April 2018

Monthly Archive: April 2018

#ROMSocial - Museum Highlights

Posted: April 26, 2018 - 08:46 , by ROM
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Tour the museum before we OPEN!

National Volunteer Week 2018: Sharon Aitken

Posted: April 18, 2018 - 07:13 , by ROM
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Get to know some of our volunteers this week!

Minecraft and Museums together at the ROM

Posted: April 16, 2018 - 14:57 , by Sarah Elliott
a Minecraft tower with red, yellow, and purple roads leading in different directions away from it

For over a year, the Learning Department has been hard at work on the development of a new approach to museum virtual visits: building an online experience using an adventure map in Minecraft to teach elementary students about Responsible Mining. We’re excited to announce that we have reached the pilot testing phase!

National Volunteer Week 2018: Lynne Wood

Posted: April 14, 2018 - 09:32 , by ROM
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Get to know some of our volunteers this week!

Kalighat Paintings: Murder in the Collection

Posted: April 5, 2018 - 00:31 , by Deepali Dewan
Illustration of a man and a seated woman

A notorious murder case is one of the subjects of the ROM’s collection of mid-nineteenth century Kalighat paintings, an urban folk art style that developed around a popular Kali temple in Kolkata, India. Written by Piali Roy.