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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

Friends of Earth and Space

The newly launched Friends of Earth Space is comprised of like-minded people who have a special interest in learning about rocks, minerals and gems from our planet as well as meteorites, which are samples from our solar system. To Promote learning about Earth and Space, we: assist with 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

Eva Holtby Lecture on Contemporary Culture

“The Eva Holtby Lecture wants speakers on contemporary culture asking the questions why and why not. Our goal is for this to encourage conversation, empathy and understanding which leads to stronger civility in a community.”- Christopher Holtby The Annual Eva Holtby Lecture on Contemporary

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