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Of Quilts and Quilting

By Joan Schiff, Chair of the Programs and Events Committee, Friends of Textiles and Costume. Left: Fashionable ladies in 18th century Britain wore quilted petticoats for warmth and beauty. Right: Love Apple is an example of a wedding quilt from the ROM’s collection. As fall approaches, thoughts

#ThrowbackThursday: Good Luck!

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

Earth Day 2022

Join us for all-day family fun activities on Saturday, April 23. Free with General Admission   Earth Day On-Site Activities Saturday, April 23, unless stated otherwise City Nature Challenge:  Explore the wildlife that calls Toronto home and learn how you can join iNature’s City Nature

Tattooed Heroes of Edo Period Japan

Tattoos: Ritual. Identity. Obsession. Art is an exhibition in the Royal Ontario Museum (ROM) coming from Museé du quai Branly, Paris. It explores 5000 years of tattoo tradition around the world. The traditional and contemporary tattoos of Japan are featured prominently in their own section of the

PROM: Circus

On Saturday, March 31, the Young Patrons’ Circle (YPC) hosted the seventh annual PROM at the ROM fundraising bash. This year’s creative circus theme was a three-ring success – and a record-breaking PROM with over 900 guests in attendance! Hundreds of big top beauties and carnival cuties

La nouvelle génération de mécènes

La nouvelle génération de mécènes

Cocktail du CJB Le 16 novembre 2012, à l’occasion de la Fièvre du vendredi soir, des membres du Cercle des jeunes bienfaiteurs (CJB) et leurs amis ont eu la chance d’assister à un cocktail réservé à nos invités de marque. Avant de rejoindre la foule, ils ont pu acheter des « dollars »

Friends of Textiles & Costume

The Friends of Textiles & Costume support the ROM’s spectacular collection of textile and fashion objects that tell stories, interweave cultures and societies, and record intimate histories, politics and ingenious innovation. We strive to deepen one’s understanding of the rich, world-wide

Belle découverte dans les schistes de Burgess: un ver oscillant sur ses « pattes »

By Jean-Bernard Caron, Conservateur principal de paléontologie des invertébrés, Musée royal de l’Ontario Le ROM annonce aujourd’hui la découverte d’une espèce étonnante sur le site mondialement connu des schistes de Burgess dans le Parc national Yoho. La créature a été baptisée

Summerasaurus Part I: Digging for Dinos

Mark Farmer recently returned from an expedition to the far end of southern Alberta with Dr. David Evans, Associate Curator of Vertebrate Paleontology at the ROM, in search of dinosaurs! Join us over the course of the next month as Mark and Dr. Evans put up their notes from the field, detailing

Infoflash rorqual bleu: De Trenton avec amour

Infoflash rorqual bleu: De Trenton avec amour

Comment expédie-t-on un cœur de rorqual bleu ? Quiconque a déjà offert un cadeau ou expédié un colis connaît bien les joies de l’emballage. Question: comment expédie-t-on le cœur d’un rorqual bleu ?  VIDÉO en anglais De Trenton avec amour : Emballage du cœur d’un rorqual bleu