Behind-the-scenes

What are they building in there? A weekly chronicle from communications intern, Maxine Kauter.

Gallery text is everywhere, but where does it come from?

FInd out about two new displays that have been set up in the level 3 galleries for Ancient Rome and Greece Weekend (June 15th & 16th 2013).

Student interns are a vital part of behind-the-scenes throughout the ROM...

Get ready for an insider's look at the ROM from someone who's usually very far outside of it.

Take a look behind the scenes as we prepare for the opening of the Mesopotamia exhibition on June 22. 

ROM Biodiversity researchers studying insects, fungi, and mammals have been discovering new species in the heart of Borneo, in Gunung Mulu National Park, throughout the month of May....

How do curators put together a museum display?  Find out in my third installment of this behind-the-scenes tour.

As mentioned in the previous post when our clients license images for use in a book or other type of publication we ask that they send us a copy which is then transferred to the ROM Library and Archive.  As I’m sure our Shipping staff are well aware quite a few book packages arrive for Rights and Reproductions.  I just received a copy of Contours of a People: Metis Family, Mobility and History, published by the University of Oklahoma Press.  I’m willing to judge this book by its cover because

The final stages of preparing Doni, the Komodo Dragon for display