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Two thumbs up to outstanding documentaries!
Can’t make it to the ROM? Make some popcorn, pick up one of these award-winning documentaries related to our current exhibitions and upcoming programs, and have a movie date with the ROM in your own livingroom! Touched by Water, a documentary by Tamás Wormser, examines bathing rituals and our
Exclusive Interview with World Renowned Palaeontologist Paul Sereno
ROM: Hi Paul, we are thrilled that you are coming to speak at the ROM this Sunday and we would love it if you could answer a couple of questions in advance as we prepare for your arrival. I understand you studied art and biology at Northern Illinois University. How did you go from that to becoming
Weapon Wednesday: Two daggers from Luristan, Iran
In museum circles the region of Luristan in the Zagros Mountains has a long association with the antiquities looted from tombs there in the 1920's and 30's. These objects seem to be primarily from the Early Iron Age (circa 1000 BC- 750 BC), and comprise an array of distinctive objects
Remembering Allan Baker
Allan John Baker (1943- 2014) was hired by the ROM as Assistant Curator of Ornithology in 1972. He became Associate Curator and Head of the Ornithology Department in 1976, and was promoted to full Curator in 1981. In 1995, he became head of the ROM’s newly established Centre for Biodiversity and
Bring on the Welcoming Committee: Doni the Komodo Dragon is Here
Visitors to the ROM are used to a warm welcome, and Doni the Komodo Dragon was no exception. His long-anticipated arrival meant that a celebration was in order. Many of the volunteers that worked on the Komodo Dragon project as well as some special ROM members joined staff from the Toronto Zoo and
Blue Whale Update
Blue Whale Update Last spring, a team from the ROM, including deputy director, Mark Engstrom, and assistant curator, Burton Lim, helped salvage one of two blue whales that had died in the Gulf of St. Lawrence ice pack and washed ashore on the west coast of Newfoundland. This recovery project
#ThrowbackThursday: Needle and Thread
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
#ThrowbackThursday: Stippling the Walls
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
#ThrowbackThursday: Weaver's Shed Roof
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
Taking care of meteorites
Brendt C. Hyde, Mineralogy Technician will be presenting at the upcoming ROM Research Colloquium – join us on February 3 at 4:30pm in the Signy & Cléophée Eaton Theatre to hear more about The Study of Meteorites – Science versus Conservation. What are you going to talk about at the