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ROM After Dark: Dino Nite

Back from Extinction and Ready to Party.     ROM After Dark is the popular after-hours adult (19+) event series that features curated music, visual arts, performances, and distinctive food and drink. Go Jurassic with RAD: DinoNite —a rip-roaring party packed with delicious eats, live music,

Jeff Willner

Meet Jeff Willner Chair, ROM Board of Governors Member, Royal Exhibitions Circle Where did you grow up? My parents were missionaries and I grew up in Africa, in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (Zaire). Our house was in Kalemie, on the shore of Lake Tanganyika. What is your happiest childhood

Franklin Found! Clues in an Arctic Mystery

Franklin Found! Clues in an Arctic Mystery

The recent discovery of one of the Franklin expedition’s lost ships has provided new evidence in a mysterious chapter in early Arctic exploration.  Sir John Franklin was a veteran of Arctic exploration, completing several successful trips  between 1818 and 1827, but it is his disastrous 4th

From Poop to Plankton: Working Together to Conserve our Ocean’s Gardeners

From Poop to Plankton: Working Together to Conserve our Ocean’s Gardeners

Guest blog written by Environmental Visual Communication student Meghan Callon The world’s largest animal creates the world’s largest poop. By simply going about their daily functions, blue whales supply the “miracle grow” of the sea. They fertilize the ocean’s surface waters! But there

Meteorite or “Meteor-wrong”?

ROM Earth Scientists receive dozens of requests each year to identify possible meteorites. This is especially the case when there is a spectacular fireball similar to the one which recently streaked across southern Ontario on December 12 of this year (the video was captured by astronomers at 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

An Innovative Approach to A Puzzling Problem

An Innovative Approach to A Puzzling Problem

Conserving an Indian Chintz Cope made in the Eighteenth Century for the Armenian Church Here in the Textile Conservation department of the ROM, Senior Textile Conservator Chris Paulocik and I have begun preparing objects for display in the upcoming exhibition: “The Cloth that Changed the World:

Ethics and Transparency

The ROM Governors office follows best practices in transparency and governance.  Read about the AFP Ethics Guidelines, Codes and Standards.   Our office publishes financial information through the following channels: Canada Revenue Agency ROM Governors reports annually to the Canada Revenue

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As one of Canada’s essential destinations, ROM provides an unrivalled platform for companies to meet their marketing, community investment and corporate social responsibility objectives. Welcoming close to 1.4 million visitors in a typical year, ROM plays an important role by producing a number