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Farms, Cities, Animals, and the Museum

Farms, Cities, Animals, and the Museum

Guest blog by Environmental Visual Communication student Teghan Dodds Goats are not something you’d expect to see within the confines of the city, and especially not on Toronto’s Bloor Street with its upscale shops and prestigious historical buildings. Yet, cities depend on agricultural

 “Origins of Chintz,” The Exhibit: A Look Back to 1970

“Origins of Chintz,” The Exhibit: A Look Back to 1970

“Chintz… the exotic fabric from India that caught Europe’s fancy… So popular it was banned in England and France… Revolutionized Europe’s textile printing industry.” Thus exclaimed the brochure that accompanied the ROM’s landmark exhibition, ‘The Origins of Chintz’, which opened

Chocolate – The Food of the Gods

Following up on our last blog – not all chocolate is the bitter kind born of child labour and greedy corporations. ChocoSol Traders is a small, ecological and inter-community initiative between farmers in Chiapas, Mexico, sustainable technologists based out of Oaxaca City, Mexico and horizontal

NASA’s Continued Curiosity for Life on Mars

By Brent Hyde, Minerology Technician Did life ever exist on the red planet? This is a question NASA has been trying to answer for more than 40 years. In the next couple of years, NASA hopes to get some answers. In late November of this year, NASA will be launching its latest and greatest rover to

#ThrowbackThursday: A Warm Memory

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

Bibliothèque H.H Mu d'Asie orientale

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Next Stop Mars! New NASA Rover Launched

By Brendt Hyde, Mineralogy Technician Curiosity starts its journey towards Mars! (Image Credit NASA/Scott Andrews/Canon) On November 26, 2011 at 10:02 am EST, NASA successfully launched its next rover, Curiosity, towards Mars. As discussed on the ROM Blog in November, Curiosity will help to

Les règles de la taxonomie: nommer les espèces

Les règles de la taxonomie: nommer les espèces

Pourquoi les conservateurs du ROM devraient-ils s’intéresser à un projet visant à créer une organisation qui réglementerait la désignation des espèces? Nommer les choses qui l’entourent est un besoin fondamental de l’être humain et du langage. Mais nous n’en restons pas là : nous

IARTS Textiles of India Grant

IARTS TEXTILES OF INDIA GRANT  $15,000   Application Deadline: May 15, 2024 January 1, 2024 Call for proposals open May 15, 2024 Deadline to submit proposals June 30, 2024 Notice of decision July 15, 2024 Funds made available   About the Grant The IARTS Textiles of India Grant supports a

Accessibility Awareness Week 2013 Spotlight- Alexis Pastuch

Accessibility Awareness Week 2013 Spotlight- Alexis Pastuch

Alexis Pastuch has been a member of the ROM’s Accessibility Advisory Committee since 2010. After studying to be a law clerk at Durham College, Alexis found it difficult to locate a position with accessibility standards that created a comfortable working environment. This challenge encouraged