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New to ROM: Nao Uda, Words Fail Me, 2013-15

New to ROM: Nao Uda, Words Fail Me, 2013-15

Nao Uda, born in Yokohama in 1983, is a contemporary Japanese artist who works in drawings, photography, and paintings. Having received her BFA at the School of Visual Arts in New York City in 2007, Nao lived in Toronto as an artist in residence at the Japanese Canadian Cultural Center thanks to a

Totally Buggin’: Spiders and Insects in Pop Culture

Totally Buggin’: Spiders and Insects in Pop Culture

Guest blog written by 2018  Environmental Visual Communication  student  Michael Berger. Dr. Susan Tyler paces the empty subway platform, lit by flickering fluorescents, anxiously waiting for her husband’s return from the perilous depths of the underground. Out of the corner of her eye she

Let there be Light

Let there be Light

Textiles from the collection are frequent visitors to the photo studio. They come in all forms: big or small, mounted or flat, modern or ancient, fragrements or complete costumes- you get the picture. Anything from our vast textile collection could be brought to the studio for photography. The

Are you Afraid FOR Bats This Halloween?

Are you Afraid FOR Bats This Halloween?

I love bats. There’s just something about them that gives me that warm fuzzy feeling inside everytime I see one. Now I know what you (and to be honest, a lot of people I know) are thinking- how can she like such a creepy little mammal like a bat? Don’t they suck your blood/get caught in your

Weapon Wednesday: a Romano-Egyptian sword hilt

Weapon Wednesday: a Romano-Egyptian sword hilt

This object (910.175.328) is actually a part of a weapon, but a very important one, acquired before 1910 in Cairo by Charles Currelly and presently in the Eaton Gallery of Rome. It is the cast bronze hilt of a sword. It depicts a bird's head, which is actually the Horus falcon, as it has the

Not just for show: how and why museum specimens are collected

Not just for show: how and why museum specimens are collected

Guest blog by Environmental Visual Communication student Samantha Stephens I don’t know which is more overpowering- the dense 35 o C air, or the peculiar rotting scent- but when I opened the first bolted door, both hit me like a powerful wave. The sign on the second door seemed quite appropriate.

ROM Ideas: Biodiversity

ROM Ideas: Biodiversity

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

Rhinoceros Reminder that Conservation Requires Continued Commitment

Rhinoceros Reminder that Conservation Requires Continued Commitment

A surge in the poaching of Southern White Rhinoceros made the ROM reconsider the presentation of our iconic specimen When the Life in Crisis: Schad Gallery of Biodiversity first opened to the public in the spring of 2009, the Royal Ontario Museum was excited to be able to lead into the gallery with

Roads, Roads, Roads- Road Ecology in Canada

Roads, Roads, Roads- Road Ecology in Canada

Last week part of the ROM Bio team was in Ottawa with 110 of the best minds in the road ecology field to participate in “Road Ecology: A National Agenda for Canada” conference that we co-presented with the Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society. Everyone converged on the Canadian Museum of

Family Camera: Mystery Missionary

  by Aliya Mazari, M.A. student, Photography Preservation and Collections Management, Ryerson University Many family photos in museum collections have been separated from their family histories, thus falling into the category of “orphaned” photos. Why does this separation happen? Does the