The University of Toronto (U of T) and the Royal Ontario Museum (ROM) announced today that they have reached an agreement for the University to purchase the property at 90 Queen’s Park from the ROM

Philanthropist Red Wilson establishes the permanently endowed ROM Curatorship of Canadian Art and Culture

In honour of International Women's Day, the ROM Library and Archives highlights a number of the many women whose work at the ROM made advances in science, art, and museology. Ella Martin (pictured

Post by Ketzia Sherman The ROM Library & Archives recently acquired a rare copy of Sports et divertissements, a musical score by Erik Satie with pochoir illustrations by Charles Martin, hand-coloured

The day of the last coring of Crawford Lake was bitterly cold. A small crowd stood on the ice, which was almost half a metre thick. They braced against the chill as Monica Garvie, an Anishinaabe PhD

505-million-year-old swimming jellyfish from the Burgess Shale highlights diversity in Cambrian ecosystem. TORONTO, August 2, 2023 – Royal Ontario Museum (ROM) announces the oldest swimming jellyfish

“Chintz… the exotic fabric from India that caught Europe’s fancy… So popular it was banned in England and France… Revolutionized Europe’s textile printing industry.” Thus exclaimed the brochure that

By Richard Zane Smith, Catherine Tammaro, and Craig Cipolla This summer Wyandot artists Richard Zane Smith and Catherine Tammaro visited the Royal Ontario Museum’s New World Archaeology collections

Book Launch with the Author Hugh Brewster, Dec. 15th & 16th The Royal Ontario Museum (ROM) invites you to join Toronto author Hugh Brewster on December 15 and 16, 2007, as he presents his recently

As the novel coronavirus swept across the globe last year, facemasks offered the first line of defense. With supplies for disposable PPE running low, corporations and individuals both turned to

Hollywood Icon to Discuss Celebrity Life at the ROM on October 7, 2009 The Royal Ontario Museum (ROM) will bask in the glamour of Hollywood on Wednesday, October 7, in an evening with two-time Academy

Hundreds of ROM supporters play annual guessing game to raise funds Fact? or Fiction?, the highly successful annual fundraising game organized by the Royal Ontario Museum (ROM) Governors, returns this

Mixed-media artist Mimi Shulman’s historical and romantic one-of-a-kind jewellery with bows, hearts, love knots, birds, and cupids cast in silver or gold is designed for modern women. They are

Song of Songs: Music from Three Ancient Traditions is performed at the ROM on October 8 In conjunction with the Royal Ontario Museum’s Dead Sea Scrolls: Words that Changed the World, the

Collector's ring with a large convex amethyst gem engraved with an image of Nike. Height: 2.2 cm Accession number: 925.83.6 Several months ago a colleague of mine and a curator from the European