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Palaeontologists solve mystery of 500 million-year-old squid-like carnivore

A study by Martin Smith of the University of Toronto and Jean-Bernard Caron of the Royal Ontario Museum sheds new light on a previously unclassifiable 500 million-year-old squid-like carnivore known as Nectocaris pteryx . The new interpretation became possible with the discovery of 91 new fossils

Cineplex Pre-Show - Ice Age: Continental Drift featuring David Evans

The new animated movie Ice Age: Continental Drift will be in Cineplex theatres in 3D on July 13, and to find out what continental drift is all about and how it contributed to the evolution of an incredible array of dinosaurs, the Cineplex Pre-Show team interviewed David Evans, Curator of Vertebrate

ROM 100, 1914 - 2014

The year 2014 marks the ROM’s 100th anniversary. We are already working on a spectacular year-long celebration, not just of our legacy, but as a kick off to our next century of building community through relevant, surprising and lively content and programming. Learn more at

The ROM's New Look

The ROM connects visitors to their world and to each other. That is what we do. And the ROM's dynamic new visual identity is an expression of that. Want to know more about our dynamic new logo ?

Iconic: The Paradise of Maitreya

This wall painting installed in the Bishop White Gallery of Chinese Temple Art forms the centrepiece of one of the world's most important collections of Chinese temple art. Learn about this iconic object, one of the best-preserved examples of its kind, and why it is a must-see treasure of the

The Paul Kane Project

A collaboration between the Royal Ontario Museum (ROM), Toronto, and Queen's University, Kingston, this research project has photographed in the infrared spectrum the Paul Kane collection of oil paintings housed at the ROM. Video produced by Michael Fergusson, MA candidate, Queen's

Iconic: Blue Lady

Artist, Navjot, speaks about the (Untitled) "Blue Lady", one of the Royal Ontario Museum's iconic treasures. A modern twist on conventional South Asian art, the larger than life sculpture represents a goddess of fertility, and is painted a brilliant blue, a traditional Hindu colour