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Dawn Probe to Rendezvous with Asteroid Vesta!

By Brendt Hyde, Mineralogy Technician Our solar system is a very busy place! Aside from the 9 (no, make that 8!) major planets and their moons, there are 5 dwarf planets, 3 massive asteroid belts containing tens of thousands of smaller irregular bodies, and an untold number of comets. Image taken

The Living Room: Photography in the Public and Private

The Living Room: Photography in the Public and Private

By Maya Wilson-Sanchez For almost nine months now, I’ve had the wonderful experience of working, writing, researching, and creating alongside a class of dedicated and talented undergraduate and graduate students at OCAD University as well as our instructors, and curators and staff at the ROM. It

#ThrowbackThursday: Tight Schedule

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

Bobdownsite; an honour to honour

Bobdownsite. I was lead author on a manuscript recently describing a new mineral called bobdownsite, ideally Ca 9 Mg(PO 4) 6 (PO 3 F), from the Big Fish River, Yukon Territory. The ROM has been very involved in describing rare minerals from this region for over 40 years. Al Kulan and associate

Recap of Today’s Dino Q&A

A picture of David Evans (ROM) and fellow dino hunter Dr. M. Ryan excavating a fossil in Alberta shared on Twitter during the Q&A. Dr. David Evans, ROM palaeontologist and dino hunter, took your questions over twitter this afternoon for a one-hour Q&A. Here’s a recap of the

Experience a Taste of Life during Medieval Times

Rob Mason, is an archaeological scientist whose research interests include art, technology, trade, and industry from the beginnings of time to the industrial revolution. But you may recognize him as a dancing knight from our Medieval Dancing presentations! Don’t miss the ROM’s Medieval Fall

Conservation Intern Spotlight: Natasa Krsmanovic

Conservation Intern Spotlight: Natasa Krsmanovic

As a web intern at the ROM, the last place you’d expect me to visit is the Conservation department—which is situated many floors above my office! You may be surprised by how necessary it is for such contrasting departments to establish a close working relationship. But it is an interconnected

Member Tickets

Member Exhibition Ticket Allotment ROM Members receive unlimited free admission to ticketed special exhibitions all year long. Members are not required to reserve special exhibition tickets. However, if you wish to reserve tickets, please feel free to do so. Reserve Member Tickets Friday Night Live

Launch of Doodle 4 Google Exhibition

Launch of Doodle 4 Google Exhibition

The winning doodle is part of the exhibition, Doodle 4 Google, that features the drawings of the top 73 regional finalists from across Canada from this year’s contest. This national competition challenged Canadian students from kindergarten to Grade 12 to come up with creative and inspiring ways

BioBlitz Bits: The Bat Pack at Baker's Woods

BioBlitz Bits: The Bat Pack at Baker's Woods

Guest blog written by 2015 Environmental Visual Communication student Kendra Marjerrison It squeaked surprisingly loud and squirmed around in the light of our headlamps, looking for a way out. The young BioBlitz participants moved in closer for a better look; this was not something you could see