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CANADA 150- Ontario- Elmer Hookway
This is a glass steam engine, made by a glass blower and flame worker named Elmer Hookway, who was born in Toronto in 1889. It is fully functional, and was built by Hookway with engineering assistance from his friend Herb Hodginson. A written document, prepared by Hodginson and Hookway, accompanies
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
Singing the Blues: The Mystery of B105
Guest blog written by 2017 Environmental Visual Communication student Viridiana Jimenez For millions of years, the underwater world was a stage for the sounds of marine creatures, big and small. However, this symphony eventually became masked by the sounds of a creature new to the oceans: humans.
Smudging Blue: Honouring the Spirit of Our Whale
Guest blog written by 2017 Environmental Visual Communication student Rachel Brown Kim Wheatley is an Anishinaabe mother and grandmother of the Shawanaga First Nation. I met Kim at the ROM where she offered a traditional prayer and blessing for the bones and heart of ‘Blue,’ the whale who is
CANADA 150- Ontario- Blue Mountain Pottery
My grandmother gave my mother some Blue Mountain Pottery candlesticks one Christmas during my childhood. I was old enough to remember it, so I was probably at least 7 or 8 years old. My mother was very excited by the gift, and the candlesticks quickly became a fixture on one of the most prominent
Hippos and Whales: Unlikely Cousins
Guest blog written by Environmental Visual Communication student Natasha Hirt Looking at whales, you might have a hard time figuring out where they fit into the mammalian family tree. In fact, hippopotamus are actually whales’ closest “cousins”, and they're much more closely related
The Natural World in South Asian Painting
These works are on view in the Sir Christopher Ondaatje South Asian Gallery. Paintings from the Indian subcontinent are made with natural vegetable and mineral pigments on paper and thus are light sensitive, requiring regular rotation in a gallery space. The most recent installation focuses on the
World-renowned Nature Photography Competition Announces 2017 Wildlife Photographer of the Year Winner
South African photographer Brent Stirton was named Wildlife Photographer of the Year by a panel of international judges for his image Memorial to a Species. Mr. Stirton’s winning image of a black rhino, killed by poachers in South Africa’s Hluhluwe Imfolozi Park, was chosen from among almost
Trees for Life in Lakefield
Guest blog written by Environmental Visual Communication student Fenella Hood When Rebecca Rose left her home in Leslieville and moved her three young children to the quaint village of Lakefield, she felt secure in the belief that she was improving their lot in life. A small community in South
The Rules of Taxonomy: How Species Are Named
Why should ROM curators care about a proposal to create an organization that would make rules for how species of living things are named? Naming the things around us is a fundamental part of being human and using language. In fact, we do more than that; we bring order to the plethora of names by