Search
Type (22)
- Blog Post (943)
- Page (443)
- Exhibitions (291)
- ROM at Home Activity (282)
- Event (213)
- Video (178)
- Inspiring Story (172)
- Magazine Article (164)
- Staff (140)
- Online Activity (55)
- Gallery (54)
- Research Project (47)
- Webform (43)
- Learning Portal - At the ROM Activity (22)
- Learning Portal - Classroom Activity (19)
- Learning Portal - Resource (17)
- Friends Groups (12)
- Community Project (7)
- Volunteer Opportunity (7)
- Patron Groups (3)
- Advanced Page (2)
- Microsite Page (2)
Viewing 351 - 360 of 3116 results
eTalk visits the ROM!
Posting by Danielle Megaffin, Intern with the ROM's communications department The stars of the Canadian entertainment news show eTalk recently shot a promo segment onsite at the ROM. Ben Mulroney, Tanya Kim, Traci Melchor, Danielle McGimsie, Lainey Lui, and Jessi Cruickshank spent a day in
Digging Through the Vaults: Rediscovery and Rehabilitation
Collector's ring with a large convex amethyst gem engraved with an image of Nike. Height: 2.2 cm Accession number: 925.83.6 Several months ago a colleague of mine and a curator from the European section were looking through a drawer of jewellery in the ROM’s Robertson Silver Storage Vault.
Meet the Ultimate Dino Team: Georgia Guenther
It’s one of the most interesting jobs at the ROM – the museum artist. Working in a studio soaked in natural light, Georgia Guenther creates replicas of objects in the collection and other artistic displays you may see inside the galleries. She works closely with curators to ensure her creations
I found the Baby Bison and now I’m on my way to Grasslands National Park
By Alexander Muth, winner of the Find the Baby Bison Contest Alexander with brothers Isaac and Leonard. The boys won't see this bird in Grasslands National Park but they did get to see lots of amazing things in their behind-the-scenes tour of the ROM. My name is Alexander Muth. I just turned
ROM Research: Weighing Giants
by Nicolás Campione, PhD Candidate, University of Toronto Ever wonder how dinosaurs are weighed? Determining the mass of an animal that has been dead for more than 65 million years can be difficult, but knowing the weight of an animal can provide useful information about how it lived. This is
Many Eyes Make Light Work: ROM Field Botany
Submitted by David Baxter As student staff in the ROM Botany Section, my summer work has mostly involved sitting in a basement office updating the plant specimen database, and occasionally working with the herbarium specimens themselves. This last week, however, I’ve been in Montana and
The first Church at York and the War of 1812
Written by Paul Vaculik, ROMwalks volunteer The first Church at York (later renamed to St. James) was built in 1807 by soldiers of the British garrison. The church and its rector, the Reverend Dr. John Strachan, became central to events of the War of 1812. In the April 1813 Battle of York, after
Project Guyana – Expedition Update
Hello, this is Stacey Kerr, an Environmental Visual Communication student at the ROM. “Curator’s Corner: Project Guyana” was a huge success this past weekend, showcasing some of the work done by ROM curators on the biodiversity of Guyana. It also afforded us a quick update from Burton Lim,
ROM Walk: Sculpture and the City
By Valerie Fairclough, ROMwalks volunteer Like the TV show of a similar title, a walk around city streets can be both exciting, stimulating and entertaining. You never know what you might find nestling there, waiting to be noticed and appreciated! There are over 600 works of so-called “public
Great Collections Make Great Museums: Constantinian Era Pendant
Great Collections Make Great Museums – An ongoing blog describing recent acquisitions added to the Greek, Etruscan, Roman or Byzantine Collections. Gold pendant with silver seal dated to about AD 350. (Museum accession number: 2010.32.1). Acquisition made possible by the generosity of the Louise