Author Archive: Ryan Dodge
Monthly Archive: December Ryan
ROM Research Colloquium: Ryan Dodge
The annual ROM Colloquium highlights recent discoveries by ROM curators and researchers.
ROM Research Colloquium: David Rudkin
The annual ROM Colloquium highlights recent discoveries by ROM curators and researchers.
ROM Research Colloquium: Arthur Smith
The annual ROM Colloquium highlights recent discoveries by ROM curators and researchers.
ROM Research Colloquium: Dr. Peter Kaellgren
The annual ROM Colloquium highlights recent discoveries by ROM curators and researchers.
Sharypic photo wall at Friday Night Live
During Season 2 of Friday Night Live (October 12, 2012 - November 30, 2012), this past fall we deployed a real time photo wall where visitors could tweet photos with the #FNLROM hashtag and they would be displayed almost instantly.
#instaROM at #FNLROM
Last week we attempted our first #instaROM tour with a theme.
#instaROM
On November 6th, Kiron Mukherjee (@kironcmukherjee), Emilio Genovese (@emilio_genovese) and I (@wrdodger) held our 1st Instagram event at the Royal Ontario Museum. It was a ROM-ified #instawalk called #instaROM, here are some of the results. Over 70 photos and over 15 Instagramers took part!
Facebook Features A Fishy Story!
When ROM Ichthyologist Dr. Hernan Lopez-Fernandez was unable to attend a 2011 expedition to the Cuyuni River in Guyana, he found other creative ways to collaborate with fellow scientists. Dr. Lopez-Fernandez enabled Devin Bloom, a U of T graduate student with extensive experience in Guyana through previous joint expeditions, to attend in his place and share the specimen collections and tissue samples with the ROM.
Mobile Interpretation in Museums
Learn about the latest research and discoveries happening at the ROM and mark your calendars for the 33rd annual ROM Research Colloquium coming up on February 3, 2012.
Ryan Dodge is the Acquisitions Technician in the Library as well an active member of the ROM’s Social Media team. Here, he tells us a little bit more about his upcoming colloquium presentation, Mobile Interpretation in Museums.
Recap of Today’s Dino Q&A

A picture of David Evans (ROM) and fellow dino hunter Dr. M. Ryan excavating a fossil in Alberta shared on Twitter during the Q&A.
