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The First Brush: Paul Kane and Infrared Photography

The First Brush: Paul Kane and Infrared Photography

A collaboration between the Royal Ontario Museum (ROM), Toronto, and Queen's University, Kingston, this research project has photographed in the infrared spectrum the Paul Kane collection of oil paintings housed at the ROM. Video produced by Michael Fergusson, MA candidate, Queen's

The ROM Marks World Autism Awareness Day

April 2, 2013 is an historic day for the Canadian Autism community: for the first time, Canada is officially marking World Autism Awareness Day. Essential to reducing stigma, raising awareness and improving support structures, World Autism Awareness Day also serves as a message to individuals and

Our first Google+ Hangout on Air

Our first Google+ Hangout on Air

Yesterday, we hosted our first Google+ Hangout on Air at Crestwood School here in Toronto. We tagged along with Burton Lim, Assistant Curator of Mammalogy, and Dave Ireland Managing Director of ROM Biodiversity, as they visited the school to talk about bats and to supervise a school program

Adopt a Journal

Adopt a Journal Journals are important research tools for museum curators and staff, as well as students and public researchers. However, subscription costs rapidly increase every year. Some of the journals the museum library holds are scarce, and many are not available elsewhere in the city or

Useful Links

Caring for Paper and Books Care of objects and collections  – Canadian Conservation Institute Preventative conservation and risk management  – Canadian Conservation Institute Selected bibliography for the care of books- Library of Congress Book Appraisals and Restoration The ROM Libraries do

Nature meets Culture at Archaeology Weekend!

Nature meets Culture at Archaeology Weekend!

Humans would have been aware of the other creatures that shared their world from earliest times. At first they would have had an eye towards possible predators or competitors, then possible prey as they became hunters.  As the cognitive ability of Early Humans developed, they would observe the

Research Guides

ROM Exhibitions The Richard Wernham and Julia West Library maintains a chronology of exhibitions held at the ROM between 1934 and August 2012. The title and call number (in italics) of the exhibition catalogue, if published, can be found following the exhibition entry. ROM Magazine / Rotunda

Library News / New Acquisitions

Library News Posted on 2017.01.26: The Richard Wernham and Julia West Library & Archives, and the H.H. Mu Far Eastern Library will be closed for Family Day on Monday, 20 February 2017. Regular hours will resume on 21 February 2017.--> Posted on February 15, 2022: The ROM Library and Archives

Layer Profile- Munsell Site (A Fictional Historic Excavation)

The Munsell site is a fictional historic site created by the ROM, and located in Toronto. Let's assume the original Munsell home is still standing. Historic research from primary sources, (records written when the Munsell family were still living on the site) show that the house was built in

Layer One- Sod and topsoil layer

Pharmaceutical or medicine bottles were common in the 19th and 20th centuries until it was no longer legal to sell "medicines" without a licence. People, especially women due to the large number of "medicines" devoted to relieving "female problems," were becoming