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Words in Images

By Ka Bo Tsang, Assistant Curator – Chinese Paintings & Textiles Most people think of Chinese painting as artwork created by artists using special brushes in combination with ink and colour pigments to give shape to ideas on paper or silk through the adroit manipulation of lines, dots, and

Monday’s Massive Migration

For some more info on the butterfly migration see Antonia’s blog plost from May 4, 2012. They were everywhere across southern Ontario yesterday; even in downtown Toronto. I saw a few in Philosopher’s Walk and across the Bloor St. viaduct. The Red Admirals (Vanessa atalanta) have arrived! One

Re-enactment, Archaeology, and the Ancient Rome & Greece Weekend V of IV: The Final Story

Re-enactment, Archaeology, and the Ancient Rome & Greece Weekend V of IV: The Final Story

Ancient Rome & Greece Weekend is over, and I thought I would show you the results of my attempt to create a recreation, re-enactment, or impression of a soldier from Dura-Europos (so this is not really one of the original IV, so to speak, hence it is V of IV). In the group above you can see me

BioBlitz Bits- Night of the Newts and Salamanders

BioBlitz Bits- Night of the Newts and Salamanders

Blog by ROM Herpetology Technician Amy Lathrop This is the first of our "BioBlitz Bits" Series- ROM scientists share their favourite stories from past Ontario BioBlitz events My favourite moment from last year's Ontario BioBlitz in the Humber River Watershed would have to when me and

Introducing Habitat the Game to Toronto (and Canada)!

Introducing Habitat the Game to Toronto (and Canada)!

Biodiversity programmes at the Royal Ontario Museum strive to help our public better understand nature and to prevent its loss through communications, research, citizen science, and community engagement. Which is why we're so excited to be partnering with Habitat the Game!  Habitat is an

Faces to Remember: Chinese Portraits of the Ming and Qing Dynasties (1368 – 1911)

Faces to Remember: Chinese Portraits of the Ming and Qing Dynasties (1368 – 1911)

Currently on display in the Herman Herzog Levy Gallery from May 18, 2013 to February 23, 2014 is the exhibition Faces to Remember: Chinese Portraits of the Ming and Qing Dynasties (1368 – 1911).  Located on Level 1 of the ROM’s Philosophers’ Walk building, the Levy Gallery is the

Taking off Zuul’s jacket

Introducing the Zuul Preparation Blog Series: Robin Sissons is a technician at Research Casting International, as well as a scientist with an MSc from the University of Alberta on ankylosaurs. Robin will be working on preparing Zuul’s belly from its encasing rock over the next few years. Stay

Semaine de la relâche 2022

Du samedi 12 mars au dimanche 20 mars 2022 Compris dans le prix du billet d’entrée Les enfants, après avoir passé deux ans devant un écran, ont le goût de vivre des aventures et nous en avons plusieurs à leur proposer. Le ROM offre toute une gamme d’ expositions et une programmation

A mid-Silurian aquatic scorpion – one step closer to land?

A mid-Silurian aquatic scorpion – one step closer to land?

Rocks of the 430 million year old Eramosa Formation Konservat- Lagerstätte on the Bruce Peninsula have produced an amazing new species of aquatic fossil scorpions, Eramoscorpius brucensis, which contributes to our understanding of how scorpions may eventually have moved from the sea onto land. 

National Volunteer Week 2017 | Volunteer Spotlight: Anna Chryrsky-Harapa

Anna Chryrsky-Harapa is the Co-Chair of the Outreach Committee at the Department of Museum Volunteers. What inspired you to volunteer at the ROM? The ROM has always played a strong role in my family’s life.  The “museum” (at that time the ROM was the only museum of note in Toronto) was my