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The Past in the Present: A Dialogue

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

March Break 2024

Over 13 million things to see in one Museum.    Saturday, March 9- Sunday, March 17, 2024 10 am- 4 pm, daily. Included with General Admission. This March Break, find something for everyone and spark your curiousity as you dive into exciting adventures. Experience engaging, hands-on activities

Hands-on Galleries

Hands-on Galleries

Visitors from around the world flock to our three permanent, interactive galleries at the ROM. Our hands-on galleries depend on a team of over 200 dedicated volunteers who engage visitors in various ways. This is an excellent volunteer opportunity for people who enjoy working with children in a fun

A Golden Opportunity

A Golden Opportunity

For almost 12,000 years, the world has been a pretty stable place, at least in terms of geology.  But scientists submit that with the intense acceleration of human activity over the last century, we’ve entered a new epoch: the proposed Anthropocene.  Dr. Francine McCarthy is an Earth Sciences

Learning by Heart

Learning by Heart

Nearly two decades after receiving an invitation to attend a curatorial event at ROM, the Museum has become like a second home to Neera Chopra and her husband, Deepak. They became members of the Royal Patrons Circle and Neera was drawn to contributing in a more meaningful way. She began

Going Above and Beyond with a Gift of Life Insurance

Going Above and Beyond with a Gift of Life Insurance

Magid Girgis is a certified financial planner specializing in gift planning. We all have passions that fill our lives. Be it the arts, health care, education, poverty or the environment. We all have that internal need to give back to institutions that drive our passions. Many donate annual gifts

True Blue Detectives

True Blue Detectives

Guest blog written by 2017 Environmental Visual Communication student Connor McDowell The Royal Ontario Museum has marked yet another first for science with its  Blue Whale project. This achievement could hold keys to the conservation of this majestic, endangered mammal – not to mention a deeper

Three cheers for Burgess Shale’ newest oddball animal, a worm with waving “arms”

By Jean-Bernard Caron, Senior Curator of Invertebrate Palaeontology, Royal Ontario Museum  Today, the ROM is announcing a spectacular new species from the world-famous Burgess Shale site in Yoho National Park. Its name, Ovatiovermis cribratus, means “standing suspension-feeding worm” in Latin

Daphne Cockwell Gallery dedicated to First Peoples art & culture

Daphne Cockwell Gallery dedicated to First Peoples art & culture

Collection Update The First Peoples Gallery opened in 2005 with input from Indigenous advisors. Since then, additional cultural specialists worked with the museum to update sections of the gallery. We are grateful to those who forged paths for more accurate representation of First Peoples. Over the