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Montréal Botanical Garden hosts the 50th Anniversary meeting of the Canadian Botanical Association

Deb Metsger and I are on the train coming back from Montréal where we attended the 50 th Anniversary meeting of the Canadian Botanical Association. Deb gave a presentation there on her experience at the ROM with citizen science, using as examples the recent Humber River watershed BioBlitz, and her

Google+ Hangout on Air: Butterflies of Ontario

Join us on July 16th at 2pm EST for our next Google+ Hangout on Air as we chat about the new ROM Field Guide to Butterflies of Ontario! This is the very first field guide on the butterflies of Ontario. It highlights the diversity of life by featuring a staggering 167 species of butterflies

[REVIEW] The Making of The Forbidden City Exhibition: Member Lecture

June 14, 2014, The Royal Ontario Museum treated its Members to a private lecture on The Making of The Forbidden City. Hosted in the Signy and Cléophée Eaton Theatre, over 200 ROM Members were in attendance. Dr. Chen Shen and David Hollands – two of the many masterminds behind our current

Celebrate Canada Day with Maple Syrup!

As we prepare in joining friends and family for Canada Day celebrations, there is no better time to reflect on the rich cultural heritage embodied within our beloved maple leaf. Located in the ROM’s Sigmund Samuel Gallery of Canada—in a small case near the entrance—are a series of artefacts

The Monastery of St Moses, Syria: The Pottery

Despite there being almost 1,400 years of occupation at Deir Mar Musa, strangely the overwhelming majority of the pottery found at the site can be assigned to the "Mamluk" period. The period of Mamluk rule in Greater Syria (1260-1516) generally reflects an archaeological horizon that

The Monastery of St Moses, Syria: The Frescoes

A report on Deir Mar Musa would not be complete without an account of the frescoes. Others have done most of the work studying these paintings, but my architectural study of the monastery buildings has certainly provided important informaton about the rationale for the last phase of frescoes (for

The Monastery of St Moses, Syria: The Cave Survey

The first field-walks took place in 2004, but recorded survey of the area began in 2005 with a rapid series of transects across the catchment of the valley. Some of the caves were clearly situated in locations which were now difficult to get to, and I rather suspected that if I did not have a

Plant Sex on Display at the World Pride FNL "OUT of the Cupboards" Event

Last Friday, June 27 th, the ROM hosted a Friday Night Live with the rainbow-coloured theme of World Pride. In addition to the usual food, drinks and music, this event included a special series of displays called “OUT of the Cupboards” where we were asked to bring out our best examples of weird

Origins of a Collection: A look at R.S. Williams' Historic Musical Instruments

I Have a House and Land in Kent. Compsed by Thomas Ravenscroft (arranged by Richard M S Irwin for Flute, Violin, Bassoon and Harp), 1611. *Please Note: This composition is not from the exact period as the ROM's Hooked Harp. The ROM’s Collection The ROM holds a wonderful collection of

The Ontario Road Ecology Group (OREG)

Road ecology is the study of the interactions between the environment and roads. The Ontario Road Ecology Group (OREG) is a not-for-profit conservation program dedicated to protecting wildlife, particularly Species at Risk* (SAR) from the threats of roads; primarily habitat loss & fragmentation

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