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Three Questions for Prashant Kadam
For a long time, bioscopes have been a part of India’s bustling landscape, an aspect of childhood that came and went as bioscopewallahs travelled through the country. Bioscopes are an early movie projector taking the form of a wooden box, the interior of which has pictures that can be viewed
Meet Miss Martin: Behind the Scenes at the ROM Library & Archives
By Nicole Marcogliese Every day for the past couple months I’ve been weaving my way through the first floor galleries searching for an ordinary door, down an ordinary hallway, in order to go somewhere extraordinary: the ROM Library & Archives. Inside the library you can find not only
Historic South Rosedale Artist Studio
Submitted by Regina Virgo, Department of Museum Volunteers On our ROMwalk tour of the western section of South Rosedale, we’ll descend into the Rosedale Ravine via Park Road, originally a corduroy road constructed by Sheriff William Botsford Jarvis to make the trip to Rosedale more convenient and
Our Darling Dermestids- A Visit to the ROM's Bug Room
Guest blog written by 2015 Environmental Visual Communication student Robert Elliot How does the Royal Ontario Museum get their Skeletons so clean without compromising their integrity? A well-kept colony of hide beetles cleans every crevice of the various cadavers in the ROM’s bug room with
Tattoos: Borneo
Guest blog by Chris Darling, Senior Curator of Entomology. The ROM is guided by a dual mandate, “The Arts of Man Through all the Years” and “The Record of Nature Through Countless Ages.” Many major museums were similarly comprehensive when established because they were broadly interested
Volunteer Week 2013
This week across the country, 13.3 million volunteers are being honoured through National Volunteer Week- and for us the ROM's many dedicated volunteers have pride of place! The contribution of the ROM's Volunteers is immeasurable. It’s woven into the rich history of the museum and is
Summerasaurus Part V: The Badlands
Walking through the badlands is like walking through a western novel: canyons cut through the prairie, exposing layers of brown, gold, black and white sediment. Clichés keep popping up: tumbleweeds roll by, cactus pop out from unexpected places, and cattle skulls bleach in the sun. Scorpions hide
BioBlitz at the Edge of Beringia
Blog by Stacey Lee Kerr, Biodiversity Storyteller / Creative Producer for the ROM's Centre for Biodiversity There are strange things done in the midnight sun By the men who moil for gold; The Arctic trails have their secret tales That would make your blood run cold;-
The ROM's presence on Social Media
Hello everyone, my name is Ryan Dodge and I am the Social Media Coordinator here at the ROM. Today, I am happy to announce the official launch of four new Twitter handles, now you can interact with each of our Centres of Discovery! Last year, the Museum launched the Centres of Discovery to help
Toronto at the Turn of the (Last) Century
The City of Toronto was officially incorporated in 1834 and the second half of the 19th century was a period of great growth in the city. The population grew through railway and steamer links, which facilitated the arrival of immigrants at the port or the new Union Station building. The harbour was