May 2013

Monthly Archive: May 2013

Accessibility Awareness Week 2013 Spotlight - Alexis Pastuch

Posted: May 31, 2013 - 10:30 , by ROM
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Accessibility, Exhibitions and Galleries
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Alexis Pastuch takes in an exhibition at the ROM

Alexis Pastuch has been a member of the ROM’s Accessibility Advisory Committee since 2010

Accessibility Awareness Week Spotlight 2013 - Adam Roy Cohoon

Posted: May 29, 2013 - 10:30 , by ROM
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Accessibility, Exhibitions and Galleries
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Adam Roy Cohoon visits the ROM

Adam Roy Cohoon is an active member of the ROM's accessibility advocacy community

The ROM Celebrates Accessibility Awareness Week (May 26th to June 1st)

Posted: May 27, 2013 - 10:30 , by ROM
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Accessibility, Research, Education & Engagement
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Kate at a touch table in the Hands-On Biodiversity Gallery, holding a T-Rex tooth from the Education handling collection

This week we will highlight some of the people who ensure the ROM is accessible for all.

The Cat's Tomb

Posted: May 24, 2013 - 13:30 , by royal
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Programs and Events, Exhibitions and Galleries, Collections
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Image of cat's eyes

Special display in the Ancient Egypt gallery, Summer 2013

Into the Heart of Borneo - A Month on Mulu Mountain & LIVE Google Hangout

Posted: May 24, 2013 - 12:16 , by royal
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Biodiversity, Natural History, From the Field, Research
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Entomologist Chris Darling looks at the mountain during sunset.

ROM Biodiversity researchers studying insects, fungi, and mammals have been discovering new species in the heart of Borneo, in Gunung Mulu National Park, throughout the month of May....

Connecting Canada’s newest citizens to Canadian culture at the ROM

Posted: May 17, 2013 - 14:15 , by ROM
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Programs and Events, Education & Engagement
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Child using his Cultural Access Pass, image courtesy of the ICC

 Jess Duerden, Institute for Canadian Citizenship

Explorers' Club kids get a sneak peak at the newest Animal Explorer

Posted: May 8, 2013 - 17:07 , by Nicole Richards
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Kids and Families, ROMkids, Programs and Events, Education & Engagement
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A Komodo Dragon Toy on a staircase railing at the ROM

Submitted by Courtney Murfin, Interpretive Planner and Explorers' Club Co-chair

NEW Discovery: A Bone-headed Dinosaur the size of a Dog

Posted: May 8, 2013 - 13:14 , by David McKay
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Palaeontology, Research
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A new species of bone-headed dinosaur, Acrotholus audeti, has just been announced by a team co-led by ROM paleontologist Dr. David Evans. The groundbreaking fossils are on display at the ROM until June.

Conservator in the House – In-situ Conservation of the “Tree Cookie”

Posted: May 8, 2013 - 09:21 , by Nicole Richards
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Biodiversity, Exhibitions and Galleries, Conservation
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Heidi Sobol conducting conservation work with Tree Cookie

Find out what Heidi Sobol, Senior Conservator of Paintings is up to in the Schad Gallery!

Into the Heart of Borneo - Gunung Mulu National Park

Posted: May 6, 2013 - 12:40 , by royal
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Biodiversity, From the Field, Research
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The ROM Biodiversity "Borneo" team has landed in Sarawak, and have been spending the last several days organizing equipement, permits and buying machetes....