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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
The Wildlife Photographer of Yesteryear
The Wildlife Photographer of the Year competition is celebrating its 50th year, and the exhibition showing this year's outstanding images of the natural world opened at the ROM last week. Wildlife photography has a history nearly as long as the medium itself. Artists of other mediums had of
In the Shadow of the Volcano: The Discovery of Pompeii
In 79 CE Mount Vesuvius erupted violently. Pliny the Younger, in his eye-witness account of the event, describes earthquakes, towering plumes of hot ash, and skies filled with fire. The heat, ash and debris killed thousands and buried the Roman city of Pompeii. This now-famous event sealed
Tattoos: Today
Guest blog by Ann Webb, Managing Director ROM Contemporary Culture Although tattooing has deep roots across cultures and has spread globally, across several millennia, the Western perception of tattoos, the tattooist, and the tattooed has had connotations of deviance. The invention of the
Five Questions with Krishna
Submitted by Netta Kornberg, Intern with the Institute for Contemporary Culture. In 2008, when Srinivas Krishna ’s When the Gods Came Down to Earth was installed in front of the ROM, we had no idea he’d be back three years later, this time for Bollywood stars rather than Hindu Gods. On Sunday
Empty Skies: Who Are the Species At Risk?
In the case across from the Passenger Pigeons in the new Empty Skies exhibit (August 2014- April 2015), eleven different Species At Risk birds are on display. But who are these species? What are their stories? We can only share so much about them within the space of the museum gallery, so as part
The Past in the Present: A Dialogue
The Past in the Present: A Dialogue By Catherine Tammaro, Richard Zane Smith, and Craig Cipolla Nearly a year ago we met together at the Royal Ontario Museum to discuss and handle Wendat pottery. Our meeting led to a small collaborative research and writing project that resulted in an ongoing
When Whaling is Your Tradition
Guest blog written by Environmental Visual Communication student Ursula McClintock. In some Indigenous communities around the world, whaling is as much a part of their tradition as my family’s turkey dinner at Thanksgiving and Christmas. Whale hunting has played an integral role in feeding Inuit
The Book of Life
By Dr. Victoria Arbour, ROM Postdoctoral Researcher The history of life on Earth is a story told through the layers of the fossil record: new species evolve and others go extinct, and we see these changes in the fossils that palaeontologists excavate and then study in museums. Much like a book,
Archaeological Approaches to Ceramics
By Ashley MacLellan and Craig Cipolla Back in October, we posted the first in a series of blog entries dedicated to ROM curator, Craig Cipolla’s collaborative research project with Wyandot artists Richard Zane Smith and Catherine Tammaro entitled, “Remembering Ancient Pottery Traditions.” We