ROM Magazine
ROM Magazine features an engaging, in-depth look into the Museum’s exhibitions, research, and collections. Highlighting world-leading scholarship, new initiatives, and recent acquisitions, the magazine brings to life some of the Museum’s most exciting and fascinating stories.
From the lack of genitals on museum models to whether it felt sadness and other emotions, palaeontologist Gregory Funston answers questions about how the Tyrannosaurus rex lived and evolved.
Regular updates on what’s blooming and who’s visiting
Regular updates on what’s blooming and who’s visiting
The ROM acquires a contemporary silk mantle from Madagascar
For the people of Cameroon’s Grassfields, porcupine quills have long represented political and spiritual authority
A closer look at how the Little Ice Age spurred a plant-based theology that manifested itself in paintings
Q&A: Artist, curator, gallery proprietor Bryce Kanbara discusses winning the Governor General’s award in Visual and Media Arts and community representation in artistic practices
The contemporary search for sustainable cotton, colour, and design
Contemporary artist Elias Sime on staying human in an increasingly technological world
Named literally as the “right” type of whale to hunt, the critically endangered North Atlantic right whale is at risk of extinction
The ROM’s newest collection highlights how facemasks have become symbols of social, economic, and artistic expression
Norse arrival in Canada was the culmination of many decades of western expansion driven by a thirst for land and profit
A collection of images captures the visible migrant Indian community along with the social isolation caused by British temporary migration policies
Winnipeg-born artist Divya Mehra’s work observes the stark contrast between the consumption of foreign culture and the rejection of foreigners
ROM Curator Deepali Dewan contemplates how family photographs shape our experiences and identity, while chronicling our stories of movement
The Mars Perseverance Rover will give us the most complete picture of the Red Planet to date as we consider the big question—was there ever life on Mars?