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ROM Archaeology Weekend

ROM Archaeology Weekend

ROM Ancient Cultures is getting ready for Archaeology Weekend, April 13-14, 11am-3pm at the museum. At this Family Fun event, ROM experts will be on hand to tell you about their work excavating sites and studying ancient cultures all around the world. You’ll also get a glimpse of what happens

Caring for the ROM's Collections

Caring for the ROM's Collections

Year round, ROM staff care for our collections behind the scenes. We're fortunate to have dedicated volunteers and interns who help with many aspects of this work. Meet two of them, who are working with our World Cultures collections. Kate Bursey Kate is a Collection Technician Intern this

Wu Dacheng: ROM Chinese Jades at the Suzhou Museum

As part of a special exhibition entitled Collections of the Wu Family From Suzhou in the Qing Dynasty (December 16, 2017, to March 11, 2018), the Royal Ontario Museum lent 28 Chinese jades to the Suzhou Museum. This exhibition, curated by the Suzhou Museum, constitutes the second in the series of

Your Photo Could Be Put On Display at the ROM!

Your Photo Could Be Put On Display at the ROM!

by guest blogger Filip Szafirowski, 2016 Environmental Visual Communication Program  graduate Ever think you’d see a photo of yours on display in the same building that holds 68 million year old Tyrannosaurus rex bones?  Well, now’s your chance! Coinciding with the opening of the Wildlife

The ROM's presence on Social Media

The ROM's presence on Social Media

Hello everyone, my name is Ryan Dodge and I am the Social Media Coordinator here at the ROM. Today, I am happy to announce the official launch of four new Twitter handles, now you can interact with each of our Centres of Discovery! Last year, the Museum launched the Centres of Discovery to help

ROM Photographer of the Year 2014: Recap

ROM Photographer of the Year 2014: Recap

Inspired by the amazing photographs on display in the Wildlife Photographer of the Year exhibition, for the last two years we’ve put out a call to our colleagues across the ROM to submit their best wildlife and landscape photos for a friendly, in-house competition we humbly call ROM Photographers

ROM Fossils & Evolution kicks off #Fossil150!

ROM Fossils & Evolution kicks off #Fossil150!

Posted by: Marianne Mader & David Evans   ROM Fossils & Evolution kicks off #Fossil150 Campaign! This year will mark Canada’s 150th anniversary of Confederation. The year 2017 will be one of reflection and celebration of Canada’s rich cultural, linguistic, geographic- and geological-

LEGO Maya Pyramid building for ROM March Break

 Fifty years ago, a tinny, lurching propeller plane circled above the tropical plain of Belize about 10 kilometres in from the Caribbean coastline. Below, amid a dark patch of forest, tiny slivers of chalky, exposed limestone peeked through the canopy. For the co-pilot that day, a young ROM

Spring has Sprung at the ROM!

Spring has sprung at the ROM, and as the season suggests, there are plenty of new things popping up around the Museum. First, a look back and a big thank you to everyone who contributed to the success of Maya: Secrets of their Ancient World. Congratulations to Justin Jennings, ROM associate curator

The Trees of the ROM

Of all the wonders of nature, a tree in summer is perhaps the most remarkable; with the possible exception of a moose singing “Embraceable You” in spats. ~Woody Allen Here in the Hands-on Galleries, we care greatly about our trees, which is why we’re so excited about the Earth Weekend events