July 2013

Monthly Archive: July 2013

Bringing the Streets to Life: ROM Walk - Amanda Hunter

Posted: July 11, 2013 - 17:32 , by ROM
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Toronto 2013: a fast paced, action packed city where we rarely stop to think about how its rich history has been masterfully included into the 21st century. 

 

Old School Still Works

Posted: July 10, 2013 - 09:08 , by ROM
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Film hanging on a string to dry.

The ROM's Photographer, Bryan Boyle, shares his experience with processing film and why he put these skills to use after the big Toronto storm.

An Ivory Triptych

Posted: July 8, 2013 - 08:36 , by ROM
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15th century European ivory hinged triptych with Crucifixion and Baptism scene

Every once in a while, well actually more on a very regular basis, some amazing artifacts come to our studio to be photographed.

Getting Our Game On

Posted: July 5, 2013 - 17:03 , by royal
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ROM Game Jam!  Foretelling the Past

From August 9 to 11, the ROM will be hosting a horde of keen electronic game programmers, designers, artists, coders and other wizards for our first-ever “game jam.”

Stories from 2B - Talking about Canadian History

Posted: July 4, 2013 - 10:21 , by royal
Image of door with text "2B"

Australian intern, Maxine Kauter, knows nothing about Canadian history... but that's not stopping her from talking about it.

Oh Canada! Celebrating our history

Posted: July 2, 2013 - 16:16 , by royal
Buffalo Seed by Jane Ash Poitras

Recently, the Hon. James Moore, federal Minister of Canadian Heritage and Official Languages, announced the creation of a new initiative: Canada History Week...