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#ThrowbackThursday: Finishing Touches

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

A Super Event and a Super Moon

The libration of the Moon over a single lunar month. Image credit: Tom Ruen For all the space junkies and aspiring astronauts, the ROM is holding its first ever Space Weekend on May 5 and 6…it’s going to be out of this world! A variety of rare metorites will be on display, many that you can

#ThrowbackThursday: Final Dusting

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

Museum Week 2017

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

#ROMSocial- Museum Highlights

#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

#ThrowbackThursday: Big Labels for Old Drafts

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: The Opening

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

Arti Chandaria (1960-2015)

Arti Chandaria, long-time ROM friend, volunteer, and supporter passed away on Friday January 23, 2015. She lived each day with vigor and enthusiasm, never letting cancer impede her from a life of discovery.  As a daughter, sister, wife, mother, and friend, she inspired with her passion,

Gone Fish'n at Ontario BioBlitz 2013

Gone Fish'n at Ontario BioBlitz 2013

ROM ichthyology staff led an enthusiastic team of 25 volunteers into the Rouge River on September 14 th and 15 th for some serious fish collecting during the 2013 Ontario BioBlitz at Rouge Park. Our aim: to identify as many species of fishes as possible in a 24 hour period. After a quick lesson on

Notes from Oman: Part 3

Dr. Sarah Fee, Associate Curator, Eastern Hemisphere Textiles & Costumes, is the first-ever recipient of the YPC Research Fund. This November 2011, YPC supported Sarah’s trip to Oman to research ancient forms of pitloom weaving and the trade routes of the Muscat cloth, which will inform part