Guest blog by Environmental Visual Communication student Samantha Stephens I don’t know which is more overpowering - the dense 35 oC air, or the peculiar rotting scent - but when I opened the first

Antonia Guidotti, is an Entomology Technician at the ROM. WHAT IS A BEE? Bees, ants, and wasps belong to the scientific order Hymenoptera, whose members have four transparent wings in at least one

Experiential learning is sometimes used as a synonym for educational practices that include active participation by the learner. Museum educators consider this an effective way to teach; it is also a

The ROM gratefully acknowledges the Humanist Association of Canada and The United Church Observer magazine Toronto’s Royal Ontario Museum (ROM) is pleased to announce that two organizations have come

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

TORONTO, November 30, 2017 — The world-renowned Wildlife Photographer of the Year exhibition will return to the Royal Ontario Museum (ROM) on Saturday, December 16, 2017. Featuring 100 original, awe

Royal Ontario Museum and Yale University researchers name new species of arrow worm from the Cambrian Period TORONTO, Aug. 3, 2017 – Scientists have identified a small marine predator that once

Guest blog by Doug Wallace Anthropologist Lars Krutak has documented the tattoo traditions of Indigenous people all over the world, from the Amazon to the high Arctic. A noted tattoo specialist

Blog by the ROM Sri Lanka Communications Team, Deirdre Leowinata and Vincent Luk After every trip, there’s a period of time that passes before everything sinks in. For our #ROMSriLanka team, after a

Fourth Winner of Canada’s National Portrait Competition will be announced at Gala Reception on Thursday, November 10, 2011 The Institute for Contemporary Culture (ICC) at the ROM, in collaboration

The Year of India in Canada Continues with Embellished Reality: Indian Painted Photographs (Toronto, Ontario – September 22, 2010) Bollywood Cinema Showcards: Indian Film Art from the 1950s to 1980s

First Children’s Book Published by ROM Press The Royal Ontario Museum announces the launch of Burton & Isabelle Pipistrelle: Out of the Bat Cave – the first children’s book published by ROM Press

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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

Figure 1: Wall or bed hanging (palampore). Made in coastal southeast India for the European market. Mordant-dyed and resist-dyed cotton tabby with gold leaf, first half of the 18th century, 365.6 ×