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Giving Kids a Playground of Learning Opportunities

Giving Kids a Playground of Learning Opportunities

The ROM is one of Canada’s largest extra-curricular educators and engages 400,000 students annually with educational programming, experiential learning activities, and virtual and outreach programs. Established in 2005, the ROM School Visits Bursary Program enables at-risk youth to visit the

A Passion for Music and the Arts Inspires a $3M Leadership Gift

A Passion for Music and the Arts Inspires a $3M Leadership Gift

Helga Schmidt is a lover of operetta and live performance, and a benefactor of many cultural organizations in Europe. As lead donors, she and her late husband Mike Schmidt have made a transformational gift to the Love the ROM Centennial Campaign.   Arriving in Canada from Germany in 1956 with

Yamana Gold Invests in a One-of-a-kind Ore and Mineral Collection

Yamana Gold Invests in a One-of-a-kind Ore and Mineral Collection

Douglas Kirwin, a professional geologist with more  than 40 years in the mineral exploration industry, collected a staggering 22,000 ores and minerals while  on his world travels. Many of his pieces are from mines that have since closed or are otherwise inaccessible  due to access

Celebrating a Century of Partnership

Celebrating a Century of Partnership

CIBC has been a pivotal partner throughout the ROM’s history. In fact, it was Sir Edmund Walker, President for the Canadian Bank of Commerce, who co-founded the ROM a century ago. He was a generous patron of the arts, and was the driving force behind the campaign to build an inspired museum in

Butterflies

Butterflies

Spring. You can smell it in the air, or so they say. Spring still feels like such a long way away. To celebrate the vernal equinox, I felt that it would be appropriate to talk about butterflies, and specifically, the butterflies we see here in Ontario. This spring, the ROM will publish the fifth

Join us for #MuseumWeek

Join us for #MuseumWeek

Organized by Mar Dixon and Culture Themes  in collaboration with Twitter, #MuseumWeek is a chance for museums around the world to gather together, share thematic content an urge people to get involved. Mar says,   “Every day of the year museums and cultural institutions across the world are

Treasures from the Forbidden City: Imperial Yellow Bowl

Treasures from the Forbidden City: Imperial Yellow Bowl

Objects on display in the exhibition The Forbidden City: Inside Court of China's Emperor  at the Royal Ontario Museum, March 8- September 1, 2014; and at Vancouver Art Gallery Oct 18, 2014- Jan, 2015] Imperial Yellow Bowl 萬曆款黄釉碗 Porcelain with yellow glaze Ming dynasty, Wanli mark

Treasures from the Forbidden City: Bird's-Eye View of the Capital City

Treasures from the Forbidden City: Bird's-Eye View of the Capital City

During the New Year season, the snowy imperial capital bustled with life. Shoppers were busy in the commercial district of the outer city. To the north, layers of walls, gates, and towers blocked them from the emperor’s palace, the Forbidden City. The grand architectural organization of the

Asian Carps and GLMRIS Canadian Information Session

Asian Carps and GLMRIS Canadian Information Session

By Henry H.C. Choong, Departmental Associate, Invertebrate Zoology and Invertebrate Palaeontology Sections, Royal Ontario Museum Invasive Species and the Great Lakes Basin The Great Lakes basin ecosystem is of great importance to Canada; changes to this ecosystem can have far-reaching impacts upon