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Monthly Archive: December Tech

The LEGO Maya Pyramid that 5000 kids built

Posted: March 25, 2013 - 14:48 , by ROM
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Ancient Cultures, Programs and Events, Education & Engagement, Technology
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The LEGO Maya Pyramid that 5000 kids built

For our March Break programming this year I wanted to mark the 50th anniversary of the excavation of an incredible ancient Maya site -  Altun Ha, Belize

We're up for a Shorty Award!

Posted: January 29, 2013 - 13:52 , by ROM
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ROM Social Media, Technology
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The Shorty Awards honor the best in social media.

ROM Research Colloquium: Ryan Dodge

Posted: January 23, 2013 - 10:19 , by ROM
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ROM Social Media, Research, Technology
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Ryan hard at work!

The annual ROM Colloquium highlights recent discoveries by ROM curators and researchers.

#instaROM at #FNLROM

Posted: November 21, 2012 - 12:26 , by ROM
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Friday Night Live, Programs and Events, ROM Social Media, Technology
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#instaROM at #FNLROM

Last week we attempted our first #instaROM tour with a theme.

#instaROM

Posted: November 15, 2012 - 10:35 , by ROM
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ROM Social Media, Research, Programs and Events, Technology
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#instaROM shot from @stilez

On November 6th, Kiron Mukherjee (@kironcmukherjee), Emilio Genovese (@emilio_genovese) and I (@wrdodger) held our 1st Instagram event at the Royal Ontario Museum. It was a ROM-ified #instawalk called #instaROM, here are some of the results. Over 70 photos and over 15 Instagramers took part! 

New Website Launch

Posted: November 14, 2012 - 09:00 , by royal
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What's New, Director's Update, Technology
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I am very pleased today to announce the launch of the Royal Ontario Museum’s new website.

Project Guyana – Expedition Underway

Posted: July 20, 2012 - 15:59 , by royal
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From the Field, Natural History, Programs and Events, Research, Technology
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By Brennan Caverhill, Biodiversity Intern

Hello! Joshua See here, Environmental Visual Communication student at the ROM. I am writing from the wild heart of Guyana, where I am documenting the research and education efforts of Burton Lim, Assistant Curator of Mammals.

Mobile Interpretation in Museums

Posted: January 13, 2012 - 11:17 , by ROM
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Programs and Events, Research, Technology, ROM Mobile
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Learn about the latest research and discoveries happening at the ROM and mark your calendars for the 33rd annual ROM Research Colloquium coming up on February 3, 2012.

Ryan Dodge is the Acquisitions Technician in the Library as well an active member of the ROM’s Social Media team. Here, he tells us a little bit more about his upcoming colloquium presentation, Mobile Interpretation in Museums.

Want the answer to life, the universe and everything?

Posted: November 28, 2011 - 12:49 , by royal
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Collections, Natural History, Technology
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Well, at least, some serious insight into life on Earth…

Where do we come from? What was the world like long before the dinosaurs?

Digital Artist Show-and-Tell featuring Sound Selecta

Posted: November 8, 2011 - 16:45 , by ROM
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Programs and Events, What's New, Art, Artist, Technology
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This past Friday, the Institute for Contemporary Culture hosted its first ‘Digital Artist Show and Tell’.  Amidst the glimmering iPad drawings in the David Hockney fresh flowers exhibition, over 30 people spontaneously congregated in the Roloff Beny Gallery for an interactive session with Jamie Alexander of Sound Selecta. Sound Selecta is a company that merges art, music and commerce to create some really exciting apps.