Royal Ontario Museum Blog
Monthly Archive: December
Adventures in the Great Bear Rainforest: from the Royal Ontario Museum to the wilds of British Columbia with Paul Nicklen
Guest blog by recent EVC grad Paul Esposti relating his adventures and insights from exploring the Great Bear Sea & Rainforest.
The Living Room: Creative Team & List of Works Cited
CANADA 150 - Nova Scotia – Amos Pewter
Mahone Bay is a beautiful town just south of Halifax, on the eastern shore of Nova Scotia. I stopped there on a holiday with my family this summer, and was charmed by the sheltered harbour, the tall trees, and the lovely shops. It was a perfect place to stretch our legs and eat some ice cream. When we were there, I noticed that we drove by Amos Pewter, and smiled at the memory of a Christmas ornament made of pewter that I once received as a gift from a dear friend.
Mother's Day Gift Guide
From Gift Memberships to gems, jewellery and more - treat the amazing women in your life with a museum inspired gift this Mother’s Day.
The Living Room: Photography in the Public and Private
By Maya Wilson-Sanchez
#ThrowbackThursday: Labels, labels, labels
In September, 1971, the ROM opened the landmark exhibition Keep Me Warm One Night, a kaleidoscopic display of over 500 pieces of Canadian handweaving. It was the culmination of decades of pioneering research and collecting by the ROM curatorial powerhouse duo ‘Burnham and Burnham’, aka Dorothy K. Burnham and Harold B. Burnham.
National Volunteer Week 2017 | Volunteer Spotlight: John Golla
John Golla is the Co-Chair of the Visitor Guides and a Member of the Membership Committee at the Department of Museum Volunteers.
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What inspired you to volunteer at the ROM?
I love the ROM and it was a chance to contribute to the community. The opportunity for learning and meeting interesting people both visitors and other volunteers.
Tokummia, a new fossil species from the Burgess Shale traces origin of ants, millipedes and lobsters.
Guest Blog by Cédric Aria, recent PhD graduate from Dept. of Ecology and Evolutionary, UofT, who was based at the ROM. Currently a post-doctoral researcher at the Nanjing Institute of Geology and Palaeontology.
National Volunteer Week 2017 | Volunteer Spotlight: Doug Gibson
Doug Gibson is a docent, gallery interpreter and ROMWalker at the Department of Museum Volunteers.
Opening Night for A Third Gender: Beautiful Youths in Japanese Prints
Written by Sofia D’Amico (Student at Fordham University)
Supervised by Asato Ikeda (Assistant Professor at Fordham University and Research Associate at the Royal Ontario Museum)