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Joey and Toby Tanenbaum

Joey and Toby Tanenbaum have contributed greatly to Toronto, from hospital facilities to performing-arts organizations to the Royal Ontario Museum. Joey Tanenbaum’s grandfather, Abraham, arrived in Toronto in 1911. He started as a peddler of scrap metal with only $8.00 to his name. Nevertheless

Joey et Toby Tanenbaum

Joey et Toby Tanenbaum se sont montrés très généreux envers Toronto, accordant leur soutien aux hôpitaux, aux arts du spectacle et au Musée royal de l’Ontario. Abraham Tanenbaum, le grand-père de Joey, s’installe à Toronto en 1911. Il débute comme marchand de ferraille avec seulement 8

Les bourses de voyage M. A. Fritz

Les bourses de voyage M. A. Fritz

Les bourses de voyage M. A. Fritz pour l’avancement des études en paléontologie Deux bourses, financées par un fonds de dotation créé par Madeleine A. Fritz, ancienne conservatrice au ROM, seront offertes chaque année pour aider à couvrir les coûts associés à l’étude des collections

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

A Golden Opportunity

A Golden Opportunity

For almost 12,000 years, the world has been a pretty stable place, at least in terms of geology.  But scientists submit that with the intense acceleration of human activity over the last century, we’ve entered a new epoch: the proposed Anthropocene.  Dr. Francine McCarthy is an Earth Sciences

Après 175 ans, le mystère des fossiles de forme conique est résolu

Après 175 ans, le mystère des fossiles de forme conique est résolu

Je m’appelle Joe Moysiuk, j’ai 20 ans et je suis étudiant de premier cycle dans deux départements : écologie et biologie évolutive ainsi que sciences de la Terre. Je suis heureux d’annoncer que la revue Nature a publié un article de recherche intitulé Hyoliths are Palaeozoic

Of Africa

Of Africa

Of Africa is a multiplatform and multiyear project aimed at rethinking historical and contemporary representations of Africa. About the Project Of Africa stems from an original idea of independent curators Julie Crooks and Dominique Fontaine. From 2013 to 2018, Crooks and Fontaine have been working

L’Afrique

Projet multiplateforme et pluriannuel, L’Afrique remet en question les représentations historiques et contemporaines de l’Afrique. Le projet Le projet L’Afrique est une idée originale des commissaires indépendantes Julie Crooks et Dominique Fontaine. Depuis 2013, elles travaillent de

Amphibians and Reptiles of Guyana

Amphibians and Reptiles of Guyana

The Guiana Shield region of northeastern South America, of which Guyana is a part, has been recognized as a global biodiversity hotspot by the World Conservation Union (IUCN) and other organizations. ROM research has contributed to the documentation of the biodiversity of this important region.

#ThrowbackThursday: Mending Gauze

In September, 1971, the ROM opened the landmark exhibition  Keep Me Warm One Night, a kaleidoscopic display of over 500 pieces of Canadian handweaving. It was the culmination of decades of pioneering research and collecting by the ROM curatorial powerhouse duo ‘Burnham and Burnham’, aka