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March Break 2023

Saturday, March 11- Sunday, March 19, 2023 11 am- 4 pm, daily. Included with admission (unless otherwise noted) This March break, we’re celebrating the beginning of spring. Highlighting our Art & Culture, and Natural History collections, our family-friendly activations feature many ways that

An Enriching Relationship

An Enriching Relationship

In the Canadian multicultural mosaic, Jayshree Khimasia sees ROM as a vital institution. The Museum has brought her closer to her own South Asian identity and nourished her lifelong passion for textiles and global fashion. And that’s why she has chosen to entrust part of her legacy to the

Yellowjackets (a.k.a. Late Summer Picnic Pests)

We love picnicking outside in the summer but in August and September our meals are inevitably cut short because of wasps. What are they and what can we do about them? Yellowjackets - much worse than ants at a picnic! There are a few species of these social wasps in Ontario, but most common are

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

ROM Minecraft

Register for our Spring Info Session to learn how to participate in our 2025 Spring Guided Programs. "Rocks and Minerals" covers math (coding) and science expectations for the Grade 4 Ontario Curriculum. "Sustainable Style" covers math (coding) expectations as well as subjects

WPY- The Proof is in the Picture

WPY- The Proof is in the Picture

Guest Blog written by Environmental Visual Communication student Kendra Marjerrison Looking out the eight-foot-high windows of the Tundra Buggy traversing Wapusk National Park, Don Gutoski waited for signs of life. The guide noticed it first- a red fox moving across the snowy expanse of tundra.

Long Distance Interaction in the Ancient Andes

Long Distance Interaction in the Ancient Andes

The focus of Justin Jenning's fieldwork is on the impact of the Wari (AD 600- 1000) and Inca (AD 1430- 1532) states in the Cotahuasi, Majes, and Siguas Valleys of southern Peru. Excavation at Quilcapampa, a Wari-influenced site in the Sihuas Valley, Peru (2015-2017) Petroglyphs located just

Collector’s Items

Collector’s Items

When Ali Adil Khan and his wife Shehla emigrated from Pakistan over 30 years ago, Canadian art provided a way to connect to their new home. Ali Adil began collecting artworks depicting the Canadian wilderness – slowly at first and on a shoestring budget, eventually progressing to larger

Entomystery – why did the beetles go to camp?

Occasionally, I put on my entomological detective hat to investigate insect mysteries. This one was a beetle mystery at my son’s camp in a Toronto elementary school. My son reported a large number (hundreds!) of tiny beetles swarming the windows in his classroom and asked me to look at them.