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The ROM helps solve an age-old Martian mystery

The ROM helps solve an age-old Martian mystery

In a major discovery released in late July in the respected scientific journal Nature, a team including Royal Ontario Museum curator of mineralogy Dr. Kim Tait has provided the conclusive answer to a longstanding debate about the age of Martian meteorites. The research has determined that at least

Museum Archives Special Collections Alphabetical List

Last update: 2019 August 15 A   B   C   D   E   F   G   H   I   J   K   L   M   N   O   P   Q   R   S   T   U   V   W   X   Y   Z A American Ornithologists’ Union- American Ornithologists’ Union collection- SC74 [University of Toronto Library record] Anderson, Robert

Livres et magazines

Les Presses du ROM Les Presses du ROM constituent une petite maison d’édition couronnée de nombreux prix, qui porte sur le Musée, son histoire, ses collections, ses travaux de recherche, ses conférences et ses expositions. Publiant des textes spécialisés ou d’intérêt général (surtout

ROM Out & About: Earth & Space Trivia Night

Last night was the second in a series of ROM Pub Trivia nights at the Fox's Den. With a healthy turnout of 53 people, the crowd was stumped and the winning team managed 37 correct answers out of 56. How well would you have done?  Test yourself with some of these questions from last night.

The 'Goddess' and the Museum: The Early Years

The 'Goddess' and the Museum: The Early Years

The front pages of The Palace of Minos volume 4, published by Sir Arthur Evans in 1935 This is the first of a series of articles that Julia Fenn and I will be writing over the next months as part of the research project about a ROM icon: the ‘Minoan’ Ivory Goddess. For the first three

The 'Goddess' and the Museum: Museum Attitudes

The 'Goddess' and the Museum: Museum Attitudes

In 1931 the ROM had paid a huge sum for an object that would put the newly-established Museum on the map in the eyes of the international academic and museum community and the visiting public.  Currelly had ensured that the figure was authenticated by the foremost expert, Sir Arthur Evans, and

The Caribou I Haven’t Seen

The Caribou I Haven’t Seen

written by Leslie Bol I was ecstatic the first time I did a wildlife survey from a helicopter in 2008. I felt like I’d really made it as a biologist. I was equally excited in 2010, when I was invited to be part of a series of aerial caribou surveys in Nunavut. After all, caribou are such an

Migration: The Long and Bumpy Road

Migration: The Long and Bumpy Road

"Migration" by Norval Morrisseau, Daphne Cockwell Gallery dedicated to First Peoples art & culture As we enjoy this summer in Toronto, moving from heat wave, to flooding rain, to hailstorm, one is always aware that winter is indeed coming! Some of us greet Canada’s national season

The 'Goddess' and the Museum: "What's in a name?"

The 'Goddess' and the Museum: "What's in a name?"

In my last two blog posts about the Goddess and the Museum (The Early Years and Museum Attitudes) I’ve discussed the history of the ROM figurine from the 1930s to the present.  Here I want to reflect on the changing meanings that she has come to embody over those years.  In the decades since

Grandson visits ROM specimens named after his grandfather

Grandson visits ROM specimens named after his grandfather

Recently we had a visit from Neal and Bonnie Finn of Edmonton, Alberta. They came to the ROM on a kind of pilgrimage, to see some fossil specimens that were named after Neal’s grandfather back in 1925. Neal became aware of these specimens when he was “digging” into his family’s genealogical