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ROM ‘Minoan’ Goddess Hangout: battling with technology!

I’ve just finished a Google+ Hangout talking about the ROM ‘Minoan’ goddess with a colleague and expert in ancient ivory and gold statues, Dr. Kenneth Lapatin.  It was Ken’s research and publications about the suspect Minoan ivory figurines in several museum collections that first prompted

Hands On Family Day Weekend

Hands On Family Day Weekend

This year’s  ROM Family Day long weekend  delivers a first-hand exploration of ROM Biodiversity. In the Patrick and Barbara Keenan Family Gallery of Hands-on Biodiversity and the CIBC Discovery Gallery we're delivering a hands-on experience with three wild touch tables offering a

Weapon Wednesday: The Nugent Marathon Corinthian Helmet

Weapon Wednesday: The Nugent Marathon Corinthian Helmet

The Corinthian helmet type is one of the most immediately recognisable types of helmet, romantically associated with the great heroes of Ancient Greece, even by the Ancient Greeks themselves who rapidly moved to helmet types with better visibility, but still depicted their heroes in these helmets.

Ontario tables the "Invasive Species Act": What is it, and what role should natural history museums play?

Ontario tables the "Invasive Species Act": What is it, and what role should natural history museums play?

By Dave Ireland, Managing Director, ROM Biodiversity The Ontario Minister of Natural Resources, David Orazietti, joined by the Ontario Biodiversity Council, which includes representation from the ROM, introduced a new piece of legislation yesterday: the Invasive Species Act.  This is unprecedented

Launch of Doodle 4 Google Exhibition

Launch of Doodle 4 Google Exhibition

The winning doodle is part of the exhibition, Doodle 4 Google, that features the drawings of the top 73 regional finalists from across Canada from this year’s contest. This national competition challenged Canadian students from kindergarten to Grade 12 to come up with creative and inspiring ways

Barrick Gold Family Day at the ROM

Barrick Gold Family Day at the ROM

The ROM was pleased to host Barrick Gold Corporation employees and their families on Sunday, February 23, 2014. This special day celebrated the recent opening of the new Barrick Gold Corporation Gallery, an interactive space in the ROM’s Teck Suite of Galleries: Earth’s Treasures. A new

Lava Medals

Lava Medals

A while back, I stopped in to the Earth Sciences Dept to look at some meteorites which needed to be photographed. While I was there, I noticed some very odd looking medallions sitting in a box on the counter. These were not the smooth precious metal medallions we see on a fairly regular basis. They

History of the White Wedding Dress

The white wedding gown worn by many brides today didn’t became popular until the Victorian Era.  In fact, many contribute the popularity to Queen Victoria herself, who wore white to her wedding day. Before this time, European brides were known to wear dresses in a variety of colours and

March Break 2014 with @ROMkids

March Break 2014 with @ROMkids

Join us for March Break 2014! Kiron from @ROMKids gives you a quick run down of what we've got planned. 

Museum Diaries- DNA Dissected with Oliver Haddrath

Museum Diaries- DNA Dissected with Oliver Haddrath

This episode of Museum Diaries, airing on TVO March 11 at 7:30 pm, follows a group of Curators as they use DNA research to discover ground breaking results. Oliver Haddrath, research technician at the ROM's Ornithology Department, reveals his current research and testing using DNA to study