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Built For Speed

With the aid of face-to-beak observation, a visiting ROM researcher uncovers the secrets of an exceedingly efficient marathon runner. Huge eyes, elegant strides, a flurry of fluffy wings. The largest bird on earth stands imperiously before me and, without warning, her beak dives to my level from

In the Wake of Kane: ROM ethnologist sheds new light on Canadian art icon

For Kenneth Lister , the door to a ROM art storeroom would prove to be a portal to a world that would intrigue, enchant, and some might say obsess the intrepid ethnographer for decades to come. Just out of university and working as a technician in the ROM’s Ethnology department, he first became

Direct from the New Director

First attracted to the ROM by the diversity of its collections, director and CEO Janet Carding is determined to encourage a lively culture of innovation at the Museum . Kelvin Browne, ROM’s vice-president of Marketing and Major Exhibitions, sat down in September with Janet Carding, the

The History of T.O.'s H2O

The waterways that surround and run through Toronto have shaped its past The name Toronto likely derives from the Mohawk word Tkaronto, meaning “where there are trees standing in the water.” For more than two centuries, an abundant supply of fresh water has fuelled Toronto’s growth and

Discoveries, Dispatches, and Discourse

New Acquisitions: Don't Be Cruel How African puppet plays contribute to community life In 2009, Esther Amrad Dagan donated a collection of African puppets, masks, and musical instruments to the ROM. Now on display in the Shreyas and Mina Ajmera Gallery of Africa, the Americas, and

The Day Before Toronto: Managing the city’s prehistory

Adrienne Desjardine Collections Technician Department of World Cultures Academic Positions 2005–present: Collections Technician, New World Archaeology, Department of World Cultures, ROM 2003–2005: Curatorial Assistant, Anthropology & New World Archaeology, Renaissance ROM,

Another Day at the Office: Searching for herpetological species in the jungles of Vietnam

Backyard Biodiversity Life in Crisis: Schad Gallery of Biodiversity We climbed an 800-metre elevation up an old dirt track and then descended 800 metres down a steep jungle slip-and-slide in the midst of driving rain...we being a group of 20—biologists, students, and our porters. Along the

Watching Angels