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A Love for the ROM

A Love for the ROM

Celebrating 100 Years of Nurturing Discovery The ROM experienced an incredible wave of affection felt in Toronto and beyond as we celebrated the Museum’s 100th anniversary and launched our $15M Love the ROM Centennial Campaign. The City of Toronto marked the Museum’s birthday by declaring March

Willner Madge Gallery, Dawn of Life

On November 14, 2018, the ROM proudly announced that Toronto philanthropists Jeff Willner and Stacey Madge generously committed $5 million for the future Willner Madge Gallery, Dawn of Life. This investment helped establish a new 10,000 square foot permanent gallery that explores the beginnings of

ROM After Dark: Pride

A Pride Party 4.5 Billion Years in the Making.    ROM After Dark is the popular after-hours adult (19+) event series that features curated music, visual arts, performances, and distinctive food and drink. Join the fun on June 14 for RAD: Pride—an electrifying celebration with an incredible

Mummification

Natural Mummies North Africa is very hot and dry. The Sahara would stretch right across from near the Atlantic Ocean to the Red Sea if not for the Nile River. The Nile has allowed people to live in Egypt and develop a great civilization. The dark rich soil deposited by the annual flood, the

Charitable Gift Annuity

The gift that gives back. A charitable gift annuity allows our more senior donors to make an immediate donation of a capital sum to ROM, in return for regular payments at a specified rate for life. The amount of income paid to the annuitant (donor) and the portion that is tax-free depends on the

Go West Young Man, and take a ROM Employee with you

I’ve just come back from Grasslands National Park with the Grand Prize Winner of the Find the Baby Bison contest, Alexander Muth. I’m the lucky ROM employee chosen to accompany him and his family on the trip (actually no luck involved at all, it was an arm wrestling competition and I’m

Want the answer to life, the universe and everything?

Well, at least, some serious insight into life on Earth… Where do we come from? What was the world like long before the dinosaurs? The world-renowned Burgess Shale, located in Yoho National Park, BC, helps us answers these questions. High up in the Rocky Mountains, scientists have spent over 100

Layer Profile- Munsell Site (A Fictional Historic Excavation)

The Munsell site is a fictional historic site created by the ROM, and located in Toronto. Let's assume the original Munsell home is still standing. Historic research from primary sources, (records written when the Munsell family were still living on the site) show that the house was built in

New Acquisition: Late Triassic Araucarian Conifer

New Acquisition: Late Triassic Araucarian Conifer

Last week the museum recieved our newly acquired Late Triassic Araucarian Conifer, purchased with the generous support of the  Louise Hawley Stone Charitable Trust- Acquisitions Fund. This vertically-sectioned, polished fossil tree trunk stands nearly 2 metres in height and it over one-half metre

Curator's Corner- Nature in the City

Curator's Corner- Nature in the City

On August 31st, we had the largest number of participating partners that we've EVER had in for a Curator's Corner, including: BIObus City of Toronto Ontario Nature The Ontario Road Ecology Group ROM Publications Rouge Park Toronto Zoo Not only do we want to thank all our partners, but