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New to ROM: Tiger Claw Necklace
Hunting trophy. Victorian jewelry. Conservation symbol. This tiger claw necklace comes from the late 19th century, during the time of the British Raj in India. Such ornaments were made from the claws of tigers killed during popular elite hunting activities. On the one hand, it is quite a beautiful
ROM Research Colloquium: BLOG-A THON (Day 4)
Five researchers, five questions, five days. Join us for the ROM Research Colloquium on February 23 and meet our researchers! Stay for the Vaughan Lecture given by Dave Rudkin. What are the big unanswered questions in your field that keep you up at night? Silvia Forni: Not sure if my field
ROM Research Colloquium: Justin Jennings
Name: Justin Jennings Title: Associate Curate of New World Archaeology 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). One of the
ROM Research Colloquium: BLOG-A THON (Day 3)
Five researchers, five questions, five days. Join us for the ROM Research Colloquium on February 23 and meet our researchers! Stay for the Vaughan Lecture given by Dave Rudkin. How does your research help us understand the world? Silvia Forni: My research is about things and people. I
Magpies, Hand axe, and Highway- Dr. Chen Shen and the ROM-China Luonan Project
Written by Chen Shen, Vice President, Senior Curator, Bishop White Chair of East Asian Archaeology In China the colourful and beautiful sounds of the Eurasian Magpies (Figure 1) historically have been described in many poems and throughout literature, as being an auspicious bird that brings you
ROM Research: Weighing Giants
by Nicolás Campione, PhD Candidate, University of Toronto Ever wonder how dinosaurs are weighed? Determining the mass of an animal that has been dead for more than 65 million years can be difficult, but knowing the weight of an animal can provide useful information about how it lived. This is
Curator's Corner- featuring ROM entomologist Dr. Chris Darling
Saturday, October 27, 2012 Please join entomology curator Chris Darling for a fun filled day of discovery! This Saturday, October 27th, from 11am-4pm in Earth Rangers Studio, Schad Gallery. Curator’s Corner will feature a bug-tastic array of activities for the insect lover in you. See some really
ROM Fieldtrip: Red Knot migration at San Antonio Oeste, Argentina
Red knots are small sandpipers that breed in the central Canadian Arctic and spend the northern hemisphere winter up to 15,000 km further south in Tierra del Fuego. This southern population undertakes the longest migration, with other populations taking shorter journeys to NE Brazil, and SE USA
A Story of Ghana: Exploring the Asafo Flags at the ROM
In the modern sense, a flag has a number of meanings that ultimately culminate into being a symbol, representative of some form of pride- pride in one's country or province, or in a particular organization or entity. We fly the flag of our country when we visit other places to tell everyone
Paul Sereno is coming to the ROM!
Paul Sereno, one of my FAVOURITE palaeontologists, is coming to @ROMToronto this Sunday and I could not be be MORE excited. Except for maybe those times when I was a kid… (cue time travel sound effect- swosh swish swash) When I was a kid I had a pretty strict bed time. For grades 3 through 5,