Author Archive: ROM
Monthly Archive: December ROM
BREAKING: Royal Ontario Museum to recover two rare Northwest Atlantic blue whales
The ROM Biodiversity will send a crew to salvage two blue whales that washed ashore on the coast of Newfoundland last week.
Earth Day at the ROM: Saving the Fastest Birds in the World!
Neighborhood students join the ROM and special guests in learning about the conservation of birds of prey.
Student Photographers Shoot for the ROM
I would like to congratulate each of the student photographers who contributed to Every Object Has A Story.
The ROM ‘Minoan’ Goddess: The Minoan Relations
After looking at the best known of the dubious ‘Minoan’ figurines (which may be modern) in my last post, here I show some of the genuine Minoan objects discovered in archaeological excavations on Crete.
The ROM ‘Minoan’ Goddess: the Suspect Sisters (and brothers)
The ROM Goddess is just one of the ‘Minoan’ figurines in several museums sometimes thought to be fake. These two installments of the ROM Minoan Goddess project introduce you to some of the suspected (although not definitively proven) fake figurines, and the genuine Minoan objects that may have inspired them.
Asian Carps and GLMRIS Canadian Information Session
Henry H.C. Choong shares his insight into a recent, important information session regarding the threat of invasive species in the Great Lakes basin.
Treasures from the Forbidden City: Bird's-Eye View of the Capital City
Bird's-Eye View of the Capital City, Inspired by Emperor Longing's Poems. This large hanging scroll is presented as the first artwork located at the entrance to the exhibition Forbidden City: Inside Court of China's Emperor.
Join us for #MuseumWeek
Museums around the world will gather on Twitter for #MuseumWeek, Mar. 24-30th, 2014
Butterflies
In celebration of the vernal equinox and the upcoming ROM publication of a field guide of butterflies of Ontario, we'd like to show you some beautiful butterfly specimens.
Lava Medals
Lava Medals! Who’d of thought? These medals were made between the years of 1631 and 1944, at times of volcanic activity in Mount Vesuvius.
