Asked to name just one species of insect that migrates, most people could easily name the monarch butterfly (Danaus plexippus). This charismatic species is known for its phenomenal trek to Mexico in

The Evidence Room showcases full-scale models of a gas column, a gas-tight door, and a gas-tight hatch that are accompanied by plaster casts of blueprints, photos, letters, purchase orders, and

TORONTO/LONDON, ON, February 10, 2021 – Analyzing frozen bat tissues and bat droppings could hold the answer to stopping the next coronavirus pandemic, according to researchers at Western University

The story of Ontario’s salmon began at the end of the last ice age in Lake Ontario and its surrounding tributaries. As glaciers receded and their meltwaters formed modern-day lakes and rivers, wild

Free virtual learning series brings the Museum into the homes and classrooms of K-12 students across Ontario   TORONTO, February 5, 2021 – As part of the Museum’s newly redesigned school programs, the

On January 26, 2018, the exhibition Here We Are Here: Black Canadian Contemporary Art opened at the ROM. Curated by Julie Crooks, Dominique Fontaine, and ROM’s curator Silvia Forni the exhibition

Bird migration is one of the most remarkable phenomena in the animal kingdom. Migration is found in most animal groups with examples like monarchs, lobsters, eels, and blue whales to name a handful

Doug Gibson has loved the ROM since childhood. Some of his earliest memories are of going to the Museum with his mother in the early 1950s, which sparked a lifelong fascination with natural history.

When Maryann Weston first moved to Toronto from London, England, no one warned her about the extreme weather—the hot, humid summers and the icy, cold winters.

As a biographer, Marian Fowler wrote volumes about people whose impact lasted well beyond their lifetimes. Now, through an estate gift to the ROM, she has established her own powerful legacy that will

Exclusive Canadian debut of Elias Sime: Tightrope features 24 stunning visual compositions TORONTO, January 28, 2021 – This spring, the Royal Ontario Museum (ROM) invites visitors to be immersed in

Like many of today’s millennials, adolescent Sabre-Toothed Cats stayed with family longer than expected TORONTO, January 7, 2021 – New research indicates adolescent offspring of the menacing sabre

In 1935, Franz Nagy and Prof. Kal Diebitsch set up a porcelain factory in the town of Allach, not far from Munich. In 1936, the factory was taken over by Heinrich Himmler and the SS. In 1940, it was

The ROM recently acquired a painting by Japanese-Canadian artist Norman Kiyomitsu Takeuchi. Interior Revisited (2012–2017) was part of the ROM-original exhibition Being Japanese Canadian: reflections

In the late 1980s, Treaty Beer was introduced to incite anti-treaty sentiment against the usufructuary rights of Wisconsin Ojibwe to spearfish on ceded lands. Dubbed “hate in a can,” Treaty Beer was