Sometimes museum bird collections can seem a bit archaic. Like an out of fashion Victorian hobby. Although not dusty or disarranged, these collections don’t always give the impression of something

TORONTO, December 1, 2020—2021 is set to be a landmark year for the Royal Ontario Museum (ROM) with the opening of a brand-new permanent gallery—the first of its kind in North America—and an

TORONTO, November 20,2020 — The Royal Ontario Museum announced today that it will temporarily close its doors to the public starting Monday November 23, 2020. ROM Director & CEO Josh Basseches has

The inaugural position was made possible through a matched gift from Isabel Alves-Vettoretto and Gino Vettoretto, and the Louise Hawley Stone Charitable Trust TORONTO, November 17, 2020 – The Royal

After touring the world, the exhibition Egyptian Mummies: Ancient Lives. New Discoveries is making its final stop at the ROM, before the mummies and objects return to London. An exhibition such as

In February of this year, just before the world shut down, I traveled to Cameroon for a three-week research expedition into the country’s robust art market. Though Cameroon is the African nation that

The “Tree Cookie” is an endearing name that staff at the ROM and nature educators use for a 2.3-metre cross-section of a 500-year-old Douglas-fir in the Life in Crisis: Schad Gallery of Biodiversity

TORONTO, October 14, 2020 – The winners of the world-renowned Wildlife Photographer of the Year (WPY) competition were revealed yesterday at a ceremony at the Natural History Museum in London, England

OSIRIS-REx is a NASA-led mission to study a near Earth asteroid named Bennu. The mission’s primary goal is to obtain a sample of at least 60 grams (2.1 oz) from Bennu and to return this material to

It has only been a year since the ROM unveiled the Reid Family Plaza and the Helga & Mike Schmidt Performance Terrace. In that time these appealing spaces adjacent to the Bloor Street entrance have

Ask anyone about archaeology and they will almost certainly tell you that it has something to do with the past. Or perhaps, if you ask specifically about archaeology in North America, they’ll tell you

TORONTO, September 28, 2020 – The Royal Ontario Museum (ROM) today announced the establishment of the inaugural Allan and Helaine Shiff Curatorship of Climate Change. This critical and timely role

In the 1700s, plants, flowers, and floral motifs were powerful symbols of social standing in European societies. The prestige associated with florals was a product of European imperialist ambitions

How does one weigh an animal that went extinct millions of years ago? Although a range of different methods to estimating body mass have been tried over the years, it comes down to two fundamental

Researchers from the University of New England and Royal Ontario Museum shed new light on long-debated topic of dinosaur weight Toronto/Armidale, September 1, 2020 – How do you weigh a long-extinct