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Goddess Exposed: the ROM’s ‘Minoan’ Goddess is on display!

Goddess Exposed: the ROM’s ‘Minoan’ Goddess is on display!

She’s been languishing  in the Greek & Roman storerooms for years, but finally the ROM Minoan Goddess is back on display. For a limited time you can see this tiny ivory figurine, an old favourite of the ROM’s Bronze Age Aegean collection, but now often thought to be a modern fake.  An

Weapon Wednesday: Chakram from India

Written by Aruna Panday, Ph.D Candidate in the Department of Anthropology at York University, Friends of South Asia co-Chair, and Summer 2014 ROM curatorial intern. Chakram or battle-quoit, made of wrought steel, India, 19th century, ROM 910.42.52 Fans of the Fantasy show Xena Warrior Princess

Collection Highlight: Sikhs in Canada

Sikhs in Canada, The Singh Twins, watersolour on board, England, 2010, 44 x 32.5 cm. ROM 2010.53.1 This acquisition was made possible with the generous support of the Louise Hawley Stone Charitable Trust Fund. Copyright The Singh Twins: www.singhtwins.co.uk This painting was commissioned by the ROM

Visiting a Family Heirloom

Sophia Chowdhury (far right) with her sister Meena (second in from left) and the next generation: Aneesa (far left), Zakary (centre), and baby Anarah. In the ROM’s curatorial area with the dagger, August, 14 2014. Photo Deepali Dewan, posted with permission of the family. In October 2010, Sophia

Walking a half-Marathon as the Herculaneum soldier

Walking a half-Marathon as the Herculaneum soldier

Probably on October 24th in 79 AD a large group of people congregated on the beach at the seaside town of Herculaneum, in Italy. They were presumably trying to take ship to gain distance from Mount Vesuvius, which had been raining ash and rocks on the city, and the neighbouring town of Pompeii, all

The "Maple Leaf Forever Tree" Lives On

The "Maple Leaf Forever Tree" Lives On

Guest blog post by Environmental Visual Communication (EVC) Student Justine DiCesare The famously dubbed 'Maple Leaf Forever Tree' in Leslieville (yes, the one that is thought to have inspired the song of the same name in 1867) fell during a bad storm in July 2013. A year later, I went

Blue Whale Update: Where is it Now?

Blue Whale Update: Where is it Now?

Guest Blog Posting by Environmental Visual Communication (EVC) student, Nila Sivatheesan The infamous blue whales made headlines in May 2014 as it washed up on the shores of Rocky Harbour and Trout River, Newfoundland and Labrador. Pictures of the whales went viral across social media, as locals

Franklin Found! Clues in an Arctic Mystery

Franklin Found! Clues in an Arctic Mystery

The recent discovery of one of the Franklin expedition’s lost ships has provided new evidence in a mysterious chapter in early Arctic exploration.  Sir John Franklin was a veteran of Arctic exploration, completing several successful trips  between 1818 and 1827, but it is his disastrous 4th

Are you Afraid FOR Bats This Halloween?

Are you Afraid FOR Bats This Halloween?

I love bats. There’s just something about them that gives me that warm fuzzy feeling inside everytime I see one. Now I know what you (and to be honest, a lot of people I know) are thinking- how can she like such a creepy little mammal like a bat? Don’t they suck your blood/get caught in your