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Museum Week 2017
#MuseumWeek is an international online event celebrating and showcasing all things from cultural institutions over 7 days, 7 themes, 7 hashtags! Museum Week challenges Museums to share content based on 7 different themes, using 7 different hashtags throughout the week. We have participated the last
Invertebrate Life in the Ocean: Curator’s Corner
Hello, I’m Claire Healy, Associate Curator of Invertebrate Zoology here at the ROM. It’s almost that time again – Curator’s Corner is gearing up to bring you another opportunity to meet a curator (me!) and learn a bit more about the animals here at the museum, and the delightful organisms
Yukon BioBlitz: Strange Things Done in the Midnight Sun
Blog by Stacey Lee Kerr, Biodiversity Storyteller / Creative Producer for the ROM's Centre for Biodiversity The idea of what “midnight sun” really means is rather obscure to the uninitiated traveller. It doesn’t strike home until you’ve been sitting at a picnic table with some
Migration: The Long and Bumpy Road
"Migration" by Norval Morrisseau, Daphne Cockwell Gallery dedicated to First Peoples art & culture As we enjoy this summer in Toronto, moving from heat wave, to flooding rain, to hailstorm, one is always aware that winter is indeed coming! Some of us greet Canada’s national season
Safavid Tile Project I: The Technology
Some of the most noticeable objects in the ROM's Wirth Gallery of The Middle East are two friezes of tiles that would have been in the spandrels of arches. These were made in Iran in the last third of the 17 th century under the Safavid dynasty, probably for a palatial building in Isfahan. The
#ROMSocial- Museum Highlights
Know your way around social media? Photography skills? Sign up for a unique opportunity! Join us for a little Dinosaurs at dawn, maybe even some Mummies in the morning. Fill out the form below for your chance to take part in a ROM Highlights tour BEFORE we open. Deadline to apply is May 9th
Chihuly Around the World
Chihuly’s permanent installations appear all over the world, including installations in the United States, Canada, England, Singapore, the United Arab Emirates, and Kuwait. These impressive installations appear to be constructed in a way that provides contrast between the
#5Reasons to come to @ROMToronto this weekend!
So this weekend @ROMToronto? Kind of a big deal. On Saturday we’re covering all things archaeology and Sunday we’re doing the same with palaeontology. Maybe the two best ologies! SATURDAY October 20th- NATIONAL ARCHAEOLOGY DAY It’s National Archaeology Day, and, of course, we’re taking part
Weapon Wednesday: Bagh Nakh--making humans into tigers
Written by Aruna Panday, Ph.D Candidate York University, Co-Chair Friends of South Asia Committee, and ROM curatorial intern. Bagh nakh (tiger-claw weapon), lacquered steel, India, 19th century, ROM 913.10.28 Bagh Nakh (also called Bagh naka, wagh nakh or bhagunakha) translates from Hindi to
In Search of ROMance: Looking for love in all the right places
Valentine’s Day is upon us. To celebrate the most romantic day of the year, here are a few fun highlights from our collection. It seems the Museum is practically infested with putti! Unlike their angelic cousins we know as cherubs and seraphs, these chubby, almost devilish imps were devoted to