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Soldiers

Soldiers The military may have constituted a social class of their own, with sons often following their fathers into the army. Son often followed father into the army. Opportunity, good luck, and courage could help a soldier rise in wealth and prestige. Because Kings were also war-leaders, a good

Why Do We Take Photographs?: Visitors Respond

The landmark exhibit “ Genesis ” just closed at the Royal Ontario Museum. An “Activation Area” in the exhibit invited visitors to engage with issues at a personal level by considering how photography works in their own lives. We collected over 1200 responses! Here is a selection.Visitors

Hands On Family Day Weekend

This year’s ROM Family Day long weekend delivers a first-hand exploration of ROM Biodiversity. In the Patrick and Barbara Keenan Family Gallery of Hands-on Biodiversity and the CIBC Discovery Gallery we're delivering a hands-on experience with three wild touch tables offering a

Sharing the Kirwin Collection with the World

The ROM is grateful to BMO Financial Group for an extraordinary $1M gift in support of the Kirwin Collection initiative. This generous investment in ROM Earth & Space will help the ROM catalogue, digitize, store and share this remarkable collection with the public. “BMO Financial Group is

Collections: Natural History

Natural History The Department of Natural History collections comprise one of the largest holdings of natural history specimens in Canada, and are recognized internationally. Staff members conduct research in areas of particular strength in our collections and where our curators have a special

Salle de presse

Bienvenue à la salle de presse du ROM. Toute demande ou recherche d'informations des médias peuvent parvenir à media@rom.on.ca. Toute autre démarche devrait être faite en faisant parvenir un courriel à info@rom.on.ca. Les personnes des médias, les étudiants et les auteurs de blogs et

Currelly Legacy Society

In recognition of those who have made a future gift commitment to benefit the Museum, ROM invites legacy donors to become members of the Charles Trick & Ada Mary Currelly Legacy Society. Named after the first director of the Royal Ontario Museum of Archaeology and his wife, the Currelly Legacy

From Poop to Plankton: Working Together to Conserve our Ocean’s Gardeners

Guest blog written by Environmental Visual Communication student Meghan Callon The world’s largest animal creates the world’s largest poop. By simply going about their daily functions, blue whales supply the “miracle grow” of the sea. They fertilize the ocean’s surface waters! But there

Adventures in the Great Bear Rainforest: from the Royal Ontario Museum to the wilds of British Columbia with Paul Nicklen

By guest blogger Paul Esposti, 2016 Environmental Visual Communication Program graduate. It’s September 2016, although I’ve lost track of the days. But it’s September and I’m in Northern British Columbia and being dry is a distant memory as I lay in a damp field surrounded by tall

Ushering in the year of the dragon in the Life in Crisis: Schad Gallery of Biodiversity

A sneak peak at our new komodo dragon before the work begins With the start of the Chinese New Year, all thoughts are on dragons – the presiding animal zodiac for this lunar year. Unlike many European mythologies where dragons are menacing villains, the dragon zodiac represents wealth, prosperity

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