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Eight-legged and Adorable

Eight-legged and Adorable

Guest blog written by 2018 Environmental Visual Communication student Mya Van Woudenberg. Let me paint you a picture of a spectacular critter. Staring up at you is an adorable little animal precious enough that it could fit in your hand. You carefully pick him up, and his tiny feet tickle your

Totally Buggin’: Spiders and Insects in Pop Culture

Totally Buggin’: Spiders and Insects in Pop Culture

Guest blog written by 2018  Environmental Visual Communication  student  Michael Berger. Dr. Susan Tyler paces the empty subway platform, lit by flickering fluorescents, anxiously waiting for her husband’s return from the perilous depths of the underground. Out of the corner of her eye she

Make an Investment

ROM Governors raises crucial funds in support of ROM’s areas of greatest need. Our dedicated supporters have enabled ROM to nurture discovery and inspire wonder for the past century. When you support ROM, you’re investing in a cultural icon that enriches lives with extraordinary experiences of

Creating a Named Endowment

An endowment fund is similar to a charitable investment fund, where a donation is permanently invested and the income earned provides a sustained source of funding, vital to ROM’s ongoing activities. These funds support ROM in many fundamental ways, including research expeditions, acquisitions,

Giving the Gift of Life Insurance

A gift of life insurance is a simple and affordable way to make a future major gift to ROM without reducing the assets in your estate. Donate an existing policy making ROM owner/beneficiary. Receive a charitable tax receipt for the cash surrender value and for all future premiums you pay. Save

An Innovative Approach to A Puzzling Problem

An Innovative Approach to A Puzzling Problem

Conserving an Indian Chintz Cope made in the Eighteenth Century for the Armenian Church Here in the Textile Conservation department of the ROM, Senior Textile Conservator Chris Paulocik and I have begun preparing objects for display in the upcoming exhibition: “The Cloth that Changed the World:

Introducing Zuul, Destroyer of Shins, Generator of Science

Introducing Zuul, Destroyer of Shins, Generator of Science

Today, the ROM unveiled a new species of armored dinosaur, Zuul crurivastator, based on an almost complete and remarkably well-preserved skeleton from the Judith River Formation of Montana. The skeleton of Zuul was acquired by the ROM with the generous support of the Louise Hawley Stone Trust, and

Ben & Bruno’s Excellent Trilobite Adventure

Curatorial staff in attendance at the ROM’s popular bimonthly Rock, Gem, Mineral, Fossil, and Meteorite Identification Clinics are routinely treated to a fascinating array of objects brought in by an equally fascinating cross-section of our museum visitors. From very junior geologists clutching

A SILURIAN “SHARK” TALE

What comes to mind when you hear or read the word “jaws”? For many, it will be the eponymous 1975 Hollywood blockbuster, starring a memorable mechanical menace in the form of a ravenous Great White Shark – along with a few notable human actors, of course. Or perhaps it invokes images of