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Challenge your views at Rome & Greece Weekend
Ancient Rome & Greece Weekend is fast approaching and we’ve just installed this year’s temporary display of objects ‘ Out of the Vaults ’. The two showcases in the corridor between the Rome gallery and the Byzantium and Roman East gallery on Level 3 have a selection of objects from
Hands On Family Day Weekend
This year’s ROM Family Day long weekend delivers a first-hand exploration of ROM Biodiversity. In the Patrick and Barbara Keenan Family Gallery of Hands-on Biodiversity and the CIBC Discovery Gallery we're delivering a hands-on experience with three wild touch tables offering a
Free Member Weekend: Art Gallery of Ontario
Exclusively for ROM Members ROM Members will enjoy free general admission to the AGO on Saturday, May 18, and Sunday, May 19, 2024. The AGO Collection of more than 120,000 works of art ranges from cutting-edge contemporary art to significant works by Indigenous and Canadian artists and European
Weekend at the Museum: A Community Affair
A Guest Post by Christa Sawyer, Community Events Supervisor, Autism Ontario Autism Ontario is so excited to be part of this pilot project with the ROM and Magnusmode! Our organization helps people with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) and their families by advocating on their behalf, providing
#ThrowbackThursday: Working on the Weekend
In September, 1971, the ROM opened the landmark exhibition Keep Me Warm One Night, a kaleidoscopic display of over 500 pieces of Canadian handweaving. It was the culmination of decades of pioneering research and collecting by the ROM curatorial powerhouse duo 'Burnham and Burnham’, aka
Re-enactment, Archaeology, and the Ancient Rome & Greece Weekend II of IV: The Sword
The sword is one of the definitive weapons of the Roman soldier, right from the earliest days of the Empire. The Romans were very keen on swords, and gained much from contact (read conquering) the Iberians of Spain and Gauls of France. The carnage created by the slashes and thrusts of the Roman
Archaeology Weekend Recap
Submitted by Chen Shen, Vice President, World Cultures Here we have UofT graduate students explaining artefacts from the Aegean, behind them more students showing Onario artefacts, and behind them quipu-making with Dr. Justin Jennings! Over 40 archaeologists from the ROM and the University of
Nature meets Culture at Archaeology Weekend!
Humans would have been aware of the other creatures that shared their world from earliest times. At first they would have had an eye towards possible predators or competitors, then possible prey as they became hunters. As the cognitive ability of Early Humans developed, they would observe the
Re-enactment, Archaeology, and the Ancient Rome & Greece Weekend IV of IV: The Tunic
An important part of everyday life in the past, but one with very little impact on the archaeological record, is clothing. Hence clothing is obviously an important part of my attempt to recreate the equipment of a soldier from 3rd century Dura-Europos. People typically wore clothes in the past, but
Re-enactment, Archaeology, and the Ancient Rome & Greece Weekend III of IV: The Dagger
So in my project to recreate the equipment of a 3rd century Roman soldier from Dura-Europos, following the creation of the sword, I next moved on to the dagger. Little seems to be known about the daggers used by soldiers in the Roman World of the 3 rd century AD. The well-known dagger of the Early