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Exhibit A: Light of the Desert Cerussite Gem

Posted: July 19, 2016 - 08:00 , by ROM

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Collection Highlight

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A diamond like gemstone on a black background

At 900 carats, this magnificent gemstone is the world's largest faceted specimen of the mineral cerussite.

Chihuly Around the World

Posted: July 18, 2016 - 08:00 , by ROM

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Exhibitions

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Chihuly’s permanent installations appear all over the world.

High-Tech Biodiversity

Posted: July 15, 2016 - 09:00 , by ROM

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Woman in a blue shirt looking at plants in a forest

The Bog Copper story and the power of citizen science

Interview with Dale Chihuly

Posted: July 14, 2016 - 08:09 , by ROM

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Exhibitions

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We recently had a chance to meet the artist as he prepared for his ROM exhibition and ask him a few questions about his spectacular work…

Yukon BioBlitz: Strange Things Done in the Midnight Sun

Posted: July 13, 2016 - 17:49 , by ROM

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BioBlitz, Biodiversity, Natural History, Nature, Research

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A single bioblitz participant takes notes on top of a ridge in the Dawson Mountain Range near Carmacks, Yukon. Photo by Stacey Lee Kerr

Blog by Stacey Lee Kerr, Biodiversity Storyteller / Creative Producer for the ROM's Centre for Biodiversity

The idea of what “midnight sun” really means is rather obscure to the uninitiated traveller. It doesn’t strike home until you’ve been sitting at a picnic table with some entomologists while they pin bees and flies without anything more than the ambient light, and you realize it’s almost midnight when it looks and feels more like 8pm...

What's the Buzz on Bees?

Posted: July 13, 2016 - 08:00 , by ROM

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Bees

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black and yellow bee resting on a purple flower

Antonia Guidotti, is an Entomology Technician at the ROM.

Game Jam

Posted: July 12, 2016 - 08:47 , by ROM

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A girl playing a video game created by one of the teams from the ROM's Game Jam

Game developers put their skills to the test at the ROM.

Guest blog by Brittany Budani, Publishing Intern

ROM Celebrates National Aboriginal Day!

Posted: July 5, 2016 - 16:14 , by ROM

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Canada, Learning

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Welcome table outside entrance to the event.

On June 21^st, the ROM Learning Department began National Aboriginal Day celebrations with a cleansing ceremony using Sweet Grass to start the day off in a good, positive way led by Justin Chiblow, Kiowa Wind Memorial Indigenous Youth Intern.