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#ThrowbackThursday: Hanging the Curtains
In September, 1971, the ROM opened the landmark exhibition Keep Me Warm One Night, a kaleidoscopic display of over 500 pieces of Canadian handweaving. It was the culmination of decades of pioneering research and collecting by the ROM curatorial powerhouse duo 'Burnham and Burnham’, aka
Burgess Shale fossil site reveals oldest evidence of brood care
Waptia fieldensis research shows parenting has a long history (508 million years) Brood care, where the adult carries its eggs or juveniles to help increase their survival, was an important evolutionary step. However, little is known about how and when this strategy began. New research published
Growing Collections: East Asian and South Asian Photography
Photograph of educated man in his study by W. H. Grant, gelatin silver print, China, c. 1900. ROM 2011.79.20. Gift in memory of Rev. Dr. William Harvey Grant and Dr. Susannah McCalla Grant, M. D. View of Benares Ghat (temples on the banks of the Ganges River in present-day Vadodara), by S. H. Dagg,
Our first Google+ Hangout on Air
Yesterday, we hosted our first Google+ Hangout on Air at Crestwood School here in Toronto. We tagged along with Burton Lim, Assistant Curator of Mammalogy, and Dave Ireland Managing Director of ROM Biodiversity, as they visited the school to talk about bats and to supervise a school program
Kalighat Paintings: Murder in the Collection
Written by Piali Roy. A notorious murder case is one of the subjects of the ROM’s collection of mid-nineteenth century Kalighat paintings, an urban folk art style that developed around a popular Kali temple in Kolkata, India. The Kalighat paintings were the sort of souvenir one could buy after a
Getting Lost with Galloway
We sat down with CBC's Matt Galloway to find out exactly what keeps bringing him back to the ROM By: Douglas Thomson Q: Do you visit the museum often? A: Yes, I have a couple of young kids. We come on a fairly regular basis. Sometimes if there’s a special event, but also sometimes we come
Conversations with Theo
Guest post by ROM Member, Anne Thériault When I was growing up trips to the ROM definitely topped my list of Amazing Fun Stuff I Sometimes Get To Do. When I had a kid of my own, I knew the ROM was something I wanted to share with him- plus I needed somewhere to take him on the days when it
True Blue Detectives
Guest blog written by 2017 Environmental Visual Communication student Connor McDowell The Royal Ontario Museum has marked yet another first for science with its Blue Whale project. This achievement could hold keys to the conservation of this majestic, endangered mammal – not to mention a deeper
The 'Goddess' and the Museum: "What's in a name?"
In my last two blog posts about the Goddess and the Museum (The Early Years and Museum Attitudes) I’ve discussed the history of the ROM figurine from the 1930s to the present. Here I want to reflect on the changing meanings that she has come to embody over those years. In the decades since
Re-enactment, Archaeology, and the Ancient Rome & Greece Weekend: I of IV
As an archaeologist the main goal in my work is to understand the people of the past, and to share that understanding with others. As a museum archaeologist, a good way to share that knowledge is at family weekends, like the ROM's Ancient Rome & Greece Weekend on June 15 th-16 th 2013! I