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Age Before Beauty: The Acasta Gneiss and Jack Hills Conglomerate
Submitted by Vincent Vertolli, Assistant Curator Geology The Jack Hills Conglomerate, a 3,000 million year old sedimentary rock from which the oldest, at 4,200 million years, terrestrial minerals have been found. The Jack Hills Conglomerate occurs in the Mt. Narryer and Jack Hills area of Western
Dr. A. P. Coleman (1852-1939)
Submitted by Vincent Vertolli, Assistant Curator Geology Dr. A. P. Coleman was appointed Director of the Museum of Geology in 1913 to join five other museums, Archaeology, Mineralogy, Palaeontology and Zoology which came to be known as the Royal Ontario Museum. Dr. Coleman is considered one of
Jade-Foolery: How to Recognize Minerals Disguised as Jade
March Break visitors inspect the minerals before deciding if they are jade. This week, March Break visitors were invited to test their astuteness in the Teck Suite of Galleries: Earth’s Treasures (activity table open Monday to Friday only). With a collection of Jade-like objects and specimens
Profile of a ROM Conservator
Working tirelessly behind the scenes, ROM Conservators help protect our collections from damage and restore objects to their previous splendor. Ok. Maybe we’re generalizing a bit, so we went right to the source and asked Cathy Stewart, Manager of Conservation, a few questions to help uncover what
School’s Out! (A March Break Guide for Parents)
Maya-inspired activities take over the ROM from March 10 to 18 Students are counting down the minutes, anxiously awaiting the start of March Break…and quite frankly, so are we! We know that this time of year can be stressful for parents, so we’ve put together some suggestions to help you make
ROM History Wars – Heavyweights Battle Over Canadian Identity
It was another full house in Samuel Hall/Currelly Gallery on the Wednesday evening March 7 as the ROM History Wars debate centred on the place of French language, culture and people in Canadian society and governance. As the format allows a straw poll of hands up in the air, the measure of the
Tales from the Synchrotron
I’m currently at the Argonne National Laboratory just outside of Chicago, Illinois at the Advanced Photon Source (APS). This is a research facility funded by the U.S. Department of Energy that over 3,500 scientists from all over the world comes to use the instruments here for their research each
The Making of Ultimate Dinosaurs: Giants from Gondwana
Contributed by Peter May, President, Research Casting International Ltd. We held a press preview day at our shop last week to launch the ROM’s major summer exhibition – Ultimate Dinosaurs: Giants from Gondwana. Of the 17 dinosaur skeletons to be exhibited, ten are pretty well finished; just
Celtic Fun Weekend: Themed Pancakes, Warrior Paint, and Dancing
In my role at the ROM I see all sorts of families. Large. Small. New to the museum. Regulars to the museum. Everyone! And it doesn’t matter where you fit on this large line of families, because there’s always something for you to explore and to have fun with! Today I want to talk about one
Celts, Bronze Age weapons, and the ROM's Celtic Family Weekend
Here Kay Sunahara of the ROM's Department of World Cultures places a rare shield from the Middle Bronze Age on its mount. As a part of the Family Weekends at the ROM we will be putting out some treasures from the vaults, objects for which we presently do not have in the gallery. For the Celtic