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Were These Peruvian Mummies Climate Change Nomads?

Words and photos by Lisa Milosavljevic   ROM Ancient (@ROMAncient) is in southern Peru at the 1,400 year old archaeological site of Quilcapampa until the end of August 2016. This is a ROM-led project with Justin Jennings, curator of New World Archaeology. The project is run in collaboration with

Dr. A. P. Coleman (1852-1939)

Dr. A. P. Coleman (1852-1939)

Submitted by Vincent Vertolli, Assistant Curator Geology Dr. A. P. Coleman was appointed Director of the Museum of Geology in 1913 to join five other museums, Archaeology, Mineralogy, Palaeontology and Zoology which came to be known as the Royal Ontario Museum. Dr. Coleman is considered one of

LEGO Maya Pyramid building for ROM March Break

 Fifty years ago, a tinny, lurching propeller plane circled above the tropical plain of Belize about 10 kilometres in from the Caribbean coastline. Below, amid a dark patch of forest, tiny slivers of chalky, exposed limestone peeked through the canopy. For the co-pilot that day, a young ROM

March Break 2022

Saturday, March 12- Sunday, March 20, 2022 Included with admission After two years of endless screentime, kids are hungry for adventure—and we’ve got plenty. ROM has an array of exciting exhibitions and programming fit for the whole family, including: Activity Stations (hours: 10:30am- 4:30pm)

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  Get VIP Access to 4 Billion Years of Beauty and Wonder   Become A Member Memberships are also available at the admission desk, or by calling 416 586 5700, during Museum hours. Member Benefits Free and unlimited admission to ROM galleries and exhibitions, including surcharged exhibitions*

National Volunteer Week 2017 | Volunteer Spotlight: Doug Gibson

Doug Gibson is a docent, gallery interpreter and ROMWalker at the Department of Museum Volunteers. What inspired you to volunteer at the ROM? I worked 80-100 hours a week for 40 years as a physician and found retirement very difficult. I had always loved history and life sciences and was looking

More Than Just a Job

More Than Just a Job

Meg Beckel’s relationship with ROM began years before ever working here—or anywhere, for that matter.   Like many other ROM volunteers and employees, Meg’s first introduction to the Museum came as a child, when her mother enrolled her and her brother in ROM’s Saturday Morning Club. The

Meet a Worm with Invisibility Powers

Meet a Worm with Invisibility Powers

New species of fossil worm with a big bite, discovered in the Burgess Shale. Decades of ROM discoveries and research has culminated in the naming of a new fossil species that belongs in a mysterious group of predatory marine invertebrates that are still alive today, called arrow worms. Capinatator