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Wildlife Photographer of the Year- Media Preview

Wildlife Photographer of the Year- Media Preview

Streamed live on Nov 20, 2013 Wildlife Photographer of the Year- Media Preview

The Great Lyre of Ur

The Great Lyre of Ur

Dr. Clemens Reichel introduces a new object on display in Mesopotamia: Inventing our World. The Great Lyre of Ur is on loan from the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology. The exhibition continues at the ROM until January 5th, 2014 and is presented by RSA Insurance.

Weapon Wednesday: Two daggers from Luristan, Iran

Weapon Wednesday: Two daggers from Luristan, Iran

In museum circles the region of Luristan in the Zagros Mountains has a long association with the antiquities looted from tombs there in the 1920's and 30's. These objects seem to be primarily from the Early Iron Age (circa 1000 BC- 750 BC), and comprise an array of distinctive objects

Friends of Palaeontology

The Friends of Palaeontology is a group within the Department of Museum Volunteers. We are engaged in the story of life on earth as revealed in the fossil record. We promote ROM research by offering an exceptional opportunity to experience the ROM at a unique level. To promote learning about

Friends of the Canadian Collections

If you like bats and beavers, birds and black flies, flowers and fungi, kayaks and canoes, moccasins and mukluks, armoires and armchairs, whales and watercolours.....you will feel right at home being a Friend of the Canadian Collections. Our mandate is to increase awareness of the richness of

Holtby Lecture on Contemporary Culture: Antony Gormley

Holtby Lecture on Contemporary Culture: Antony Gormley

ROM Contemporary Culture presents the eighth annual Eva Holtby Lecture on November 20, 2013, moderated by art critic and journalist Sarah Milroy, former editor of Canadian Art magazine, and contributor for the Globe and Mail. In Art as Survival, London born sculptor, Antony Gormley will explore the

Introducing Acheroraptor temertyorum

Introducing Acheroraptor temertyorum

On December 16, 2013, the ROM Palaeontology team formally announced the discovery of a new species of dinosaur, a small, meat-eating raptor:  Acheroraptor  temertyorum. Based on analysis of upper and lower jaw fossils recently unearthed in Montana, the team determined the creature was quite

New dinosaur species named after ROM donors

New dinosaur species named after ROM donors

It’s not everyday a new dinosaur species is discovered, and it’s even more exciting when it is named in honour of long-time ROM supporters. Dr. David Evans and a team of scientists have named a small, meat-eating dinosaur (‘raptor’) based on newly unearthed fossils from Montana, USA.

Weapon Wednesday: The Long History of an Irish Bronze Age Sword

Weapon Wednesday: The Long History of an Irish Bronze Age Sword

A bronze sword in the ROM's collection (ROM no.909.68.1) has an interesting history. It is of a type named after Ewart Park, a site in Northumberland in Northern England. The type seems to have developed in what is now Northern England, and became the main sword type of the Late Bronze Age of

Ryan Farley: Thoughts on Conservation

Ryan Farley: Thoughts on Conservation

As Lead Concierge at the Royal Ontario Museum, Ryan Farely and his team at the Museum's front entrance are the first point of contact for most of our visitors. In this video blog, Ryan shares his thoughts on some pressing conservation issues, and how he and his team contribute to the