Tales of art conservation from Senior Paintings Conservator Heidi Sobol. All conservation treatments have a degree of technical difficulty, but the most difficult ones tend to be projects that have a

Family-friendly, immersive exhibition opens September 1 TORONTO, July 16, 2020 – A beloved bear is set to make his highly anticipated “return” to the Royal Ontario Museum (ROM) on September 1, 2020

Terracotta statuette offers a glimpse into the history of men’s fashion. A Hellenistic terracotta statuette of a standing youth from about 300 BCE, on display in the ROM’s A.G. Leventis Gallery of

A look at one of our secret collection rooms.The ROM has nearly 7 million specimens and objects in its collection. Recently, a new storage location was acquired to safely store some of the Museum's

TORONTO, June 26, 2020 – The Royal Ontario Museum (ROM) is delighted to announce it will re-open to the public starting Saturday, July 11, 2020. With new health and safety measures in place, visitors

Sebastian Kvist on how new study offers insights into the powerful anticoagulants present in leech saliva. Sebastian Kvist, Curator of Invertebrates at the ROM, and an international team of

Study offers new insights into the powerful anticoagulants contained in the saliva of leeches most often used in medical practice TORONTO, ON – JUNE 18, 2020 – The results of new research published

Kensington Tours will match community donations up to $50,000, with free admission passes distributed through ROMCAN partners TORONTO, JUNE 16, 2020— The Royal Ontario Museum (ROM) and Kensington

TORONTO, June 9, 2020 –The Royal Ontario Museum (ROM) is pleased to announce that the ROM-original exhibition Bloodsuckers: Legends to Leeches has been named an Overall Winner at the  32nd Annual

TORONTO, June 5, 2020 – Josh Basseches, Director & CEO of the Royal Ontario Museum (ROM), announced today the appointment of Lynda Roscoe Hartigan as Deputy Director for Collections & Research and

TORONTO, ON (May 11, 2020) — The oldest molecular fluids in the solar system could have supported the rapid formation and evolution of the building blocks of life, new research in the journal

TORONTO, May 11, 2020 – While the doors of the Royal Ontario Museum (ROM) remain temporarily closed, audiences can explore and experience the Museum online with the launch of ROM at Home. Accessible

TORONTO, CANADA (May 11, 2020) -- New research published today in the journal Nature Astronomy reveals a type of destructive event most often associated with disaster movies and dinosaur extinction

May 8, 2020 ̶ Toronto ̶ Uncover/Recover, an award-winning multimedia project from the Royal Ontario Museum (ROM), OCAD University, and the Province of Ontario, is now live online. Celebrating

TORONTO, May 04, 2020 — An international team of scientists have revealed new insights into the inner workings of ancient dinosaur communities. Seventy-five million years ago, North America was