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ROM Research Colloquium: Ryan Dodge
Name: Ryan Dodge Title: Social Media Coordinator On February 8th from 9:15am to 6:30pm ROM experts deliver fascinating 15-minute presentations on the latest research in the arts, archaeology and pure and applied sciences. Free (Museum admission not included). Signy & Cléophée Eaton Theatre.
ROM Out & About: Earth & Space Trivia Night
Last night was the second in a series of ROM Pub Trivia nights at the Fox's Den. With a healthy turnout of 53 people, the crowd was stumped and the winning team managed 37 correct answers out of 56. How well would you have done? Test yourself with some of these questions from last night.
On the Shoulders of Giants – Phil Currie at the ROM on Oct. 7th
First introduced to dinosaurs through a plastic toy in a cerealbox, renowned palaeontologist Philip J. Currie embarked on a life-long journey to study these creatures of the past. Last year, he had a museum named after him—the Philip J. Currie Dinosaur Museum in Alberta—and this year he joined
The ROM ‘Minoan’ Goddess: The Minoan Relations
After looking at the best known of the dubious ‘Minoan’ figurines (which may be modern) in my last post, here I show some of the genuine Minoan objects discovered in archaeological excavations on Crete. Read More ► There are similarities between these certainly Minoan antiquities and the
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
The ROM ‘Minoan’ Goddess: the Suspect Sisters (and brothers)
The ROM Goddess is just one of the ‘Minoan’ figurines in several museums sometimes thought to be fake. These two installments of the ROM Minoan Goddess project introduce you to some of the suspected (although not definitively proven) fake figurines, and the genuine Minoan objects that may
ROM Curator Justin Jennings writes from ROMtravel trip to Maya lands.
Submitted by Justin Jennings, Curator, Department of World Cultures. Follow his Maya adventures with ROMTravel. Tikal was one of the most important sites of the Classic Maya – one of the two superpowers of the Maya world that used its political, economic, and ritual might to hold sway over
ROM for the Holidays: more than just family fun
As a kid, every year starting in early December I would pre-gloat daily to my younger sister about all the wonderful gifts I was doubtless going to receive from Santa. Each morning I would check my handwritten Christmas list on the fridge, hoping to spot a subtle indication--such as perhaps a tiny
ROM Research: Detailing Wendiceratops
David Evans and Michael Ryan reveal a spectacular new species of ceratopsian, Wendiceratops was approximately 6 metres from nose to tail and weighed more than a ton (2,000 lbs). Guest blog by Shiona M. Mackenzie. Fossils collected from a bonebed in southern Alberta during the summers of 2011
Earth Day at the ROM: Saving the Fastest Birds in the World!
Earth Day is an internationally observed celebration promoting the protection and conservation of our planet and its myriad denizens, celebrated every April 22 across the globe. April 22 nd, 2014 was no exception, and it saw an excellent group of students, teachers and special guests gather at the