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SSSSsss… c-CAW! RrAWR! Animal Weekend is Here!
I used to walk through the halls of my high school (yes, high school – I don’t know what was wrong with me either) making animal noises. Not the normal ones like “moo” and “oink”, but the more obscure ones (I guess it’s the hipster in me). For instance, my impression of the Komodo
The Bee Contest Winner Visits the ROM!
I love sharing the cool secrets of the ROM with visitors, so it really made my day when our Name the Queen Bee Contest winner Kaitlyn visited the ROM with her mom and her brother Kynan (who also happened to be our third place winner). I got to show them around the Keenan Family Gallery of Hands-on
Things to know when you meet a Maya High Priest
By Justin Jenning s, Associate Curator, Department of World Culture. For the Classic Period Maya (250-900 CE), high priests had a special connection with the heavens and underworld. Most of these priests were male and they often wore blue face and body paint to signify their sacred status. To
Sloth Life
It’s no secret that sloths basically took over the internet in recent years after a series of adorable YouTube videos, listicles, and Kristen Bell’s infamous meltdown over her slothy Birthday gift. From the photobombing sloth to the Mona Lisa sloth, they were everywhere! Before another cuddly
Next Stop Mars! New NASA Rover Launched
By Brendt Hyde, Mineralogy Technician Curiosity starts its journey towards Mars! (Image Credit NASA/Scott Andrews/Canon) On November 26, 2011 at 10:02 am EST, NASA successfully launched its next rover, Curiosity, towards Mars. As discussed on the ROM Blog in November, Curiosity will help to
The 99%: Paul Roberts on Pompeii and Herculaneum
Paul Roberts will be giving a (sold out) lecture titled “What happens in Pompeii, stays in Pompeii: Sexuality in the Roman World” at the ROM on December 8. Here, Sascha Priewe speaks to Paul about curating the exhibition Life and Death in Pompeii and Herculaneum at the British Museum in 2013.
Dr. Burton Lim's Yellow Shouldered Bat
A new species of Bat was recently named after our very own Dr. Burton Lim! The Bat, officially known as Sturnira burtonlimi or Burton's Yellow Shouldered Bat is found in Costa Rica and Panama. Researchers from the Field Museum in Chicago and the American Museum Natural History in New York
Cooking up History: Historical Recipe Books
The cookbooks of the past provide information about diet and habits, as well as telling us which foods were expensive treats, and which were commonly available. Many of the foods that appear regularly through the centuries are not often eaten today, like pickled eel, fried lamprey, and cow-heel
National Aboriginal History Month
By Bella McWatch, Kiowa Wind Memorial (KWM) Indigenous Youth Intern In June, the entire country will be filled with festivities to commemorate National Aboriginal History Month. The ROM Learning Department is taking this opportunity to continue its ongoing reconciliation efforts through
Three Questions for Prashant Kadam
For a long time, bioscopes have been a part of India’s bustling landscape, an aspect of childhood that came and went as bioscopewallahs travelled through the country. Bioscopes are an early movie projector taking the form of a wooden box, the interior of which has pictures that can be viewed