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Notes from Oman: Part 2

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

2013 Social Media year in review: Twitter

2013 Social Media year in review: Twitter

As the ROM’s Social Media Coordinator, 2013 was a turning point for social media at the museum. It was the first full year where we had someone dedicated to social media, and more and more staff engaged than ever on Twitter. For #FF, let me suggest some of our newest ROM tweeps: Xerxes Mazda,

Weapon Wednesday: The Indian Katar, a Necessary Dress Accessory

Weapon Wednesday: The Indian Katar, a Necessary Dress Accessory

In South Asia during the 16th to early 20th centuries all fashionable young men when visiting their ladies would want to dress at their best. This would include one very necessary dress acessory: the katar. This uniquely South Asian dagger is thought to have developed in the very southern part of

Montréal Botanical Garden hosts the 50th Anniversary meeting of the Canadian Botanical Association

Montréal Botanical Garden hosts the 50th Anniversary meeting of the Canadian Botanical Association

Deb Metsger and I are on the train coming back from Montréal where we attended the 50 th Anniversary meeting of the Canadian Botanical Association. Deb gave a presentation there on her experience at the ROM with citizen science, using as examples the recent Humber River watershed BioBlitz, and her

Visiting a Family Heirloom

Sophia Chowdhury (far right) with her sister Meena (second in from left) and the next generation: Aneesa (far left), Zakary (centre), and baby Anarah. In the ROM’s curatorial area with the dagger, August, 14 2014. Photo Deepali Dewan, posted with permission of the family. In October 2010, Sophia

Baby bison are found, four Canadian girls win experience of a lifetime

Kids loved the mystery of the lost baby bison. They searched the 285 hectares of the Toronto Zoo. They inspected the great halls, galleries and dark corners of the Royal Ontario Museum. They probed the online world of Bison Collaborative websites. They left no stone unturned. They were dedicated,

March Break 2023

Saturday, March 11- Sunday, March 19, 2023 11 am- 4 pm, daily. Included with admission (unless otherwise noted) This March break, we’re celebrating the beginning of spring. Highlighting our Art & Culture, and Natural History collections, our family-friendly activations feature many ways that

Partenaires pédagogiques

Le ROM, l’un des plus grands établissements d’enseignement pluridisciplinaire, joue un rôle essentiel en tant que lieu d’apprentissage élargi et pratique pour plus de 150 000 enfants de la province. Grâce à un large éventail de programmes d’apprentissage basés sur nos collections —

Museums, stories and things.

Museums, stories and things.

Hi there! No, wait. If I’m going to be the resident Australian here at the ROM for the next month I suppose I should ham it up some. Let me try again. G’day! I’m Maxine and I’ll be taking over part of the ROMs airwaves for the next few weeks writing as the Digital Communications intern.

Fear for Adults and Fascination for Kids: Spiders and Friends Day at The Hospital for Sick Children

Written by Mark Bernards, Environmental Visual Communications student   We all know someone who is terrified of spiders. Maybe it’s a friend, or a family member, or maybe it’s you! But I’m sure we can all think of someone we know who panics at the first sign of anything crawling across the