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Director's Choice Audio Tour

Audio Tour: Director's Choice

Information on ROM objects and spaces selected by Director & CEO, William Thorsell. The audio tour is narrated by CBC radio host, Andy Barrie.

The Museum as the New Agora
Presentation to the Empire Club in Toronto by William Thorsell, May 3, 2007
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Written Transcript

Welcome

William Thorsell, Director & CEO, ROM
Stop 100
Introduction

Level 1

Chen Court
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Chen Court
Samual Hall-Currelly Gallery
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Tournament Murals, Sylvia Hahn
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Tournament Murals, Sylvia Hahn

Temple Bell, China
Stop 103
Temple Bell, China
Hadrosaur
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Hadrosaur
Ming Tomb, China
Stop 105
Ming Tomb, China
Gallery of Chinese Architecture
Stop 106
Gallery of Chinese Architecture
Moveable Printing Types, Korea
Stop 107
Moveable Printing Types, Korea
Polo-player Figure, China
Stop 108
Polo-player Figure, China
Animal Tiles, China
Stop 109
Animal Tiles, China
Vessel, China
Stop 110
Vessel, China
Luohan Figure, China
Stop 111
Luohan
Figure, China
Part 1
Part 2
The Paradise of Maitreya, China
Stop 112
The Paradise of Maitreya, China
Palanquin, Japan
Stop 113
Palanquin, Japan
The Migration, Norval Morriseau, First Peoples
Stop 114
The Migration, Norval Morriseau, First Peoples
Encampment on River Winnipeg, Paul Kane, First Peoples
Stop 115
Encampment on River Winnipeg, Paul Kane, First Peoples
Freight Canoe, César Newashish, First Peoples
Stop 116
Freight Canoe, César Newashish, First Peoples
Caribou-skin Coat, First Peoples
Stop 117
Caribou-skin Coat, First Peoples
Bear House Post, First Peoples
Stop 118
Bear House Post, First Peoples
   

Level 2

Mosaic Ceiling, The Rotunda
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Mosaic Ceiling, The Rotunda
Barosaurus
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Barosaurus
Hadrosaurus
Stop 202
Maiasaurus
Triceratops skull
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Triceratops skull
Giant ground sloth
Stop 204
Giant ground sloth

Level 3

Madonna and Child, Pietro Lamberti, Europe
Stop 300
Madonna and Child, Pietro Lamberti, Europe
English Room, 1500s, Europe
Stop 301
English Room, 1500s, Europe

Charles Rennie Mackintosh Room, Europe
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Charles Rennie Mackintosh Room, Europe
Anime, Europe
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Anime, Europe
Pocket Pistols, Europe
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Pocket Pistols, Europe
Reta Lila Weston Room, Europe
Stop 305
Reta Lila Weston Room, Europe
Cabinet, Paul Theodore Frankl, Europe
Stop 306
Cabinet, Paul Theodore Frankl, Europe
Votive Statues, Cyprus
Stop 307
Votive Statues, Cyprus
Cycladic Figure, Bronze Age Aegean
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Cycladic Figure, Bronze Age Aegean
Louterion, Bronze Age Aegean
Stop 309
Louterion, Bronze Age Aegean
Bust of Dionysus, Greece
Stop 310
Bust of Dionysus, Greece
Grave Stele, Greece
Stop 311
Grave Stele, Greece
Pelike & Kylix, Greece
Stop 312
Pelike & Kylix, Greece
Model of Cow Giving Birth, Egypt
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Model of Cow Giving Birth, Egypt
Cabinet, Paul Theodore FStatue of Iby-ref, Egypt rankl, Europe
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Statue of Iby-ref, Egypt
Human Mummy, Egypt
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Human Mummy, Egypt
Head of Amenhotep III, Egypt
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Head of Amenhotep III, Egypt

Ingot Bearer
Stop 317
Ingot Bearer

Kitines Tomb
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Kitines Tomb