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Objects and stories from Namibia

Sometimes collections grow out of chance encounters and long distance personal relationships. A couple of years ago, I was put in touch with Nharo!, a Toronto based fair trade company, by my colleague Trudy Nicks, who is a passionate explorer of the CNE international pavilion. Last year, this

Weapon Wednesday

Weapons are one of the most politically-incorrect subjects there are, associated with brutality and violence. But they are also important, and have often defined the cultures that made them (perhaps because warriors dominated most past societies). When we talk about the Bronze Age or the Iron Age

Calindoea trifascialis du Vietnam, une chenille sauteuse?

Kim Humphreys, auteure principale, qui a fait un stage au ROM pendant ses études supérieures, et moi avons récemment publié dans la revue Biology Letters un article où nous décrivons le comportement fascinant de Calindoea trifascialis. Vivant dans les forêts ouvertes, chaudes et sèches du

Toronto Underfoot

Join us at the ROM for International Archaeology Day on October 19 from 11am-3pm. Explore archaeology from Toronto, from around Ontario, and from all over the world. Highlights will include a special temporary display case with some of the great artifacts featured here and more! Interactive

Why Do We Take Photographs?: Visitors Respond

The landmark exhibit “ Genesis ” just closed at the Royal Ontario Museum. An “Activation Area” in the exhibit invited visitors to engage with issues at a personal level by considering how photography works in their own lives. We collected over 1200 responses! Here is a selection.Visitors

Tips for toddlers visiting the ROM

Karla and her son Marshall run an internationally awarded blog, The [Tiny} Times (www.tinytimes.com), which humorously and visually documents life from a child's perspective. Karla writes a monthly travel column, Kids Concierge, for Qantas The Australian Way magazine and recently authored a

Fossil-finding Tour at Evergreen Brick Works

By Kevin Seymour Photos by I-Cheng Chen and Jasmine Lin Dr. A.P. Coleman, who later became the director of the Royal Ontario Museum of Geology, first drew attention to this site in 1894. More particularly, he drew attention to the amazing sediments preserved here. Over the next 40 years and through

Gone Fish'n at Ontario BioBlitz 2013

ROM ichthyology staff led an enthusiastic team of 25 volunteers into the Rouge River on September 14 th and 15 th for some serious fish collecting during the 2013 Ontario BioBlitz at Rouge Park. Our aim: to identify as many species of fishes as possible in a 24 hour period. After a quick lesson on

Forbidden City: Inside the Court of China’s Emperors- Exhibition Announcement Event

On Wednesday October 9, 2013, it was announced that the exhibition The Forbidden City: Inside the Court of China’s Emperors, in partnership with Beijing’s Palace Museum, will open at the ROM on March 8, 2014. The legendary Forbidden City, once home to China’s imperial rulers, is now the

ScopifyROM: Shine on You Crazy Diamond

Gems, and most especially diamonds, appeal to virtually everyone. So when I was asked to select an object from the Mineralogy department for the ScopifyROM project, I chose a diamond brooch made by the renowned Italian jewellery house Bulgari. What more is there to love about diamonds other than

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