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Profile: Marianne Mader
New on the Ground (and in Space) The ROM’s Marianne Mader discusses her inspirations and what’s next for her. What made you pursue planetary science as a study? I’ve met numerous scientists who’ve known from a young age that they wanted to pursue a certain field. For me it was more of a
Game Jam
Game developers put their skills to the test at the ROM. Guest blog by Brittany Budani, Publishing Intern This weekend-long gaming event started in 2013 and continues to gain popularity. Game Jam invites motivated game developers of any skill level to get creative and develop a video game
World-renowned Nature Photography Competition Announces 2017 Wildlife Photographer of the Year Winner
South African photographer Brent Stirton was named Wildlife Photographer of the Year by a panel of international judges for his image Memorial to a Species. Mr. Stirton’s winning image of a black rhino, killed by poachers in South Africa’s Hluhluwe Imfolozi Park, was chosen from among almost
March Break 2013- Passport to the World
Who’s ready for March Break? We are! For months now, we at the ROM have been working away getting ready for the most exciting and active time of our year: March Break (aka Spring Break to those without kids in Ontario schools)! This year we’re going all out with what’s possibly the BIGGEST
#ThrowbackThursday: Asparagus Brunch
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
Weapon Wednesday: The Nugent Marathon Corinthian Helmet
The Corinthian helmet type is one of the most immediately recognisable types of helmet, romantically associated with the great heroes of Ancient Greece, even by the Ancient Greeks themselves who rapidly moved to helmet types with better visibility, but still depicted their heroes in these helmets.
Safavid Tile Project II: Rebuilding the Friezes
The ROM's Wirth Gallery of The Middle East is blessed with two complete friezes of cuerda seca tiles that would have been in the spandrels of arches. These were made in Iran in the last third of the 17th century under the Safavid dynasty, probably in Isfahan. They were bought by the ROM in
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When Art Meets Fashion: COS x Agnes Martin
COS × AGNES MARTIN GUGGENHEIM 2016: Martin menswear is added to the ROM collection By Dr. Alexandra Palmer and Clara Puton The Royal Ontario Museum (ROM) has recently acquired three menswear pieces from the COS x Agnes Martin capsule collection that was designed to celebrate the Agnes Martin
Go with the Flow: Technology & Early Glass
Glass is probably the most fluid of solids. Looking at blown glass, such as that in the ROM's Chihuly exhibition, is like watching movement made still. If you look carefully at the handles of the perfectly preserved handles of this Roman glass vase from Syria (above), it looks as though it is