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A Story of Ghana: Exploring the Asafo Flags at the ROM
In the modern sense, a flag has a number of meanings that ultimately culminate into being a symbol, representative of some form of pride- pride in one's country or province, or in a particular organization or entity. We fly the flag of our country when we visit other places to tell everyone
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
Three Questions with Cyrus Sundar Singh
Popular imagery of India is often full of bright colours that create vibrant landscapes. Taking a closer look it becomes clear that not only are India’s many forms of street art a huge source of these aesthetics, but also that they are changing. Canadian filmmaker Cyrus Sundar Singh, enchanted
Cooking up History: Historical Recipe Books
The cookbooks of the past provide information about diet and habits, as well as telling us which foods were expensive treats, and which were commonly available. Many of the foods that appear regularly through the centuries are not often eaten today, like pickled eel, fried lamprey, and cow-heel
Museum Monday with Melissa- April 13, 2015
Hope you got your tickets for the ROM Sleepover: Nature this Friday! Be able to tell all your friends that you spent a night at the Museum. Families will love travelling the world and visiting ecosystems all while enjoying the sights and sounds of nature. Though sold out, you can definitely give
Discovering Hidden Treasures in the heart of Toronto
Getting to and from work and home can be hectic. Most of us use TTC or drive, and in doing so we miss much of what cyclists or pedestrians see clearly every day. Did you know, for example, that a herd of “bunny dogs” romp on the boulevard at Wellington and John? Or that Glenn Gould is
How Do I Identify a Space Rock?
Originally published in ROM Magazine, Fall 2010. I found a blackened rock that I think might be a meteorite. How can I tell for sure? It is widely held that a picture is worth a thousand words. In the case of meteorites or more often meteor-wrongs—the all-too-terrestrial objects that are mistaken
National Volunteer Week: ROMkids
The Royal Ontario Museum proudly joined the Nation in celebrating National Volunteer Week 2014. To wrap up this weeks commemoration of volunteers, we picked the brains of our ROMkids volunteers to learn more about what they do and why they do it. Our volunteers work tirelessly to give to the ROM
Curator Justin Jennings fills us in on ROMtravel Maya journey
Submitted by Justin Jennings, Curator, Department of World Cultures. Follow his Maya adventures with ROMTravel. Chichicastenango - a mouthful for the non Maya speaker, but one of the most beautiful towns in the highlands of Guatemala. Church of Santo Tomás The ROM's Maya tour was just
The Mammals Strike Back!
After our recent post about mouse-eating frogs, Burton Lim of the mammalogy department, one of the ROM’s bat experts, decided to fight back for the mammals. Behold Trachops cirrhosus, the frog-eating bat! Known as the Fringe-Lipped Bat, you’ll notice little bumps around its mouth, which were