Royal Ontario Museum Blog
Monthly Archive: December
Profile: Canada's Astronaut
Chris Hadfield sits down with ROM Magazine and talks space, dinos, and risk.
ROM Collections Contribute to Checklist of Indian Birds
Museum collections are often undervalued and misunderstood. Regular visitors to the ROM don’t get to see what lies behind the public galleries, and yet less than 1% of the ROM’s collections are on display. These collections do far more than gather dust: they are a reference point in time, and, from a natural history perspective, provide a baseline for our understanding of life. I have received a lot of data requests from inside and outside the ROM. Some I can answer, and some I automatically forward along to collections. A group of recent emails stood out in particular...
Tattoos: Today
Although tattooing has deep roots across cultures and has spread globally, across several millennia, the Western perception of tattoos, the tattooist, and the tattooed has had connotations of deviance.
Were These Peruvian Mummies Climate Change Nomads?
Join the ROM team in the field in Peru
Tattoos: Arctic
How tattoos are viewed in the Arctic communities.
Profile: Marianne Mader
New on the Ground (and in Space)
The ROM’s Marianne Mader discusses her inspirations and what’s next for her.
What made you pursue planetary science as a study?
The TRCA Calls Upon Batman for Help
It’s been a hot summer, the sun is shining and the Scarborough Bluffs are standing tall above the Lake Ontario shoreline. But they might not be for long. The Scarborough Bluffs in Toronto’s east end are eroding at a rapid rate, increasing the likelihood of slope failure and damage to local species’ habitats. Although the cliffs have been eroding since the 1940s, the view from atop the Bluffs was too enticing to prevent people from further settling there. As houses were feverishly built along the Bluffs, the rate of erosion further accelerated.
Tattoos: Exploring Tattoo Culture Around the World
Tattoos: Ritual, Identity, Obsession and Art.
The ROM's Remarkable Bees
Guest blog by Antonia Guidotti, Entomology Technician
ROM visitors love the live hive of European Honey Bees in the Hands-on Biodiversity Gallery. The queen bee is currently “spotted” with a bright green dot. As long as she is near the front of the display, visitors can find her, and receive an “I found the Queen Bee” sticker.
Most Common Questions
Are they alive?
Minding the Stores
Guest blog by Lance McMillan
The ROM’s extensive collections are lovingly watched over by an expert team of dedicated curators and technicians.
