Pilgrim tokens or “portable bits of divine energy” were made from the sanctified earth found at pilgrimage sites and stamped with sacred images.

In the spring of 2020, as most Canadians holed up at home, hoarding toilet paper and binging bad news, Martin Gregus got a call from a Manitoba tour company. Covid was crushing their business. Was he

In 79 CE Mount Vesuvius erupted violently. Pliny the Younger, in his eye-witness account of the event, describes earthquakes, towering plumes of hot ash, and skies filled with fire. The heat, ash and

Every spring birds travel north to their breeding areas. In celebration of Earth Day 2020 the ROM is sharing what you can do to help birds as they migrate to their breeding areas in Ontario and

Why are vampire bats the only mammals that are obligate blood feeders? Vampire bats have many unique adaptations that make them the only mammals that are obligate blood feeders. A key factor is the

One of my favorite things to think about when studying craft objects is the way in which they can teach us about the place where they were made, in both sociocultural and environmental aspects. Most

Gil Wizen, an entomologist and photographer, and ROM postdoctoral fellow Mateus Pepinelli were part of the Spider Lab at the Museum during the run of the Spiders: Fear and Fascination exhibition. Here

Hallucigenia sparsa is no ordinary animal. This poster child of the Burgess Shale biota is the ultimate weirdo, and the ROM holds the world’s largest collection of specimens. New research published

Senior Curator Emeritus, Invertebrate Palaeontology

One of Toronto's most creative and diverse March Break day camps, we offer an exciting array of fun, activity-based programs inspired by our world-class Museum.

In September, 1971, the ROM opened the landmark exhibition Keep Me Warm One Night, a kaleidoscopic display of over 500 pieces of Canadian handweaving. It was the culmination of decades of pioneering