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Butterflies
Spring. You can smell it in the air, or so they say. Spring still feels like such a long way away. To celebrate the vernal equinox, I felt that it would be appropriate to talk about butterflies, and specifically, the butterflies we see here in Ontario. This spring, the ROM will publish the fifth
Join us for #MuseumWeek
Organized by Mar Dixon and Culture Themes in collaboration with Twitter, #MuseumWeek is a chance for museums around the world to gather together, share thematic content an urge people to get involved. Mar says, “Every day of the year museums and cultural institutions across the world are
Treasures from the Forbidden City: Imperial Yellow Bowl
Objects on display in the exhibition The Forbidden City: Inside Court of China's Emperor at the Royal Ontario Museum, March 8- September 1, 2014; and at Vancouver Art Gallery Oct 18, 2014- Jan, 2015] Imperial Yellow Bowl 萬曆款黄釉碗 Porcelain with yellow glaze Ming dynasty, Wanli mark
Treasures from the Forbidden City: Bird's-Eye View of the Capital City
During the New Year season, the snowy imperial capital bustled with life. Shoppers were busy in the commercial district of the outer city. To the north, layers of walls, gates, and towers blocked them from the emperor’s palace, the Forbidden City. The grand architectural organization of the
Asian Carps and GLMRIS Canadian Information Session
By Henry H.C. Choong, Departmental Associate, Invertebrate Zoology and Invertebrate Palaeontology Sections, Royal Ontario Museum Invasive Species and the Great Lakes Basin The Great Lakes basin ecosystem is of great importance to Canada; changes to this ecosystem can have far-reaching impacts upon
National Volunteer Week: David Grafstein
National Volunteer Week (April 6-12, 2014) is a time to recognize, celebrate and thank Canada’s 13.3 million volunteers. Volunteers play an essential role in any organizational plan-- The willingness of individuals to work keenly in a collaborative environment for the betterment of their
The ROM ‘Minoan’ Goddess: the Suspect Sisters (and brothers)
The ROM Goddess is just one of the ‘Minoan’ figurines in several museums sometimes thought to be fake. These two installments of the ROM Minoan Goddess project introduce you to some of the suspected (although not definitively proven) fake figurines, and the genuine Minoan objects that may
The ROM ‘Minoan’ Goddess: The Minoan Relations
After looking at the best known of the dubious ‘Minoan’ figurines (which may be modern) in my last post, here I show some of the genuine Minoan objects discovered in archaeological excavations on Crete. Read More ► There are similarities between these certainly Minoan antiquities and the
Weapon Wednesday: Preparing for ROM Revealed
As part of the ROM's celebration of being open for 100 years, we will be having a massive behind-the-scenes open-house called ROM Revealed on the 3 rd and 4 th of May. Thousands of visitors will have the opportunity to see our storage rooms where we keep the objects not on display. There are a
Rare Chinese Chicken Cup Auctioned for $36 million
One of the world’s rare Chinese Chicken Cups fetched a record $36 million (USD) at an auction on Tuesday by Sotheby’s in Hong Kong, making it one of the most expensive Chinese cultural relics ever auctioned. The Cup auctioned is part of a set of original Chenghua Chicken Cups which survive