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NASA’s Continued Curiosity for Life on Mars

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. In late November of this year, NASA will be launching its latest and greatest rover

Digital Artist Show-and-Tell featuring Sound Selecta

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

Bugs are moving in (not bed bugs this time)

Question: It’s fall, why are all these bugs coming into my home? I’ve never seen them before! Western conifer seed bug; copyright ROM images At this time of year, this is one of the most common insects that you might run into. They are relatively new to our fauna since they were not

iPad Drawing Class with Jerrem Lynch

What do you get when you mix an Australian graffiti artist, a high school student, two art therapists, a pub owner and a radio show host at the ROM on a Thursday night? The ICC’s iPad Drawing Class! Twenty-five people from all walks of life and age groups signed up for an evening workshop –

THE LEGO SPHINX CONCLUDES TODAY

Today is the last day of the LEGO Sphinx build at the ROM. There has been a lot of progress and it’s been great to have seen so many of you out to see the Sphinx near completion, and to join in on the other LEGO activities on this weekend. Other LEGO activities? You bet, but first, let’s

Q&A with Robin, Certified LEGO Professional

Media interview with Robin Sather, Certified LEGO Professional. Robin Sather, LEGO® Certified Professional at Brickville DesignWorks in Abbotsford, British Columbia talks with us about his upcoming build of a giant LEGO® Sphinx at the ROM on October 28-30. Q. How did you get the

Is Burton Pipistrelle a Budding Superhero?

Burton & Isabelle Pipistrelle out of the bat cave, by Denise Dias, Illustrated by Tara Winterhalt In ROM’s new children’s book, Burton and Isabelle Pipistrelle: Out of the Bat Cave, Burton Pipestrelle uses echolocation to find his way home to the ROM’s Bat Cave. In a previous

Contest: How much do you know about the War of 1812?

Submitted by Liz Muir, volunteer with the Friends of Canadian Collections (FCC). Almost 200 years ago, war broke out between the United States and Canada, which was still part of the British Empire at the time. That conflict became know as the War of 1812. When James Madison, 4 th President of

Sneak Peek: Recreating Ancient Mayan Architectural Facades

Here at the ROM, a project team is hard at work bringing Maya: Secrets of their Ancient World to life. The exhibition opens November 19, but ROM staff have been immersed in the project for well over a year! Emilio Genovese, ROM Exhibit Designer, is a key member of the project team. Today he is

LIVE: David Hockney in Conversation with Charlie Scheips

Keeps your eyes here. At 7 pm we’ll be chatting with David Hockney about his drawings on the iPhone and iPad. October 21 2:35. pm A big apology to everyone who was following our Live Blog of David Hockney in conversation iwth Charlie Scheips. We experienced some technical