Royal Ontario Museum Blog
Monthly Archive: December
The Cat's Tomb
Special display case for Ancient Egypt weekend, June 1-2, 2013
Into the Heart of Borneo - A Month on Mulu Mountain & LIVE Google Hangout
ROM Biodiversity researchers studying insects, fungi, and mammals have been discovering new species in the heart of Borneo, in Gunung Mulu National Park, throughout the month of May. They have descended the mountain to return to base camp and tune into an audience LIVE via Google Hangout, during a Friday Night Live event at the ROM on May 24, 2013. Read about the expedition to date HERE.
Connecting Canada’s newest citizens to Canadian culture at the ROM
Jess Duerden, Institute for Canadian Citizenship
Explorers' Club kids get a sneak peak at the newest Animal Explorer
Submitted by Courtney Murfin, Interpretive Planner and Explorers' Club Co-chair
Korea Reception
On Friday, April 26th, the Royal Ontario Museum officially opened our newly renovated Gallery of Korea at a special reception.
NEW Discovery: A Bone-headed Dinosaur the size of a Dog
A new species of bone-headed dinosaur, Acrotholus audeti, has just been announced by a team co-led by ROM paleontologist Dr. David Evans. The groundbreaking fossils are on display at the ROM until June.
Conservator in the House – In-situ Conservation of the “Tree Cookie”
Find out what Heidi Sobol, Senior Conservator of Paintings is up to in the Schad Gallery!
Into the Heart of Borneo - Gunung Mulu National Park
The ROM Biodiversity "Borneo" team has landed in Sarawak, and have been spending the last several days organizing equipement, permits and buying machetes....
Magpies, Hand axe, and Highway - Dr. Chen Shen and the ROM-China Luonan Project
In China the colourful and beautiful sounds of the Eurasian Magpies (Figure 1) historically have been described in many poems and throughout literature...
Toronto Space Apps Challenge hackathon results
On the weekend of April 19 to 21, 2013, the ROM was host partner for the Toronto Space Apps Challenge hackathon...
