Many of us are familiar with the expression ‘the people make the place’ and nowhere is this truer than at ROM. The Museum would not be a world-class cultural institution without the generous support

TORONTO, August 6, 2020 – Josh Basseches, Director & CEO of the Royal Ontario Museum (ROM), announced today the appointment of Nadim Kara as Chief Human Resources Officer (CHRO). In this role, Kara

Aubrey Beardsley (1872–1898) was born in the late 19th century—a time when society was beginning to question the rapid industrialization and capitalism that was reverberating across the world. Marked

Following a hardened smuggler (Pedro Pascal) as he ferries a 14-year-old girl (Bella Ramsey) across a zombie-infested America, HBO’s The Last of Us is both a video game adaptation and a horror

Written By Maya Wilson-Sanchez Since September 2016, OCAD University, The Royal Ontario Museum and The Family Camera Network have been collaborating to create an interactive project for The Family

As a PhD student in Berlin, I studied two shallow lakes in the heart of Brandenburg forests. Although these lakes were similar in many ways, one of them had “flipped” at some point in the previous

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Marriage in Athens 2400 years ago varied significantly from today’s ceremonies. The father chose his daughter’s husband, whom she met for the first time on her wedding night. The event was celebrated

One of my favourite objects in the Canadian Decorative Arts Collection is the crokinole board. The board at the ROM dates from 1890-1910 and was made by the Schultz Brothers in Brantford, Ontario. It

by Aliya Mazari, M.A. student, Photography Preservation and Collections Management, Ryerson University Many family photos in museum collections have been separated from their family histories, thus

Free evening of rousing discussion and debate featuring three innovative thinkers takes place May 19 In celebration of the opening of the Schad Gallery of Biodiversity, the ROM’s new permanent gallery