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#ThrowbackThursday: Hanging the Curtains

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

Internships and Co-ops

Internships at the ROM As part of our mission to inspire curiosity, make discoveries, and share wonder, we are delighted to support the next generation of museum professionals by providing internship opportunities. Interns gain museum work experience, connections, and course credit while furthering

Global Fashion & Textiles: Object Lessons

Global Fashion & Textiles: Object Lessons

Object Lessons reveals the ephemeral and physical social and cultural histories of objects in the museum’s collection of global textiles and fashions through interviews with makers, donors and historians. Veronika Gervers: Research Fellowship in Textiles & Fashion History Barbara Kostner,

Ethics and Transparency

The ROM Governors office follows best practices in transparency and governance.  Read about the AFP Ethics Guidelines, Codes and Standards.   Our office publishes financial information through the following channels: Canada Revenue Agency ROM Governors reports annually to the Canada Revenue

2024 Ontario Fish Identification Workshops

2024 Ontario Fish Identification Workshops

If you are a fisheries biologist or a student registered in a fisheries biology program, the Royal Ontario Museum (ROM), Department of Natural History, provides an opportunity to improve your fish identification skills. The workshops are designed primarily for professionals, technicians, field

ROMKids Junior

ROMKids Junior

Inspire your toddler's imagination and sense of discovery as you explore the ROM's collection of art, history, and nature through the eyes of a child. Bring your child on an eight-week sensory adventure as you tour galleries with our early learning instructors, and join them in creative

Planting Seeds for the Future

Planting Seeds for the Future

Mikal Radford and Muriel Lalka will celebrate their 10th wedding anniversary in 2023, but their romance has been many more years in the making. “We’ve known each other since high school,” says Mikal. “We were really good friends but went in different directions after graduation.” It

Meteorite or “Meteor-wrong”?

ROM Earth Scientists receive dozens of requests each year to identify possible meteorites. This is especially the case when there is a spectacular fireball similar to the one which recently streaked across southern Ontario on December 12 of this year (the video was captured by astronomers at the

Kissing the Cod!

Kissing the Cod!

By Jacqueline Waters Environmental Visual Communication graduate (2013), For the Centre of Discovery in Biodiversity, Royal Ontario Museum Well it’s official we’ve been screeched in and the team and I are all now honorary Newfoundlanders. Despite having to kiss the cod, being welcomed in the