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Fits like a Space Glove

Fits like a Space Glove

Imagine you’re floating in space, tethered to your spacecraft as you carefully repair an instrument during a routine spacewalk. You’ve been at work for nearly three hours, performing tasks that require incredible mental and physical stamina. To your surprise, your greatest discomfort is in your

The Ofrenda: Stunning Mexican altar on display at the ROM this holiday season

The Ofrenda: Stunning Mexican altar on display at the ROM this holiday season

by Sascha Priewe and Chloë Sayer ROM for the Holidays is the last chance to see the ofrenda made by Sergio Alejandro Hernández Martínez. This altar was built by Sergio over the course of two weeks leading up to the ROM’s Day of the Dead celebrations on 30 October. Let’s have another look at

#EmptyROM 3!

#EmptyROM 3!

Back by popular deman, we're hosting our 3rd #EmptyROM tour and 1st of 2016! This time we will tour the Dinosaur gallery for some alone time with T. rex and the rest of your favourite dinosaurs. February 24th from 8:30-9:30am Know your way around Instagram? Handy with a DSLR? Add your details

ROMcast: The Uncatalogued Stories

Who works behind the scenes at the Royal Ontario Museum? What do they do all day? Meet the people who make the museum tick in this candid podcast series!   Season 2, Episode 1: Laura Lipcsei Laura is the ROM’s Senior Conservator of Stone, Ceramics and Glass. In her role she oversees the care and

Conversations with Theo

Conversations with Theo

Guest post by ROM Member, Anne Thériault     When I was growing up trips to the ROM definitely topped my list of Amazing Fun Stuff I Sometimes Get To Do. When I had a kid of my own, I knew the ROM was something I wanted to share with him- plus I needed somewhere to take him on the days when it

ROM Research Colloquium: BLOG-A-THON (Day 1)

ROM Research Colloquium: BLOG-A-THON (Day 1)

Five researchers, five questions, five days. Follow five of the ROM’s researchers and learn about what fascinates them, what questions are irking them and how their research helps us figure out the world. This year the ROM Research Colloquium will go into its 36th year. 36 years of ROM

ROM Research Colloquium: BLOG-A THON (Day 2)

ROM Research Colloquium: BLOG-A THON (Day 2)

Five researchers, five questions, five days. Join us for the ROM Research Colloquium on February 23 and meet our researchers! Stay for the Vaughan Lecture given by Dave Rudkin. Who or what inspired your research in your field? How did you get into researching what you are working on?   Silvia

Tattoos: Arctic

Tattoos: Arctic

Guest blog by Kenneth R. Lister, Assistant Curator of Anthropology (Arctic, Subarctic, Great Lakes, Northwest Coast, Paul Kane collection). When Captain George Francis Lyon crouched down and crawled through the entranceway into the dim interior of an Inuit igloo in February 1822, he was unaware

A Love for the ROM Endures

A Love for the ROM Endures

As dedicated members of the Department of Museum Volunteers (DMV), Rodger and Joann McLennan led countless tours over the past 20 years, enrapturing visitors with their infectious enthusiasm and deep knowledge of the Museum’s collections. Joann, a native New Yorker, met Rodger while

ROM Research: Detailing Wendiceratops

ROM Research: Detailing Wendiceratops

David Evans and Michael Ryan reveal a spectacular new species of ceratopsian,  Wendiceratops was approximately 6 metres from nose to tail and weighed more than a ton (2,000 lbs). Guest blog by Shiona M. Mackenzie. Fossils collected from a bonebed in southern Alberta during the summers of 2011