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Celebrating Chinese New Year: Dogs in Ancient China

  Ridge tile with a dog Moulded earthenware, glaze Ming-Qing Dynasty (17th-19th century) 921.1.232 The George Crofts Collection By Kara Ma February 16 th, 2018 marks the beginning of the Year of the Dog, the eleventh animal in the Chinese zodiac. In the traditional Chinese calendar, each year

Facing Histories: A Block Maker, a Dye Specialist, and a Textile Study Room

Facing Histories: A Block Maker, a Dye Specialist, and a Textile Study Room

This guest post was written by Rajarshi Sengupta, ROM IARTS fellow 2017/18.  Master block maker Gangadhar Kondra was leaning over the table to closely examine a cotton hanging intricately adorned with block-printed designs, in the textile study room of the Royal Ontario Museum. This was his first

An Interview with Plasticine Artist Barbara Reid

Sunday April 22 is Earth Day, but we’re celebrating Mother Earth all weekend! We’re super excited to welcome Barbara Reid, the popular children’s author and plasticine artist extraordinaire, as a special guest this weekend. She is leading workshops for kids, teaching families how to make

A SILURIAN “SHARK” TALE

What comes to mind when you hear or read the word “jaws”? For many, it will be the eponymous 1975 Hollywood blockbuster, starring a memorable mechanical menace in the form of a ravenous Great White Shark – along with a few notable human actors, of course. Or perhaps it invokes images of

The Power of Storytelling

The Power of Storytelling

Tom Miller has always believed in the power and purpose of storytelling – for entertainment, for education, for preserving culture, and for instilling moral values. For bringing people together. Tom moved to Canada in 1969 to become an arts teacher, and his career has been dedicated to telling

Sharing Asian Art & Culture with the World

Sharing Asian Art & Culture with the World

Jane Liu sharing the spotlight with one of her own creations—a quilted prayer mat. Photo courtesy of Jane Liu.  A twist of fate led Jane Liu to discover the Royal Ontario Museum. In 1989, as a recently landed immigrant from Taiwan, she decided to explore her new city by hopping on the subway.

A Lifelong Relationship

A Lifelong Relationship

As both a member and an employee, Connie Swenson has always felt a strong sense of connection to the Royal Ontario Museum. A native of Iowa by way of Chicago, she moved to Toronto with her family in 2008, after a brief sojourn in Alberta–and the ROM quickly became a big part of their lives. “As

Overgrown Bone — A ROM Paleontologist identifies the fish with the swollen head

Originally published in the Summer 2010 edition of ROM Magazine. Bluecheek Silver grunt   Q. I found this object on a beach in Oman. I think it might be part of a fish skull. If it is, can you tell me what kind of fish it is from? Mike Silver, Toronto A. You are indeed correct: it is part of a

Mystery of conical fossils solved, after 175 years

Mystery of conical fossils solved, after 175 years

My name is Joe Moysiuk, I am a 20-year-old undergraduate student at the University of Toronto enrolled in both the departments of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology and Earth Sciences. I am excited to announce that a research paper which I am lead author of, titled Hyoliths are Palaeozoic

Wyandot Approaches to Archaeological Ceramics

Wyandot Approaches to Archaeological Ceramics

  Wyandot Approaches to Archaeological Ceramics By Richard Zane Smith and Catherine Tammaro This blog entry is the third in a series dedicated to Remembering Ancient Ceramic Traditions, a project initiated by us when we visited the Royal Ontario Museum’s New World Archaeology Collections to view