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Canada Invests in the Royal Ontario Museum
On January 12, 2010, the Honourable John Baird, Canada's Transport and Infrastructure Minister, and Salvatore Badali, Chair of the Royal Ontario Museum Board of Trustees, together with Dr. Marie Bountrogianni, President and Executive Director, Royal Ontario Museum Governors, announced that the
Life in Rome: House of Consuls
Clemens Reichel, Associate Curator World Culture at the Royal Ontario Museum, travelled to Apamea in Syria and takes viewers inside ruins of an ancient Roman house that likely once belonged to a noble family. Learn more about life in ancient Rome in the Eaton Gallery of Rome.
BIG - Media Preview (Remix)
Remix of Dr. Alexandra Palmer, Senior Curator, Nora E. Vaughan Fashion Costume Curatorship, speaking at the media preview of BIG.
Stories from the ROM - "Jane & Ethan"
Amazing things happen at the Royal Ontario Museum! Listen to Ethan Burnett tell his story about having the chance to meet his hero, Jane Goodall, at the ROM in September 2012.
Opening the Dior
Dr. Alexandra Palmer, Senior Curator, Nora E. Vaughan Fashion Costume Curatorship opens a package from Dior. Inside is a stunning couture dress commissioned by the ROM. See it on view for a limited time in BIG until Fall 2013.
The Space Between
Departmental Assistant Stephanie Gibson on hidden and overlooked Museum spaces.
Komodo Cleaning
For every specimen you see on display in the Life in Crisis: Schad Gallery of Biodiversity , hundreds of hours went into its preparation. This komodo dragon will have its skeleton cleaned by dozens of people over months before it is ready for presentation inside the gallery. This time-lapse video
Early Typewriters
Private collector, Martin Howard speaks about the development of the typewriter, highlighting examples from his own collection on display in the exhibition Early Typewriters (July 7, 2007 to June 29, 2008).
Glass Worlds: Paperweights from the ROM's Collection
Assistant Curator Brian Musselwhite reveals the treasures of the ROM's paperweight collection.
Casa Del Fascio (House of Fascism)
Curator Robert Little discusses a project drawing for the House of Fascism, designed by Giuseppe Terragni in the early 1930s. The item is currently on display in Italian Arts & Design, January 7, 2007.