Ancient Cultures
Monthly Archive: December Anci
How to display the past.....Part 3: Curatorial Perspectives
How do curators put together a museum display? Find out in my third installment of this behind-the-scenes tour.
The LEGO Maya Pyramid that 5000 kids built
For our March Break programming this year I wanted to mark the 50th anniversary of the excavation of an incredible ancient Maya site - Altun Ha, Belize
Hands on in the Archaeology Lab at University of California, Merced
Kay Sunahara introduced students to the study of archaeological ceramics using petrographic analysis.
How to display the past….. Part 2: Collecting
This instalment of my behind-the-scenes tour of what shapes a museum display began as an example of how museum collections are formed, but it may develop into a detective story as you’ll see…..
How to display the past......
Ever wondered what goes in to the display you see in a museum gallery? I’m exploring some behind-the-scenes issues that shape what you see.
Life of an Isis statue, Bequest Sir Robert Mond, ROM
948.34.41, Seated Isis, was brought to conservation in 1994 for examination and cleaning.
Did End-of-World Prophesiers have too much Time on their Hands?
Submitted by Conrad Biernacki, ROM Programs Manager
Last Friday, a keen and curious crowd of 75 people attended the ROM’s monthly Connecting: Mix Mingle Think event for a talk by the Museum’s ancient world expert Gayle Gibson called The Long Goodbye: Apocalypse 2012?
Six facts you may not know about the Apocalypse:
1. Apocalypse is a Greek term that means “lifting the veil.” The usual English term, “Revelation,” comes from Latin.