Author Archive: ROM
Monthly Archive: December ROM
BREAKING: Royal Ontario Museum to recover two rare Northwest Atlantic blue whales
![Blue Whale skeleton on display in the Beaty Biodiversity Museum, BC. Photo by alans1948 via Flickr Creative Commons. Cropped. https://flic.kr/p/cR1hpj The blue whale skeleton hangs in the atrium at the Beaty Museum.](https://www.rom.on.ca/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/blog_post/thumbnail/7774487928_8e5af1d68e_b.jpg?itok=b8AuHWUD)
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!
![Touching a peregrine falcon: the fastest bird in the world. | Image by the ROM A young boy carefully pets the back of a hooded Peregrine falcon](https://www.rom.on.ca/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/blog_post/thumbnail/rom2014_14025_5.jpg?itok=ebuPu_K9)
Neighborhood students join the ROM and special guests in learning about the conservation of birds of prey.
Student Photographers Shoot for the ROM
![Every Object Has a Story Publication Every Object Has a Story Publication](https://www.rom.on.ca/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/blog_post/thumbnail/every_object-has-a-story.jpg?itok=sgX_1isf)
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
![The ROM 'Minoan' Goddess Detail of the head of the ROM 'Minoan' Goddess](https://www.rom.on.ca/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/blog_post/thumbnail/katec_thumbnail_0.jpg?itok=QFfhH77L)
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 'Minoan' Goddess Detail of the head of the ROM 'Minoan' Goddess](https://www.rom.on.ca/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/blog_post/thumbnail/katec_thumbnail.jpg?itok=jhyS6nTk)
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
![Invasive Species poster from the Ministry of Natural Resources and GLIMRIS panel at the Information Centre (Photo by Henry H.C. Choong) A poster containing information about invasive species produced by the Ministry of Natural Resources and GLIMRIS](https://www.rom.on.ca/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/blog_post/thumbnail/photo_1_resized.jpg?itok=9uONJsa8)
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
![](https://www.rom.on.ca/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/blog_post/thumbnail/fe_94_resize.jpg?itok=XffnJBUL)
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
![#MuseumWeek #MuseumWeek](https://www.rom.on.ca/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/blog_post/thumbnail/museumweek.png?itok=QxYmtTTf)
Museums around the world will gather on Twitter for #MuseumWeek, Mar. 24-30th, 2014
Butterflies
![Light table set-up photo studio](https://www.rom.on.ca/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/blog_post/thumbnail/_dsc5275.jpg?itok=qZtNQbeM)
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
![obverse showing Carlo Filangieri. lava medal](https://www.rom.on.ca/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/blog_post/thumbnail/rom2013_13543_1.jpg?itok=ELo_Wezv)
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.