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An Unwavering Commitment to the ROM
Frank Potter, left, and Jack Cockwell The Distinguished Service Award is the highest honour the Museum can bestow on a volunteer and is reserved for those who have generously provided extraordinary and meritorious service to the ROM. The ROM recognized Jack Cockwell and Frank Potter with this
Sharing Asian Art & Culture with the World
Jane Liu sharing the spotlight with one of her own creations—a quilted prayer mat. Photo courtesy of Jane Liu. A twist of fate led Jane Liu to discover the Royal Ontario Museum. In 1989, as a recently landed immigrant from Taiwan, she decided to explore her new city by hopping on the subway.
Inaugural Run for the ROM Brings Museum Family Together
We were delighted to participate in the Scotiabank Toronto Waterfront Marathon Group Charity Challenge on October 14, 2012. Many ROM staff came out as walkers and runners and the Museum was an official neighbourhood cheering station along the route. Despite the rainy weather, spirits were soaring
Barrick Gold Family Day at the ROM
The ROM was pleased to host Barrick Gold Corporation employees and their families on Sunday, February 23, 2014. This special day celebrated the recent opening of the new Barrick Gold Corporation Gallery, an interactive space in the ROM’s Teck Suite of Galleries: Earth’s Treasures. A new
A Passion for Music and the Arts Inspires a $3M Leadership Gift
Helga Schmidt is a lover of operetta and live performance, and a benefactor of many cultural organizations in Europe. As lead donors, she and her late husband Mike Schmidt have made a transformational gift to the Love the ROM Centennial Campaign. Arriving in Canada from Germany in 1956 with
RSA Insurance Partners with the ROM to Present Mesopotamia
Leading home, auto and business insurer RSA Insurance is partnering with the ROM to present Mesopotamia: Inventing Our World— the ROM’s summer blockbuster. This stunning exhibition showcases more than 170 priceless objects from the celebrated holdings of the British Museum, most of which have
Planting Seeds for the Future
Mikal Radford and Muriel Lalka will celebrate their 10th wedding anniversary in 2023, but their romance has been many more years in the making. “We’ve known each other since high school,” says Mikal. “We were really good friends but went in different directions after graduation.” It
Currelly Conversations: Conserving for the Future
When Maryann Weston first moved to Toronto from London, England, no one warned her about the extreme weather—the hot, humid summers and the icy, cold winters. Fortunately, it wasn’t a complete culture shock. As a Londoner, she was used to great museums and galleries like the British Museum and
The Land Before Time
Many of the enchanting creatures we fall in love with as kids turn out not to be real. One by one, we learn there’s no such thing as mermaids or unicorns or werewolves. But the more we learn about dinosaurs, the more real they become – maybe that’s what makes them truly magical and the places
Lives and Legacies: A Lifelong Passion for the ROM
Doug Gibson has loved the ROM since childhood. Some of his earliest memories are of going to the Museum with his mother in the early 1950s, which sparked a lifelong fascination with natural history. “Back then, they had a crystal cave in the geology gallery,” he recalls. “When you looked into