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Monthly Archive: December roya
Things to know when you meet a Maya High Priest
By Justin Jennings, Associate Curator, Department of World Culture.
Green with Envy
Every day at the museum is a good day, but when a new object-specimen gets added to the collection, it is a great day. It was a particularly stellar day in Earth Sciences when we were able to acquire this lovely princess cut, 23.24 carat peridot from Myanmar (Burma).
6 Holiday Gift Ideas for Museum Lovers
‘Tis the season of giving, so we thought we’d share some of our favourite ROM-themed gift ideas with you!
There's something for everyone at the ROM.
1. Wrap up a ROM membership
A successful media launch to Maya: Secrets of their Ancient World
The November 16 media preview for Maya: Secrets of their Ancient World was an auspicious debut for this exciting international effort.
The Globe & Mail, National Post, Toronto Star, and numerous CBC television and radio shows, both English and French, were among the 60+ different media outlets attending the morning event. The city’s Spanish-language journalists were also well-represented among the approximately 125 guests.
Overgrown Bone — A ROM Paleontologist identifies the fish with the swollen head
Originally published in the Summer 2010 edition of ROM Magazine.
Bluecheek Silver grunt
Want the answer to life, the universe and everything?
Well, at least, some serious insight into life on Earth…
Where do we come from? What was the world like long before the dinosaurs?
Saskatchewan’s newest dinosaur has ROM connection
Today, Caleb Brown and colleagues announced the discovery of Canada’s newest dinosaur, Thescelosaurus assiniboiensis – the first new dinosaur species to be discovered in Saskatchewan since 1926. The new dinosaur is named after the historic District of Assiniboia, where it was found. The small-bodied, two-legged plant-eater lived alongside the famed Tyrannosaurus rex and Triceratops, at the very end of the age of dinosaurs.
Maya: hidden exhibition secrets revealed
Written by Stephanie Allen, ROM Registrar
There is an incredible amount of work that happens behind-the-scenes in preparing for every exhibition. Some of that work is eventually obvious to the visitors such as the design, mounts, graphics and labels but a lot of the work is largely invisible.
Back in the lab – trying to make heads or tails of it all.
After three days of successful fieldwork on the chilly Grand Rapids Uplands, we return – toting a fresh batch of fossils – to The Manitoba Museum in Winnipeg. This is the home turf of my colleague, Graham Young, and almost a second home for me.
Southern Alberta field collection 2011 has arrived!
Marked field jackets containing horned dinosaur bones from the McPheeter’s bonebed (MBB) and the South Side Ceratopsian (SSC).
