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Behind the Scenes at the #ROMGameJam
What would happen if you rounded up some of the best creative talent in game development, set them free in the ROM for a weekend, and asked them to create digital games that would bring the past to life? The Royal Ontario Museum, University of Toronto, and Gamercamp teamed up to find out. Over 21
New Website Launch
I am very pleased today to announce the launch of the Royal Ontario Museum’s new website. The new www.rom.on.ca provides an essential online destination for trusted information about our world. You’ll have direct access to ROM research, collections and curatorial expertise as never before.
National Philanthropy Day
Special thank you to our volunteers, donors, patrons and supporters On November 15, 2012, we celebrated National Philanthropy Day, a special day to recognize and pay tribute to the many contributions that philanthropy—and the great leaders in our philanthropic community—have made in Canada
The Making of Mesopotamia
Mesopotamia: Inventing Our World is coming to the ROM on June 22! The ROM's newest special exhibition explores innovations of ancient Mesopotamia that shaped our world today. Mesopotamia features treasures from 3,000 years of civilization in Sumer, Assyria, and Babylon, and includes o ver
National Volunteer Week | Volunteer Spotlight: Helen Hatton
After one of her shifts at the Hands-on Biodiversity Gallery, ROM volunteer Helen Hatton said to her husband, “Honey, do you want to hear about the sex life of hissing cockroaches?” Her husband, whom Helen describes as “a delightful retired geek,” calmly replied, “Let’s have a drink
School’s Out! (A March Break Guide for Parents)
Maya-inspired activities take over the ROM from March 10 to 18 Students are counting down the minutes, anxiously awaiting the start of March Break…and quite frankly, so are we! We know that this time of year can be stressful for parents, so we’ve put together some suggestions to help you make
Photography in the Field: equal parts business & pleasure
By Guest Blogger Thomas Cullen, PhD Student and ROM Fossils and Evolution researcher. While I have always been interested in research, and in particular my own field of palaeontology, I was first drawn to science through a love of natural history. Growing up I have always taken any chance
Sasha Priewe: Ancient Cultures, World Art, Textiles and Fashions
The ROM's Sascha Priewe is a guy with a lot on the go By: Sheeza Sarfraz Sascha Priewe Managing Director ROM Ancient Cultures, ROM World Art and Culture, ROM Textiles and Fashions Academic Positions 2009 – 2015 Curator Chinese and Korean Collections, The British Museum 2012 Visiting
International Women's Day
In honour of International Women's Day, the ROM Library and Archives highlights a number of the many women whose work at the ROM made advances in science, art, and museology. Ella Martin (pictured above) Ella Martin devoted her life to improving museum education through object based learning
Mummies, mummies, mummies!
Ancient Egypt weekend was all about mummies, mummies, mummies...and more! Here are some of our favourite activities from the weekend that you can do any time, at home and at the ROM. Our experts Zoe and up-and-coming Egyptologist Sarah displayed two mummy hands: a linen-wrapped hand and an