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Five Answers to WP "Y?"

Five Answers to WP "Y?"

Guest Blog written by Environmental Visual Communication student Jessica Gordon The tradition of taking pictures of nature is a long one.  It can be traced back to 1906 when National Geographic featured its first ever wildlife photos. In 1963 Animals was launched, which would eventually become BBC

Profile: Canada's Astronaut

Profile: Canada's Astronaut

Chris Hadfield sits down with ROM M agazine and talks space, dinos, and risk. We’re eager to hear about your favourite objects and places at the ROM, but we don’t get to chat with astronauts very often, so we’re hoping to ask a few questions about your space travels first…  Thinking back

Paradigm Shift. How Archaeology is Rewriting the History of the Americas

Paradigm Shift. How Archaeology is Rewriting the History of the Americas

FULL Paradigm Shift.  How Archaeology is Rewriting the History of the Americas  Thursday, September 26, 2024, 6:30 pm- 9:15 pm FREE. RSVP Required. From the Canadian Arctic to the mountains of central Mexico, new research is shifting the long-standing western scientific narrative that human

From Meteorites to Slime- A Look at the ROMForYou “Space Day” at The Hospital For Sick Children

From Meteorites to Slime- A Look at the ROMForYou “Space Day” at The Hospital For Sick Children

(written by Min Wong, member of ROMForYou, Friends of Earth and Space, Friends of Paleontology) Have you ever held a piece of Mars? Martian meteorites are exceedingly rare but kids got to see one first hand on “Space Day” at the Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids) over the March Break. It was

Sloth Life

Sloth Life

It’s no secret that sloths basically took over the internet in recent years after a series of adorable YouTube videos, listicles, and Kristen Bell’s infamous meltdown over her slothy Birthday gift. From the photobombing sloth to the Mona Lisa sloth, they were everywhere! Before another cuddly

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The ROM ‘Minoan’ Goddess: The Minoan Relations

The ROM ‘Minoan’ Goddess: The Minoan Relations

Here I continue the story of an icon of the Royal Ontario Museum (ROM) collection: the ivory and gold female figurine–ROM 931.21.1. For further information see the ‘Minoan’ Ivory Goddess Research Project. After looking at the best known of the dubious ‘Minoan’ figurines (which may be

CANADA 150- Nova Scotia – Black rag doll

CANADA 150- Nova Scotia – Black rag doll

The Canadian Decorative Arts section of the Royal Ontario Museum has a reasonable doll collection, featuring both folk and commercially made dolls. Primarily the dolls represent the backgrounds of Anglophone and Francophone early Canadian settlers, like this handmade dancing doll from Quebec, and

#ThrowbackThursday: A Warm Memory

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

Berlin and Warsaw: Two Capitals Reborn

Trip Information Germany and Poland share a long and complicated history. For over 1,000 years, they have been neighbours, friends, and foes. Their capitals, Berlin and Warsaw respectively, reflect this complex past, but also a vibrant present, and a dynamic future. Join us for an exciting 11-day