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Connecting Canada’s newest citizens to Canadian culture at the ROM

Guest post by Jess Duerden, Institute for Canadian Citizenship Every year since 1977, International Museum Day is held worldwide sometime around May 18. It’s a time to recognize museums’ positive influence on society, and this year, more than 30,000 museums are getting ready to celebrate.

Conseil des jeunes du ROM

Conseil des jeunes du Musée royal de l'Ontario POSER VOTRE CANDIDATURE DÈS MAINTENANT Temps à consacrer En général, le vendredi soir de 18 h à 20 h 30 pendant une période de 6 à 8 mois. Il est possible que ce mandat soit prolongé ou renouvelé pour assurer la continuité du Conseil

Conservation Intern Spotlight: Emily Ricketts

As a ROM intern and a newcomer to Toronto, I spend a lot of time exploring the public spaces at the museum. One particular day, while visiting the Samuel European Galleries, I noticed a jarring new addition to a charming 18 th century English room. A bright blue ladder (with no trace of entrance

Conservation Intern Spotlight: Natasa Krsmanovic

As a web intern at the ROM, the last place you’d expect me to visit is the Conservation department—which is situated many floors above my office! You may be surprised by how necessary it is for such contrasting departments to establish a close working relationship. But it is an interconnected

Conservation of Migratory Shorebirds

Migratory shorebirds are true wonders of the natural world. Each year, they undertake grueling migrations of up to 30,000 km from their wintering grounds in South America to their breeding grounds in the Canadian Arctic, and back again. Along the way, they stop at various staging points to rest and

Conservator in the House – In-situ Conservation of the “Tree Cookie”

Submitted by Heidi Sobol, Senior Conservator of Paintings The conservation treatment of the Douglas fir cross-section presently on display in the Life in Crisis: Schad Gallery of Biodiversity has been underway for the past couple of years … but mainly up in the labs in the Conservation Department

Conserving a Family Legacy

As native Torontonians, brothers John and Paul Johnston have been visiting ROM for as long as they can remember. “ROM became part of our lives at a very young age,” recalls John, “and it was always a family experience. Exploring ages long past – it was magic to us.”  Now, years later and

Conserving History

Conserving Two Ancient Chinese Scroll Paintings

Constructing the Barosaurus

Watch the construction of Gordo, the Royal Ontario Museum's Barosaurus skeleton mounted in the James and Louise Temerty Galleries of the Age of Dinosaurs. The real fossil specimen is the largest dinosaur ever to be mounted in Canada at almost 27.5 metres (90 feet) in length.

Contemporary Art in Cameroon

Conversations

Have you ever been so moved, fascinated, or impressed by an object, specimen, or work of art, that you wish you could talk about it with others? Conversations are informal gatherings at ROM that invite you to engage with other individuals on topics of interest. Relax with coffee and cookies as you

Conversations with Archaeologists: Dan Rahimi

Dan Rahimi, Vice President of Gallery Development at the Royal Ontario Museum and archaeologist, talks about his archaeological career and what he believes to be the focus of archaeology. This unique video series, Conversations with Archaelogists and Researchers, explores the careers and

Conversations with Archaeologists: Dr. Dan Bahat

Former District Archaeologist of Jerusalem and current professor at Bar-Llan University and St. Michael's College at University of Toronto, Dr. Dan Bahat talks about his renowned archaeological career. This unique video series, Conversations with Archaelogists and Researchers, explores the

Conversations with Archaeologists: Dr. Eileen Schuller

Dr. Eileen Schuller, scholar and professor at McMaster University, talks about her personal journey as a Dead Sea Scrolls researcher and the opportunities she has had along the way. This unique video series, Conversations with Archaelogists and Researchers, explores the careers and experiences of

Conversations with Archaeologists: Dr. Peter Storck

Dr. Peter Storck, ROM Archaeologist and author of Journey to the Ice Age, discusses his contributions to the study of Paleo-Indians, the first people to migrate into Ontario. This unique video series, Conversations with Archaelogists and Researchers, explores the careers and experiences of five

Conversations with Archaeologists: Roberta Shaw

Roberta Shaw, Assistant Curator of Egyptology at the Royal Ontario Museum, talks about how she got into Egyptology, projects she has completed in her career, and her favourite object at the ROM. This unique video series, Conversations with Archaelogists and Researchers, explores the careers and

Conversations with Theo

Guest post by ROM Member, Anne Thériault     When I was growing up trips to the ROM definitely topped my list of Amazing Fun Stuff I Sometimes Get To Do. When I had a kid of my own, I knew the ROM was something I wanted to share with him- plus I needed somewhere to take him on the days when it

Conversations: Dr. Chen Shen

Dr. Chen Shen is the Bishop White Chair of East Asian Archaeology at the Royal Ontario Museum, and is the senior curator for the blockbuster exhibition The Warrior Emperor and China's Terracotta Army on display in Toronto until January 2, 2011.

Cooking up History: Historical Recipe Books

The cookbooks of the past provide information about diet and habits, as well as telling us which foods were expensive treats, and which were commonly available. Many of the foods that appear regularly through the centuries are not often eaten today, like pickled eel, fried lamprey, and cow-heel

Costs of Desire: Ethics of Production in Historic Chintz

Cotton & Colour: A Deep History of Indus Valley Textiles

Cour de la famille Matthews des sculptures chinoises

L’une des galeries les plus inspirantes du ROM La sculpture jouait un rôle important dans toutes les facettes de la vie des Chinois et la représentation des divinités était un élément essentiel de la culture religieuse. Promenez-vous parmi les statues, à la fois puissantes et sereines, de

Courtepointes, fabriquées au Canada

Couture & Commerce

The transatlantic fashion trade in the 1950s Alexandra's book Couture & Commerce: The Transatlantic Fashion Trade in the 1950s, University of British Columbia Press and the Royal Ontario Museum (2001) discusses many couture dresses in the ROM collection and traces their histories from the

Covid-19 Giving Bats a Bad Rep

Crystalizing Our Future

Departmental Assistant Stephanie Gibson on the history of the ROM and its relationship to the Michael Lee-Chin Crystal.

Curating Japanese Art

Curator Conversation: Changing Landscapes in Inuit Music

Curator Conversation: Satire in Pictures

Curator Conversations: Activist Photojournalism in the 21st Century

Curator Conversations: An Affinity for Regional Seafood- How Eating Local Supports People and the Environment

Curator Conversations: An Afternoon with the Fishes of Ontario

Curator Conversations: Aquatic Supervillains of the Great Lakes