November 2011

Monthly Archive: November 2011

A successful media launch to Maya: Secrets of their Ancient World

Posted: November 30, 2011 - 10:46 , by royal

The November 16 media preview for Maya: Secrets of their Ancient World was an auspicious debut for this exciting international effort.

The Globe & Mail, National Post, Toronto Star, and numerous CBC television and radio shows, both English and French, were among the 60+ different media outlets attending the morning event. The city’s Spanish-language journalists were also well-represented among the approximately 125 guests.

Overgrown Bone — A ROM Paleontologist identifies the fish with the swollen head

Posted: November 30, 2011 - 10:22 , by royal
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Originally published in the Summer 2010 edition of ROM Magazine.

Silver Fish

Bluecheek Silver grunt

 

Want the answer to life, the universe and everything?

Posted: November 28, 2011 - 12:49 , by royal
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Well, at least, some serious insight into life on Earth…

Where do we come from? What was the world like long before the dinosaurs?

Saskatchewan’s newest dinosaur has ROM connection

Posted: November 28, 2011 - 10:48 , by royal
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Today, Caleb Brown and colleagues announced the discovery of Canada’s newest dinosaur, Thescelosaurus assiniboiensis – the first new dinosaur species to be discovered in Saskatchewan since 1926. The new dinosaur is named after the historic District of Assiniboia, where it was found. The small-bodied, two-legged plant-eater lived alongside the famed Tyrannosaurus rex and Triceratops, at the very end of the age of dinosaurs.

Maya: hidden exhibition secrets revealed

Posted: November 25, 2011 - 16:06 , by royal

Written by Stephanie Allen, ROM Registrar

There is an incredible amount of work that happens behind-the-scenes in preparing for every exhibition. Some of that work is eventually obvious to the visitors such as the design, mounts, graphics and labels but a lot of the work is largely invisible.

Back in the lab – trying to make heads or tails of it all.

Posted: November 25, 2011 - 09:09 , by royal

After three days of successful fieldwork on the chilly Grand Rapids Uplands, we return – toting a fresh batch of fossils – to The Manitoba Museum in Winnipeg. This is the home turf of my colleague, Graham Young, and almost a second home for me.

Southern Alberta field collection 2011 has arrived!

Posted: November 18, 2011 - 12:00 , by royal

Fossils wrapped in plaster with labels written on the outside

Marked field jackets containing horned dinosaur bones from the McPheeter’s bonebed (MBB) and the South Side Ceratopsian (SSC).

“Mexico must open its windows but protect its roof”

Posted: November 16, 2011 - 09:01 , by ROM

Mexican statesman and writer Dr. Carlos Fuentes has been opening windows onto his country’s politics and culture since the 1950s. Author of numerous books and essays, he has taught, lectured and received awards and recognition worldwide.

NASA’s Continued Curiosity for Life on Mars

Posted: November 15, 2011 - 09:46 , by royal
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By Brent Hyde, Minerology Technician

Did life ever exist on the red planet? This is a question NASA has been trying to answer for more than 40 years. In the next couple of years, NASA hopes to get some answers.

Digital Artist Show-and-Tell featuring Sound Selecta

Posted: November 8, 2011 - 16:45 , by ROM
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This past Friday, the Institute for Contemporary Culture hosted its first ‘Digital Artist Show and Tell’.  Amidst the glimmering iPad drawings in the David Hockney fresh flowers exhibition, over 30 people spontaneously congregated in the Roloff Beny Gallery for an interactive session with Jamie Alexander of Sound Selecta. Sound Selecta is a company that merges art, music and commerce to create some really exciting apps.