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Presenting our Winners of the 2018 ROM Wildlife Photographer of the Year Contest

Presenting our Winners of the 2018 ROM Wildlife Photographer of the Year Contest

Inspired by the prestigious  Wildlife Photographer of the Year exhibition, the Ontario-wide ROM Wildlife Photographer of the Year contest returned for a 4th year –with incredible prizes for both adult and youth categories! From November 15, 2018 to February 15, 2019, the ROM invited amateur

Voici les gagnants du concours du Photographe naturaliste de l’année du ROM pour 2018

Voici les gagnants du concours du Photographe naturaliste de l’année du ROM pour 2018

Le concours ontarien de photographie naturaliste du ROM, qui s’inspire de la prestigieuse exposition Le Photographe naturaliste de l’année, était de retour au Musée pour la 4 e année. Des prix fabuleux ont été remis dans les catégories Adultes et Jeunes! Du 15 novembre 2018 au 15

Introducing Zuul, Destroyer of Shins, Generator of Science

Introducing Zuul, Destroyer of Shins, Generator of Science

Today, the ROM unveiled a new species of armored dinosaur, Zuul crurivastator, based on an almost complete and remarkably well-preserved skeleton from the Judith River Formation of Montana. The skeleton of Zuul was acquired by the ROM with the generous support of the Louise Hawley Stone Trust, and

De nouvelles découvertes sur les schistes de Burgess: Des vers épineux abondaient dans les mers du Cambrien

De nouvelles découvertes sur les schistes de Burgess: Des vers épineux abondaient dans les mers du Cambrien

Hallucigenia sparsa n’est pas un animal ordinaire. Rien de plus bizarre que cette espèce emblématique des schistes de Burgess, dont le ROM détient la plus importante collection de spécimens au monde. Un article publié dans le numéro du 31 juillet de Proceedings of the Royal Society, Series

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

Ben & Bruno’s Excellent Trilobite Adventure

Curatorial staff in attendance at the ROM’s popular bimonthly Rock, Gem, Mineral, Fossil, and Meteorite Identification Clinics are routinely treated to a fascinating array of objects brought in by an equally fascinating cross-section of our museum visitors. From very junior geologists clutching

A SILURIAN “SHARK” TALE

What comes to mind when you hear or read the word “jaws”? For many, it will be the eponymous 1975 Hollywood blockbuster, starring a memorable mechanical menace in the form of a ravenous Great White Shark – along with a few notable human actors, of course. Or perhaps it invokes images of

Safavid Tile Project IV: The Artist behind the Arches

Safavid Tile Project IV: The Artist behind the Arches

Written by  Lisa Golombek, Curator Emeritus (Islamic Art)  In 17th century Iran, unlike earlier times, painters often signed their works. These were individual pages, collected by the connoisseur and bound in an album, or the artist signed pages of an illustrated manuscript. Although these

Presenting our Winners of the 2021 ROM Wildlife Photographer of the Year Contest

Presenting our Winners of the 2021 ROM Wildlife Photographer of the Year Contest

Inspired by the prestigious  Wildlife Photographer of the Year exhibition, the Ontario-wide ROM Wildlife Photographer of the Year contest returned for a 7th year –with incredible prizes from our friends at Henry’s! From November 20, 2021 to April 24, 2022, ROM invited amateur and professional

Voici les gagnants du concours du Photographe naturaliste du ROM 2021

Voici les gagnants du concours du Photographe naturaliste du ROM 2021

Le concours ontarien de photographie naturaliste du ROM, qui s’inspire de la prestigieuse exposition Le Photographe naturaliste de l’année, était de retour au Musée pour la 7 e année. Des prix fabuleux ont été offert par Henry’s! Du 20 novembre 2021 au 24 avril 2022, le ROM a demandé