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Museum Diaries- Borneo Bound

Museum Diaries- Borneo Bound

This episode of Museum Diaries, airing on TVO, follows a team of curators and technicians as they plan for a six week research trip to the other side of the world and into the rain forests of the Mulu Mountains in Borneo. ROM Curator, Chris Darling, leads the team and Museum Diaries follows him as

Museum Diaries- Fakes & Frauds Exposed

Museum Diaries- Fakes & Frauds Exposed

This episode of Museum Diaries, airing on TVO, follows the ROM's curators and technicians from the World Cultures department as they constantly research the pedigree of every piece that is presented in the ROM. MD bears witness to the techniques that a select group Conservators and Technicians

Stories from the ROM- "Jane & Ethan"

Stories from the ROM- "Jane & Ethan"

Amazing things happen at the Royal Ontario Museum! Listen to Ethan Burnett tell his story about having the chance to meet his hero, Jane Goodall, at the ROM in September 2012.

Komodo Cleaning

Komodo Cleaning

For every specimen you see on display in the Life in Crisis: Schad Gallery of Biodiversity, hundreds of hours went into its preparation. This komodo dragon will have its skeleton cleaned by dozens of people over months before it is ready for presentation inside the gallery. This time-lapse video

Curators in conversation: Dr. Deepali Dewan & Dr. Deborah Hutton discuss work on the Dayal exhibit.

Curators in conversation: Dr. Deepali Dewan & Dr. Deborah Hutton discuss work on the Dayal exhibit.

Raja Deen Dayal (1844 – 1905) was the first Indian photographer to earn international renown. Noted for remarkable beauty, aesthetic nuance and technical skill, Deen Dayal's photographs capture the architectural heritage of India, its landscape and people, and provide a lens through which we

Curators in Conversation: Dr. Deepali Dewan & Rahaab Allana speak about the Dayal exhibit

Curators in Conversation: Dr. Deepali Dewan & Rahaab Allana speak about the Dayal exhibit

Raja Deen Dayal (1844 – 1905) was the first Indian photographer to earn international renown. Noted for remarkable beauty, aesthetic nuance and technical skill, Deen Dayal's photographs capture the architectural heritage of India, its landscape and people, and provide a lens through which we

Curators in conversation: Dr. Deborah Hutton & Vikas Chand Jain, great great grandson of Dayal

Curators in conversation: Dr. Deborah Hutton & Vikas Chand Jain, great great grandson of Dayal

Raja Deen Dayal (1844 – 1905) was the first Indian photographer to earn international renown. Noted for remarkable beauty, aesthetic nuance and technical skill, Deen Dayal's photographs capture the architectural heritage of India, its landscape and people, and provide a lens through which we

Palaeontologists solve mystery of 500 million-year-old squid-like carnivore

Palaeontologists solve mystery of 500 million-year-old squid-like carnivore

A study by Martin Smith of the University of Toronto and Jean-Bernard Caron of the Royal Ontario Museum sheds new light on a previously unclassifiable 500 million-year-old squid-like carnivore known as Nectocaris pteryx. The new interpretation became possible with the discovery of 91 new fossils