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Le premier coup de pinceau: Paul Kane et la réflectographie à l’infrarouge

Life in Rome: Gladiators

Paul Denis, Assistant Curator World Culture at the Royal Ontario Museum, describes Roman gladiatorial combat. Romans loved mass spectator sports and flocked to theatres to see this dramatic fight to death. learn more about life in ancient Rome in the Eaton Gallery of Rome.

Goddess Exposed: the ROM’s ‘Minoan’ Goddess is on display!

ay like this involves lots of people throughout the museum. I’d like to thank the many ROM staff who made this possible: Julia Fenn (Conservation), Paul Denis & Kay Sunahara (DWC, Greek & Roman), Steven Laurie, Mary Montgomery, Bill Hodgkinson & Chloe Silver (Project Management &

Museum Week 2017

f Ancient Egyptian bread! See the below description from the Museum Week team.   Tuesday, June 20th- #SportsMW On Tuesday we'll talk to Curator Paul Denis and take a look at some of out collections related to sport and the Ancient Olympic Games.    Wednesday, June 21st - #MusicMW On

Minoan Ivory Goddess

e Museum: the ROM reaction  (posted 7 th August 2013) The Goddess in the Museum: “What’s in a name?”  (posted 9th August 2013) With thanks to Paul Denis (ROM Greek & Roman), Arthur Smith and Irene Wu (ROM Research Library), Nur Bahal (ROM Registration) Taking a closer look A short video

Veni, Vidi, Vici- A Weekend to Remember

te Cooper talked about how ancient Greek pots (in this case bottles for perfumed oil) were made and used more than two and half thousand years ago.  Paul Denis explained how and why ancient coins were made, using examples from ancient Greece and Rome, and discussed how they related to modern

Conserving a Family Legacy

As native Torontonians, brothers John and Paul Johnston have been visiting ROM for as long as they can remember. “ROM became part of our lives at a very young age,” recalls John, “and it was always a family experience. Exploring ages long past – it was magic to us.”  Now, years later and