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CANADA 150 – What We Make and What We’re Made Of

Hi! I'm Heather Read, the Rebanks Postdoctoral Fellow in Canadian Decorative Arts. In honour of Canada’s 150 th anniversary of Confederation, I’ll be writing a blog series this year highlighting interesting objects from the Canadian Decorative Arts Collection at the Royal Ontario Museum.

Good Over Evil: Diwali, Festival of Lights

Good Over Evil: Diwali, Festival of Lights

Written By: Aruna Panday, PhD Candidate York University, Co-chair Friends of South Asia Committee Diwali, also Romanized as Divali or Deepawali, literally means 'row of lights.'   Diwali is celebrated by over one billion Hindus, Sikhs, and Jains (and their friends!) in South Asia and

Story of Nubia

Story of Nubia

This short documentary tells the story of Nubia and the civilization that flourished in the Nile Valley for thousands of years and particularly between 800 BC and 400 AD. The Galleries of Africa: Nubia at the Royal Ontario Museum in Toronto allow visitors to explore an exxtraordiary ancient legacy

History of Giving

Sir William Meredith, Chancellor, U of T; Sir Robert Falconer, President, U of T; Dr. James Brebner, Registrar, U of T.; Sir Edmund Walker, Chairman, Board of Governors (1912). (From left to right) Philanthropy has been at the heart of the ROM since its inception more than 100 years ago. Financial

Profile: Canada's First Lady of Literature

Profile: Canada's First Lady of Literature

Eleanor Wachtel is a Canadian writer and broadcaster, and host of the CBC Radio’s popular literary show Writers & Company. Over the 26 years Wachtel has been hosting her show, she has interviewed some of the most compelling figures in Canadian literature, including Saul Bellow, Alice

Donors Endow ROM Curatorship of North American Archaeology

Donors Endow ROM Curatorship of North American Archaeology

From left: Gino Vettoretto, Isabel Alves-Vettoretto, and Christian Vettoretto  One ROM curator can touch thousands of lives through the collections they develop, the exhibitions they curate, the students they mentor, the courses they teach, and through their own path-changing research and

DNA confirms relationship between the giant flightless moa and the tinamous

DNA confirms relationship between the giant flightless moa and the tinamous

Bringing a historical debate into the genomic age Why did the ratite cross the supercontinent?  The beginning of a joke or part of one of the longest running debates in ornithology (the study of birds)?  The large flightless birds known as the ratites currently include the ostrich from Africa,

Behind-the-scenes with OKCHF researchers and the ROM's Korean collection

Behind-the-scenes with OKCHF researchers and the ROM's Korean collection

In the summer of 2015 the ROM’s Department of World Cultures hosted a team of Korean researchers from the Overseas Korean Cultural Heritage Foundation (OKCHF). In August 2016 the OKCHF project team will be returning to the ROM for the second half of this two part assignment in order to finish

The Children's Miracle Network at The ROM!

The Children's Miracle Network at The ROM!

It’s not often that you witness children jumping out of their seats to dance, learning about DNA, examining dinosaur fossils, and exploring the secrets of Ancient Egypt all in one day. On Monday, October 7, the Royal Ontario Museum was pleased to host the Children’s Miracle Network Program,

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