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BioBlitz Bits- Fungi Findings
Blog by ROM Senior Curator of Mycology, Jean-Marc Moncalvo This is the second installment of our "BioBlitz Bits" Series- ROM scientists share their favourite stories from past Ontario BioBlitz events I have been a part of the fungi team for the Ontario BioBlitz program since its first
« The Origins of Chintz », retour sur l’exposition des années 1970
« L’indienne… le tissu exotique qui a fasciné l’Europe…si populaire que l’Angleterre et la France l’ont interdit … ce tissu a révolutionné l’industrie de l’impression textile en Europe. » C’est ainsi que s’exprimaient les auteurs de la brochure accompagnant la grande
The Making of Ultimate Dinosaurs: Giants from Gondwana
Contributed by Peter May, President, Research Casting International Ltd. We held a press preview day at our shop last week to launch the ROM’s major summer exhibition – Ultimate Dinosaurs: Giants from Gondwana. Of the 17 dinosaur skeletons to be exhibited, ten are pretty well finished; just
The end is near…the long Maya count down
Altar commemorating the midpoint of a k’atun in 682 CE. Sandstone. Late Classic Period (AD 600-900). Toniná, Chiapas, Mexico. Museo Regional de Chiapas. Image (c) CONACULTA.-INAH.-MEX. Jorge Vertiz 2011. Reproduction Authorized by the National Institute of Anthropology and History. As we count
Southern Alberta field collection 2011 has arrived!
Marked field jackets containing horned dinosaur bones from the McPheeter’s bonebed (MBB) and the South Side Ceratopsian (SSC). The fossil bones that we collected from the Milk River region of southern Alberta arrived late last week, and we have just opened the massive crate and inventoried the
Dawn Probe to Rendezvous with Asteroid Vesta!
By Brendt Hyde, Mineralogy Technician Our solar system is a very busy place! Aside from the 9 (no, make that 8!) major planets and their moons, there are 5 dwarf planets, 3 massive asteroid belts containing tens of thousands of smaller irregular bodies, and an untold number of comets. Image taken
The Living Room: Photography in the Public and Private
By Maya Wilson-Sanchez For almost nine months now, I’ve had the wonderful experience of working, writing, researching, and creating alongside a class of dedicated and talented undergraduate and graduate students at OCAD University as well as our instructors, and curators and staff at the ROM. It
#ThrowbackThursday: Tight Schedule
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
Bobdownsite; an honour to honour
Bobdownsite. I was lead author on a manuscript recently describing a new mineral called bobdownsite, ideally Ca 9 Mg(PO 4) 6 (PO 3 F), from the Big Fish River, Yukon Territory. The ROM has been very involved in describing rare minerals from this region for over 40 years. Al Kulan and associate
Recap of Today’s Dino Q&A
A picture of David Evans (ROM) and fellow dino hunter Dr. M. Ryan excavating a fossil in Alberta shared on Twitter during the Q&A. Dr. David Evans, ROM palaeontologist and dino hunter, took your questions over twitter this afternoon for a one-hour Q&A. Here’s a recap of the