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Weapon Wednesday: Bagh Nakh--making humans into tigers
Written by Aruna Panday, Ph.D Candidate York University, Co-Chair Friends of South Asia Committee, and ROM curatorial intern. Bagh nakh (tiger-claw weapon), lacquered steel, India, 19th century, ROM 913.10.28 Bagh Nakh (also called Bagh naka, wagh nakh or bhagunakha) translates from Hindi to
Unfrozen in Time: From the Erebus and Terror to the ROM
Guest Blog by Dorea Reeser, Ph.D., Environmental Visual Communication Student, ROM Biodiversity and Fleming College Special thanks to Tim Dickinson, ROM Senior Curator of Botany, Emeritus Ahoy there! For 167 YEARS, the search for Sir John Franklin, his crew, and their lost ships, the HMS Erebus
Staying in Style: Books on Fashion
October saw another Fashion Week in Toronto come and go- one of many events that mark the seasons of the fashion calendar. Our interest in fashion is not new: clothing is a way to demonstrate belonging, status, wealth or purpose, as well as to express individuality. The oldest book in the
Pacifist Males & Warrior Females
During the recent Hero-themed Friday Night Live at the ROM, I brought out examples of popular prints from the collection that explored different hero tropes in South Asian culture. Here are some of them. About a hundred year ago, mass produced colour lithographs proliferated across the South Asian
Modern Design for a Modern World: Art Deco in Paris
In the years between the World Wars a new design style emerged which embraced the imagery of industrialization. This style, known as Art Deco, responded to the social and technological developments that had come out of the First World War, and celebrated all things modern. It was the era of
Guide à l’intention des enseignants et accompagnateurs
Avant la visite Au Musée Après la visite Conseils aux accompagnateurs Aide-mémoire pour vous faciliter la vie ► Bien qu’il puisse être tentant d’essayer de voir un peu de tout au Musée pendant la même journée, vos élèves/étudiants risquent d’être dépassés et d’avoir de la
The Wildlife Photographer of Yesteryear
The Wildlife Photographer of the Year competition is celebrating its 50th year, and the exhibition showing this year's outstanding images of the natural world opened at the ROM last week. Wildlife photography has a history nearly as long as the medium itself. Artists of other mediums had of
Roads, Roads, Roads- Road Ecology in Canada
Last week part of the ROM Bio team was in Ottawa with 110 of the best minds in the road ecology field to participate in “Road Ecology: A National Agenda for Canada” conference that we co-presented with the Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society. Everyone converged on the Canadian Museum of
Beautiful Bugs! A New Acquisition
The ROM Library has recently acquired an edition of E. A. Séguy’s Insects, published in the 1920s. The book contains highly coloured and detailed full-page illustrations of insects, executed in the expensive pochoir printing technique favoured at this time. The scientific study of insects
A Spotlight on Illegal Pelt Trading, and What the ROM Has to Do With It
Guest blog post by Environmental Visual Communication alumnus Matt Jenkins. Celebrating its centennial birthday this year, the ROM has always stood as a place of education, family enjoyment and research. That is why I found it surprising that the ROM identifies nearly one quarter of its roughly