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Child’s Haggadah
Article

Child’s Haggadah from Germany Published in 1928 with Illustrations by Otto Geismar

January 27 marks International Holocaust Remembrance Day—a day that honours the memory of the six million Jewish people who were systematically persecuted and murdered along with other victims of Nazi
Dolphin
Event

Photography in Living Colour

Delve into colour
Four children stand with monarch wing costumes in front of an exhibit in the Schad Gallery at the ROM. Photo by Fatima Ali
Article

Behind the Blitz: Become the Biodiversity

Blog by Stacey Lee Kerr, Biodiversity Storyteller / Creative Producer for the ROM's Centre for Biodiversity At this year's Ontario BioBlitz, things are set to get a little wild... we've invited
Royal Ontario Museum Michael Lee-Chin Crystal. Bloor Street Entrance.
Article

Royal Ontario Museum Statement on the Destruction of Cultural Heritage Sites in Northern Iraq by ISIS/ISIL

The Royal Ontario Museum (ROM) condemns, in the strongest possible terms, the deliberate destruction of archaeological sites and museum collections, as well as the systematic looting and sale of
Janbīyah from Mughal India (2004x5.151)
Article

Weapon Wednesday: the "djanbīyya" dagger

The Middle Eastern two-edged curved dagger is one of the most recognizable weapon forms. Typically it is known by the Arab term djanb īyya sometimes Anglicised as "jambiya", or also often the Arabic
Book

Every Object Has a Story (eBook)

Available in the iTunes Store. For the past 100 years, the Royal Ontario Museum has gathered precious objects from around the world to connect its visitors to all corners of the globe. To celebrate
A volunteer gathers a stack of Toronto Biodiversity Series books on a table
Article

Biodiversity in the City: Toronto Biodiversity Series Launch

Guest blog written by Environmental Visual Communication student Justine DiCesare In summer 2014, the public was invited to the Evergreen Brickworks for the launch of the “Biodiversity Series of
Portrait of Prince William II of Orange as a Child
Event

Sketching the Human Form

Explore how artists
Opening Night for A Third Gender: Beautiful Youths in Japanese Prints
Exhibition

A Third Gender

Four hundred years ago in Japan, male youths, called wakashu, were the objects of sexual desire for women and men. Creating a third gender, wakashu looked different from both women and adult men and
A close-up of the Komodo Dragon head before preparation of the speciman began
Article

Komodo Dragon Preparation, Step Two: To the Bug Cave! I mean, Bug ROOM

Viewer discretion advised. Images depict a Komodo Dragon being dissected as it is prepared for the ROM's collections. Our Komodo Dragon, the newest addition to the Life in Crisis: Schad Gallery of
Peace Garden
Event

University Avenue: War, Peace and Art

Learn what the
Lory-Antoine Cantin
Article

How a Montreal Teen Made it to Wildlife Photographer of the Year

An interview with Lory-Antoine Cantin, the 15-year-old Montrealer whose intimate portrait of a fox with rodents trapped in its mouth earned him a coveted spot in Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2024
Vicki Sung-yeon Kwon
Associate Curator

Vicki Sung-yeon Kwon

Associate Curator of Korean Art & Culture, Collections & Research
Gil Wizen standing next to an insect trap.
Article

“I Really Wanted to See That Fly”

Whereas most people run away from insects that sting and bite, Gil Wizen moves slowly and methodically towards them. Since childhood, he has been intrigued by arachnids, beetles, parasites and has
Indigenous artwork in the gallery at ROM
Program

The Indigenous Advisory Circle

The Indigenous Advisory Circle (IAC) was established in 2014 and is comprised of 8-10 members who meet each season to provide recommendations to School Programs' Indigenous education objectives and