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New to ROM: Nao Uda, Words Fail Me, 2013-15

New to ROM: Nao Uda, Words Fail Me, 2013-15

Nao Uda, born in Yokohama in 1983, is a contemporary Japanese artist who works in drawings, photography, and paintings. Having received her BFA at the School of Visual Arts in New York City in 2007, Nao lived in Toronto as an artist in residence at the Japanese Canadian Cultural Center thanks to a

Giving the Gift of Life Insurance

A gift of life insurance is a simple and affordable way to make a future major gift to ROM without reducing the assets in your estate. Donate an existing policy making ROM owner/beneficiary. Receive a charitable tax receipt for the cash surrender value and for all future premiums you pay. Save

Earth Rangers Studio

Earth Rangers Studio (ERS) is open most weekends from 11:00 am to 4:00 pm and is located in the  Life in Crisis: Schad Gallery of Biodiversity, Level 2. Stop by during your ROM visit and, if the Studio doors are open, join us! ERS welcomes visitors to explore the natural world that we live in and

Wirth Gallery of the Middle East

Wirth Gallery of the Middle East

The Wirth Gallery of the Middle East is temporarily closed while we refresh our galleries. Stay tuned for more information soon!    The Cradle of Civilization. In an area of the Middle East known as the Fertile Crescent, where the Tigris and Euphrates rivers meet, ancient societies flourished and

"Pseudo-Nature" and Photographic Integrity

"Pseudo-Nature" and Photographic Integrity

Guest blog written by 2015 Environmental Visual Communication student Sean de Francia The 13th of June saw the fourth annual Ontario Bioblitz, a 24-hour frenzy of citizen science bringing taxonomic experts and ecological enthusiasts to the Don River Watershed to create an inventory of the local

Collaboration, Family and Photography: The Process of Creating an Installation for The Family Camera Exhibition

Written By Maya Wilson-Sanchez Since September 2016, OCAD University, The Royal Ontario Museum and The Family Camera Network have been collaborating to create an interactive project for The Family Camera exhibition opening May 6, 2017. This opportunity is offered through OCAD U’s Digital Futures

Amarna Artifacts in the ROM’s Ancient Egypt Collection

Amarna Artifacts in the ROM’s Ancient Egypt Collection

By Laura Ranieri If you go up to the Museum’s third floor and make your way into the Ancient Egypt displays, you will quickly find yourself amid an impressive collection of objects dating from the Old Kingdom through to Ptolemaic times. This is just a representative sampling of the more than

WonderWorks

WonderWorks

Where play meets learning. ROM welcomes families to a reimagined play-based learning space — a space that invites young children to experiment and connect with the Museum in a playful, interactive, and fun environment.  Just as children's experiences of the world around us change as they

Goddess Exposed: the ROM’s ‘Minoan’ Goddess is on display!

Goddess Exposed: the ROM’s ‘Minoan’ Goddess is on display!

She’s been languishing  in the Greek & Roman storerooms for years, but finally the ROM Minoan Goddess is back on display. For a limited time you can see this tiny ivory figurine, an old favourite of the ROM’s Bronze Age Aegean collection, but now often thought to be a modern fake.  An

Collections: Art and Culture

Art & Culture The Department of Art & Culture is one of two curatorial departments under the Collections and Research Division. The ROM holds nearly 1 million objects of art and culture from around the world, dating from pre-historic civilizations to present day contemporary artworks.