is fully functional, and was built by Hookway with engineering assistance from his friend Herb Hodginson. A written document, prepared by Hodginson and Hookway, accompanies

Meet a Worm with Invisibility Powers

Meet a Worm with Invisibility Powers

New species of fossil worm with a big bite, discovered in the Burgess Shale. Decades of ROM discoveries and research has culminated in the naming of a new fossil species that belongs in a mysterious group of predatory marine invertebrates that are still alive today, called arrow worms. Capinatator

Un ver qui sait se rendre invisible

Un ver qui sait se rendre invisible

Des dizaines d’années de découvertes et de recherches au ROM ont finalement abouti à l’identification d’une nouvelle espèce fossile appartenant à un mystérieux groupe d’invertébrés marins carnassiers, toujours en existence, appelé « chétognathes ». Capinatator praetermissus,

Tout sur nos PokéStops!

Comme Pokémon GO se joue toujours partout dans le monde, Sarah Elliott, notre productrice de contenu éducatif, a pensé à vous donner plus de détails sur les PokéStops situés un peu partout au Musée. Certains joueurs ont pu constater que le GPS du jeu n’est pas aussi précis qu’ils