January 2014
Monthly Archive: January 2014
When Objects Guide Our Pedagogy: An Introduction to Experiential Learning
Experiential learning is a teaching method that allows learners to explore and examine objects that illustrate larger concepts.
Forbidden City Crates Arrive

All the wonderful artifcats from the ROM’s upcoming blockbuster exhibition, The Forbidden City: Inside the Court of China's Emperors, have finally arrived from Beijing's Palace Museum!
The ROM’s Chinese New Year
Here’s to the Year of the Horse… and to a very Chinese New Year at the ROM.
#MuseumSelfie day @ROMtoronto

Yesterday we joined an international tweet up called #MuseumSelfie day, here's our recap.
Learning science through Hip Hop: Interview with Baba Brinkman

Baba Brinkman’s music draws on both the art of rap and, the relevance of natural selection today.
Aurora Borealis: Toronto Edition!
On January 7th, the Sun’s surface erupted with an explosion that is now 15 times the width of Earth.
Behind the scenes in New World Archaeology with April Hawkins

April shows us what goes on behind the scenes in the New World Archaeology Department
Welcome to 2014 at the ROM
As the ROM prepares to celebrate its Centennial beginning this March, I have been reflecting on the year that’s just passed and all the inspiring activity that’s taken place at the Museum.
Did you wake up with a bang this morning?
You may not have been dreaming! The phenomenon is called cryoseism.