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Better than Saturday morning cartoons

Better than Saturday morning cartoons

One-year-old Peter likes looking at the paper with his parents on Saturday mornings (or better yet, ripping it apart, says his dad). This past weekend he went straight for the latest copy of Let’s ROM and started flipping through it with a look of intense concentration on his face. The ROM’s

Bring on the Welcoming Committee: Doni the Komodo Dragon is Here

Bring on the Welcoming Committee: Doni the Komodo Dragon is Here

Visitors to the ROM are used to a warm welcome, and Doni the Komodo Dragon was no exception. His long-anticipated arrival meant that a celebration was in order. Many of the volunteers that worked on the Komodo Dragon project as well as some special ROM members joined staff from the Toronto Zoo and

The LEGO Maya Pyramid that 5000 kids built

The LEGO Maya Pyramid that 5000 kids built

For our March Break programming this year I wanted to mark the 50 th  anniversary of the excavation of an incredible ancient Maya site-  Altun Ha, Belize, and introduce a whole new generation to this fascinating find. So I proposed that we build the temple pyramid out of LEGO and ask our visitors

The First Brush: Paul Kane and Infrared Photography

The First Brush: Paul Kane and Infrared Photography

A collaboration between the Royal Ontario Museum (ROM), Toronto, and Queen's University, Kingston, this research project has photographed in the infrared spectrum the Paul Kane collection of oil paintings housed at the ROM. Video produced by Michael Fergusson, MA candidate, Queen's

The ROM Marks World Autism Awareness Day

April 2, 2013 is an historic day for the Canadian Autism community: for the first time, Canada is officially marking World Autism Awareness Day. Essential to reducing stigma, raising awareness and improving support structures, World Autism Awareness Day also serves as a message to individuals and

Our first Google+ Hangout on Air

Our first Google+ Hangout on Air

Yesterday, we hosted our first Google+ Hangout on Air at Crestwood School here in Toronto. We tagged along with Burton Lim, Assistant Curator of Mammalogy, and Dave Ireland Managing Director of ROM Biodiversity, as they visited the school to talk about bats and to supervise a school program

Adopt a Journal

Adopt a Journal Journals are important research tools for museum curators and staff, as well as students and public researchers. However, subscription costs rapidly increase every year. Some of the journals the museum library holds are scarce, and many are not available elsewhere in the city or

Useful Links

Caring for Paper and Books Care of objects and collections  – Canadian Conservation Institute Preventative conservation and risk management  – Canadian Conservation Institute Selected bibliography for the care of books- Library of Congress Book Appraisals and Restoration The ROM Libraries do

Nature meets Culture at Archaeology Weekend!

Nature meets Culture at Archaeology Weekend!

Humans would have been aware of the other creatures that shared their world from earliest times. At first they would have had an eye towards possible predators or competitors, then possible prey as they became hunters.  As the cognitive ability of Early Humans developed, they would observe the

Research Guides

ROM Exhibitions The Richard Wernham and Julia West Library maintains a chronology of exhibitions held at the ROM between 1934 and August 2012. The title and call number (in italics) of the exhibition catalogue, if published, can be found following the exhibition entry. ROM Magazine / Rotunda