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National Volunteer Week: David Grafstein

National Volunteer Week: David Grafstein

National Volunteer Week (April 6-12, 2014) is a time to recognize, celebrate and thank Canada’s 13.3 million volunteers. Volunteers play an essential role in any organizational plan-- The willingness of individuals to work keenly in a collaborative environment for the betterment of their

Volunteer Appreciation Week

Join the Royal Ontario Museum from April 6-12 as we celebrate the 1200+ volunteers who generously donate their time, energy, and creativity to make the ROM an indispensible resource for building community by nurturing discovery and inspiring wonder.   During Canada’s National Volunteer Week of

The ROM ‘Minoan’ Goddess: the Suspect Sisters (and brothers)

The ROM ‘Minoan’ Goddess: the Suspect Sisters (and brothers)

The ROM Goddess is just one of the ‘Minoan’ figurines in several museums sometimes thought to be fake.  These two installments of the ROM Minoan Goddess project introduce you to some of the suspected (although not definitively proven) fake figurines, and the genuine Minoan objects that may

The ROM ‘Minoan’ Goddess: The Minoan Relations

The ROM ‘Minoan’ Goddess: The Minoan Relations

After looking at the best known of the dubious ‘Minoan’ figurines (which may be modern) in my last post, here I show some of the genuine Minoan objects discovered in archaeological excavations on Crete.  Read More  ► There are similarities between these certainly Minoan antiquities and the

Weapon Wednesday: Preparing for ROM Revealed

Weapon Wednesday: Preparing for ROM Revealed

As part of the ROM's celebration of being open for 100 years, we will be having a massive behind-the-scenes open-house called ROM Revealed on the 3 rd and 4 th of May. Thousands of visitors will have the opportunity to see our storage rooms where we keep the objects not on display. There are a

Les réseaux sociaux du ROM

Le Musée royal de l’Ontario s’engage à être un forum de discussion sur des sujets divers, liés à l’histoire naturelle et aux cultures du monde. Envoyez-nous vos commentaires sur notre site Web. Nous vous invitons à échanger avec nous sur nos réseaux sociaux (voir la liste plus bas).

Rare Chinese Chicken Cup Auctioned for $36 million

Rare Chinese Chicken Cup Auctioned for $36 million

One of the world’s rare Chinese Chicken Cups fetched a record $36 million (USD) at an auction on Tuesday by Sotheby’s in Hong Kong, making it one of the most expensive Chinese cultural relics ever auctioned. The Cup auctioned is part of a set of original Chenghua Chicken Cups which survive

Student Photographers Shoot for the ROM

Student Photographers Shoot for the ROM

  On Tuesday evening,  April 8, the ROM, in conjunction with The Walrus Foundation, held the book launch of Every Object Has A Story, an amazing new book celebrating 100 years of the ROM.  This is a book about twenty-one iconic artifacts/specimens, with  twenty-one ROM Curators and experts and

National Volunteer Week: ROMkids

National Volunteer Week: ROMkids

The Royal Ontario Museum proudly joined the Nation in celebrating National Volunteer Week 2014. To wrap up this weeks commemoration of volunteers, we picked the brains of our ROMkids volunteers to learn more about what they do and why they do it. Our volunteers work tirelessly to give to the ROM

Summer Club 2014 Volunteer Application

If you are responsible, enthusiastic and enjoy working with children, then we want  you for Summer Club 2014! What is Summer Club? One of the city’s most creative and diverse summer camps for over seventy years, we offer an exciting array of fun, activity-based programs inspired by the