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Pronghorns and Prickly Pears and Bison…oh my! Thoughts on Grasslands National Park
Submitted by Alexander Muth, winner of the Find the Baby Bison Contest Alexander loving the view from the top of 70 mile Butte We’re back. We all had a great trip out west. It’s hard to pick out highlights, as it all seems like highlights to me. My brother Isaac says the scariest part was
Invertebrate Life in the Ocean: Curator’s Corner
Hello, I’m Claire Healy, Associate Curator of Invertebrate Zoology here at the ROM. It’s almost that time again – Curator’s Corner is gearing up to bring you another opportunity to meet a curator (me!) and learn a bit more about the animals here at the museum, and the delightful organisms
Fantastic Folding Fan Leaf
By Ka Bo Tsang, ROM Assistant Curator, Chinese Pictorial Arts Wu Huizhang wrote Tang-dynasty poems onto this folding fan, showing exceptional levels of concentration, writing skill, and compositional skill. In this age when the electric fan and air-conditioning provide us instant relief from the
Meet the Ultimate Dino Team: Richard Lahey
Interpretive Planner? What’s that? We caught up with Richard Lahey, ROM Interpretive Planner, to explain his role in the museum world, as well as what he did to help bring the larger-than-life Ultimate Dinosaur exhibition together and some of the interesting things he learned. Can you describe
Meet the Ultimate Dino Team: David Evans
“I begin with an idea and then it becomes something else,” said Pablo Picasso. We’re sure Dr. David Evans can agree that the same is true when it comes to building an exhibition. Ultimate Dinosaurs has been years in the making, and it all started with and idea from the ROM’s youngest
Project Guyana – Expedition Underway
By Brennan Caverhill, Biodiversity Intern Hello! Joshua See here, Environmental Visual Communication student at the ROM. I am writing from the wild heart of Guyana, where I am documenting the research and education efforts of Burton Lim, Assistant Curator of Mammals. Burton Lim, Assistant Curator
Spinels: A Misunderstood Gemstone
Rubies, emeralds and diamonds are words you immediately associate with gemstones, but mention spinel and people give you a questioning look. Gem spinels have been mined and used in jewellery for hundreds of years and are a very attractive and popular gem in high-end jewellery, but rarely seen in
ROM’s archaeologists at the Maya ruins of Ka’Kabish and Lamanai in Belize
Written by Chen Shen, Vice President, Senior Curator, Bishop White Chair of East Asian Archaeology Project Director, Dr. Helen R. Haines (left), Chen Shen, Vice President, Senior Curator, Bishop White Chair of East Asian Archaeology (Middle) UCL Institute of Archaeology Professor Elizabeth (Liz)
Rouge Park Bioblitz
Submitted by Brennan Caverhill, Biodiversity Intern Starting on Friday June 15 at 3pm sharp, experts and volunteers in biology and natural history will converge at Rouge Park for a 24hr “Bioblitz” to document all living things found within Park borders. Over 150 experts and avid naturalists
Meet Kate Cooper. Ancient Greece and Rome Expert.
We caught up with Kate Cooper examining Corinthianising pottery in the ROM store rooms. For Ancient Rome and Greece Family Weekend we will have the opportunity to actually touch some objects and talk to some of the ROM’s experts on Ancient Greece and Rome. One of these is Kate Cooper, the new