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Celtic Fun Weekend: Themed Pancakes, Warrior Paint, and Dancing
In my role at the ROM I see all sorts of families. Large. Small. New to the museum. Regulars to the museum. Everyone! And it doesn’t matter where you fit on this large line of families, because there’s always something for you to explore and to have fun with! Today I want to talk about one
Baby bison are found, four Canadian girls win experience of a lifetime
Kids loved the mystery of the lost baby bison. They searched the 285 hectares of the Toronto Zoo. They inspected the great halls, galleries and dark corners of the Royal Ontario Museum. They probed the online world of Bison Collaborative websites. They left no stone unturned. They were dedicated,
Mexican Cartel lands are home to a newly described species: Goode’s Thornscrub Tortoise
There are now 342 species of turtles and tortoises described, up from 341 yesterday. Although new species are described almost every day, largely from taxonomic groups that include insects and other invertebrates, rarely do scientists describe a new reptile, mammal or bird species. It’s big news,
Were These Peruvian Mummies Climate Change Nomads?
Words and photos by Lisa Milosavljevic ROM Ancient (@ROMAncient) is in southern Peru at the 1,400 year old archaeological site of Quilcapampa until the end of August 2016. This is a ROM-led project with Justin Jennings, curator of New World Archaeology. The project is run in collaboration with
Interview with Dale Chihuly
Guest blog by Douglas Thomson, Content Manager ROM Magazine Sculptor Dale Chihuly pushes artistic boundaries, using heat, human breath, gravity, and glass as his creative tools. CHIHULY, an exhibition by American sculptor Dale Chihuly, is set to open at the ROM on June 25. As an artist,
A Historic Defense of Toronto’s Morals
Submitted by Virginia Van Vliet, Volunteer with ROM Walks How could this building – the Spadina Gardens Apartments – ruin the morals of Toronto? Unlike in cities such as New York and Montreal, apartment buildings were not built in Toronto until the early 1900s. By 1912, however, city
Interview: Egyptologist Barry Kemp
By Laura Ranieri Q: What brought you to Amarna initially? A: I first became interested in how the towns and cities of ancient Egypt worked following a [1970] conference in London called “Man, Settlement and Urbanism.” I was asked to write a paper: “Temple and Town in Ancient Egypt.” I came
ROM Ideas: Contemporary Culture
To let you in on the latest insights and discoveries from behind the scenes, ROM Ideas, formerly the ROM Colloquium invites its patrons to step into the realm of ROM researchers, technicians, and other experts who perform ground-breaking work in our labs, collections areas, and at field sites all
The ROM's Remarkable Bees
Guest blog by Antonia Guidotti, Entomology Technician ROM visitors love the live hive of European Honey Bees in the Hands-on Biodiversity Gallery. The queen bee is currently “spotted” with a bright green dot. As long as she is near the front of the display, visitors can find her, and
There’s more than one "cool" Drake in The Six (or in this case just outside The Six)
By Antonia Guidotti & Dr. Henry Frania Meet the Eastern Green Drake Mayfly (Ephemera guttulata Pictet). This beautiful adult female was collected last year in the Terra Cotta Conservation Area during the Credit River Watershed Bioblitz. Sadly, this species, whose larvae live in burrows in the