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A new social media direction
A New Direction Starting today, we are making some changes that will enhance and deepen the ROM’s already strong social presence with our communities. In today’s rapidly changing digital landscape, our strategy is to align our priorities so that we stay in step with our communities’ needs and
Dr. Burton Lim's Yellow Shouldered Bat
A new species of Bat was recently named after our very own Dr. Burton Lim! The Bat, officially known as Sturnira burtonlimi or Burton's Yellow Shouldered Bat is found in Costa Rica and Panama. Researchers from the Field Museum in Chicago and the American Museum Natural History in New York
#MuseumSelfie day @ROMtoronto
Yesterday we took part in an international tweet up called #MuseumSelfie day. The event was started by Mar Dixon (@mardixon) via her blog, Culture Themes (@CultureThemes). Mar says that, " CultureThemes is a monthly hashtag I help organize on Twitter (we’ll be 3 in March). The idea behind
#EmptyROM- Libby Roach
This past Wednesday we held our 3rd #EmptyROM tour and the photos are just starting to trickle in. We focused this tour on the 2nd floor, mainly the Dinosaur gallery. Below you'll see a selection of Libby Roach's photos, enjoy! Alright everybody say it with me now... Aaaaaawe!
De nouvelles découvertes sur les schistes de Burgess: Des vers épineux abondaient dans les mers du Cambrien
Hallucigenia sparsa n’est pas un animal ordinaire. Rien de plus bizarre que cette espèce emblématique des schistes de Burgess, dont le ROM détient la plus importante collection de spécimens au monde. Un article publié dans le numéro du 31 juillet de Proceedings of the Royal Society, Series
Effacer l’histoire: La destruction d’artéfacts antiques
par Clemens Reichel, Sascha Priewe et Sheeza Sarfraz Affirmer que « ce sont les vainqueurs qui écrivent l’histoire » est devenu un lieu commun, mais on signale rarement qu’en plus de l’écrire, ils la révisent. Tout comme les gouvernements maquillent les faits pour les nouvelles du
ROM Celebrates National Aboriginal Day!
On June 21 st, the ROM Learning Department began National Aboriginal Day celebrations with Sweet Grass cleanse to start the day off in a good, positive way led by Justin Chiblow, Kiowa Wind Memorial Indigenous Youth Intern. Dr. Bob Phillips, Mi`Kmaq Elder, led an opening prayer for registered
We're up for a Shorty Award!
Nominate Royal Ontario Museum for a social media award in the Shorty Awards The ROM's main twitter account, @ROMToronto, has been nominated for a Shorty Award as Best Museum in Social Media. We're currently in third place and need your help to win! Love what we do in social media and on
Our NBA All-Star Starting 5
With the NBA All-Star game in town this weekend we got to thinking, what if Dinosaurs could play?! We held try-outs and here's our starting five! Point Guard- Deinonychus A Raptor (see what we did there?) with good pack mentality, killer instincts, and big hands, Deinonychus would
#emptyROM- bora.vs.bora
Back on August 19th we hosted our first #emptyROM tour and are still recieving photos from our guests. Today, I'd like to share four photos with you by our friend Bora. Bora has been featured in HuffPost and is a well known Toronto photographer featured in a multi-disciplinary art show at