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Since 1968, the ROM has published a magazine for its Members, providing insights into the Museum's latest research and acquisitions. Published quarterly, ROM, formerly entitled Rotunda, showcases intriguing artifacts and specimens from the Museum's extensive collections-everything from meteorites from Mars and duck-billed dinosaurs to First Nations carvings and a court dress that once belonged to Marie-Antoinette. You'll also read about the studies our curators conduct in the Museum's labs and collection rooms as well as in the field-and what they are discovering about the world.

Reading through the pages of ROM magazine is like having a personal tour behind the scenes at the Museum: you'll see objects not on display to ROM visitors, learn about the techniques used to unravel evolutionary mysteries, hear which are the curators' favourite objects and the stories from their field adventures. Recently redesigned, the new ROM also features columns by renowned food writer James Chatto, who explores the history and culture of cuisine, and celebrated University of Toronto philosopher Mark Kingwell, who contemplates material culture.

A significant platform for ROM and guest curators to discuss news and views on a wide range of subjects, the magazine also runs a section specifically for Members filled with Members-only content-details on reciprocal days at other cultural organizations, free lectures and previews, various ways to support the ROM, exciting travel opportunities, and more.

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Latest Features

Aliens Among Us
Why we want to believe
By Mark Kingwell. Professor, University of Toronto, Department of Philosophy, and author of more than a dozen books, most recently, with Joshua Glenn and cartoonist Seth, The Wage Slave's Glossary (Biblioasis, 2011)
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Portals to Paradise: Reflections at the Maya Ruins
On the Yucatan Peninsula, a publisher finds the paradisal realm of the sun and conduits to the Maya god of rain.
By Glen Ellis, head of Royal Ontario Museum Press and executive editor of ROM Magazine
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People of the Corn
This staple crop, known as "the great mother," fuelled the bodies and spirits of the ancient Maya.
By James Chatto, Toronto-based food writer and the editor of harry magazine.
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Wild in Toronto
Experts team up to produce a free booklet series that encourages city residents to appreciate their local biodiversity.
By Antonia Guidotti, entomology technician in the Department of Natural History at the ROM.
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