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Urban Forest

Urban Forest | Natural History | Cultural History | Getting to Know the Trees | Visit Queen's Park TREES WITHIN THE URBAN FOREST Within a city, trees are important not only for their aesthetic value, but also for their role in maintaining a healthy environment and atmosphere. Among other

Getting to Know Trees

Urban Forest | Natural History | Cultural History | Getting to Know the Trees | Visit Queen's Park Getting to Know the Trees of Toronto More than 217 different kinds of trees grow in Toronto. Queen’s Park alone has over 300 trees representing approximately 50 different species. Nearly 20

Cultural History

Urban Forest | Natural History | Cultural History | Getting to Know the Trees | Visit Queen's Park Cultural History of Queen's Park Previously known as University Park, Queen’s Park was renamed in honour of Queen Victoria and officially opened by her son H.R.H. the Prince of Wales

Getting To Queen's Park

Urban Forest | Natural History | Cultural History | Getting to Know the Trees | Visit Queen's Park Queen's Park is situated in the heart of downtown Toronto encircled by Queen's Park Crescent to the north, east, and west and by Wellesley Street West to the south. BY PUBLIC TRANSIT

Virtual Collaboration: The whole story of ancient Roman amethyst gem

On August 30, 2012 I posted a blog on the rediscovery of a very striking and important ancient Roman amethyst gem engraved with the image of Victory writing on a shield, dating to about 50 BC to AD 25. I also mentioned that the gem was in the collection of Sir Francis Cook by 1903. The posting paid

Inaugural Run for the ROM Brings Museum Family Together

Inaugural Run for the ROM Brings Museum Family Together

We were delighted to participate in the Scotiabank Toronto Waterfront Marathon Group Charity Challenge on October 14, 2012. Many ROM staff came out as walkers and runners and the Museum was an official neighbourhood cheering station along the route. Despite the rainy weather, spirits were soaring

#instaROM

#instaROM

On November 6th, we held our very first Instagram tour. If you are on Instagram you may have seen this type of tour called an #instawalk, well this was a ROM-ified version and we had lots of fun seeing the work of our visitors. We invited people to tour the galleries, take photos using Instagram

#instaROM at #FNLROM

#instaROM at #FNLROM

If you remember from our last #instaROM event (https://www.rom.on.ca/en/blog/instarom) it lasted the entire day and was self guided. Well, I can say that our first try was somewhat of a success. We only had two days to promote the tour but four people came out to take part. Our motivation for these

David Evans: Palaeontologist. Educator. Model?

David Evans is our latest feature palaeontologist for Dino Days! Meet him Sunday November 25th, but get to know him HERE! So get ready, let’s talk about David Evans! David Evans, so chill, he's not even fazed by the dinosaurs fighting behind him. THE PALAEONTOLOGIST David is a busy guy.

Ceramic Petrology Laboratory

Ceramic Petrology Laboratory

A core part of the archaeological science research at the ROM is the Ceramic Petrology Laboratory. Petrology or Petrographic analysis is a technique developed in the earth-sciences for observation of rocks and minerals. It involves creating a "thin-section" of the material being studied,