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ROM Storytime: “From the Stars in the Sky to the Fish in the Sea” by Kai Cheng Thom

The Woman Behind the Biggest Heart in the World

Guest Blog written by 2017 Environmental Visual Communication student Fenella Hood Knife in hand and knee-deep in rotting blubber, Jacqueline Miller is about to do something that has never been done before: carve out a blue whale's heart for preservation. Enveloped in its stench and racing

Glimpses of Upper Burma: Clement Williams (1833-1879)

In 2014-2016, ROM received a collection of rare photographs, documents and artifacts once belonging to Clement Williams, one of the first Europeans to live in the Kingdom of Ava (Kingdom of Burma). This region was referred to as Upper Burma by the British, who had annexed Lower Burma after the

Of Africa

Of Africa is a multiplatform and multiyear project aimed at rethinking historical and contemporary representations of Africa. About the Project Of Africa stems from an original idea of independent curators Julie Crooks and Dominique Fontaine. From 2013 to 2018, Crooks and Fontaine have been working

ROM Field Guide to Butterflies of Ontario

In June 2014, the ROM Field Guide to the Butterflies of Ontario was published. This is the very first field guide on the butterflies of Ontario. It highlights the diversity of life by featuring a staggering 167 species of butterflies known to occur in Ontario. It includes descriptive species

ROMKids Show: The One With the MeteoRITES and the MeteorWRONGS

The Past in the Present: A Dialogue

The Past in the Present: A Dialogue By Catherine Tammaro, Richard Zane Smith, and Craig Cipolla Nearly a year ago we met together at the Royal Ontario Museum to discuss and handle Wendat pottery. Our meeting led to a small collaborative research and writing project that resulted in an ongoing