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Portable Bits of Divine Energy

Portable Bits of Divine Energy

Pilgrim tokens or “portable bits of divine energy” were made from the sanctified earth found at pilgrimage sites and stamped with sacred images. They were valued for their power to avert evil and cure an ailment when consumed or when mashed with a liquid and applied to an afflicted area of the

Le tissage artisanal à Madagascar

Le tissage artisanal à Madagascar

Ce projet de recherche de longue durée vise à documenter en détail les traditions dynamiques du tissage artisanal et du vêtement à Madagascar, une grande île située au large de la côte est de l’Afrique. Madagascar a toujours été l’un des principaux centres de tissage de la région. On

Le projet de numérisation du musée national de Corée

Le projet de numérisation du musée national de Corée

En 2015, le ROM a reçu des fonds du musée national de Corée, qui soutient les initiatives des galeries consacrées à la Corée dans le monde entier. Par le biais de son programme de soutien, ce musée a collaboré avec de nombreux établissements et participé à nombre de projets. Il a entre

Cloth Cultures: Future Legacies of Dorothy K. Burnham

Cloth Cultures: Future Legacies of Dorothy K. Burnham

An International Conference at the Royal Ontario Museum November 9–11, 2017 During Canada’s 2017 Sesquicentennial celebrations, the Royal Ontario Museum hosted an international conference to explore the material culture of textiles through the work and legacies of Dorothy K. Burnham

Global Fashion & Textiles: Object Lessons

Global Fashion & Textiles: Object Lessons

Object Lessons reveals the ephemeral and physical social and cultural histories of objects in the museum’s collection of global textiles and fashions through interviews with makers, donors and historians. Veronika Gervers: Research Fellowship in Textiles & Fashion History Barbara Kostner,

Blue Whale

Blue Whale

In May 2014, a small ROM team travelled to Newfoundland to salvage a Blue Whale that had washed ashore. This unfortunate event presents an unprecedented opportunity to study one of the more endangered species of marine mammals—blue whales are listed as endangered under Schedule 1 of the federal

La baleine bleue

La baleine bleue

En mai 2014, une petite équipe de chercheurs du ROM s’est rendue à Terre-Neuve pour récupérer le squelette d’un rorqual bleu, ou baleine bleue, qui s’était échoué sur les rives. Cet événement tragique représente une occasion exceptionnelle d’étudier l’une des espèces de

Veronika Gervers: Research Fellowship in Textiles & Fashion History

Veronika Gervers: Research Fellowship in Textiles & Fashion History

The Veronika Gervers Research Fellowship was established in 1979 to honour the work and memory of Veronika Gervers, a pioneer textiles and costume scholar. It exists to promote innovative scholarly research from new and established researchers that is based upon objects in the global collection of

Burgess Shale Projects

Burgess Shale Projects

The Cambrian radiation represents the sudden worldwide appearance and rapid diversification of animals. The record of this critical event is documented in a series of exceptional fossil deposits with preservation of soft-bodied animals, especially in China and Canada. The Burgess Shale, located in

Minoan Ivory Goddess

Minoan Ivory Goddess

Head of the ‘Minoan’ Ivory Goddess figurine (ROM 931.21.1) Image: © ROM This exquisite ivory and gold (chryselephantine) figurine has been an icon of the Royal Ontario Museum (ROM) since she was acquired in 1931, but she has also attracted huge controversy.  When she was bought by the Museum,