ICC Presents Free International Films With An Eye On Conflict With the advent of the internet and video enabled cell phones, dangerous moving images of revolution can be circulated around the globe in

Aubrey Beardsley (1872–1898) was born in the late 19th century—a time when society was beginning to question the rapid industrialization and capitalism that was reverberating across the world. Marked

The ROM gardens are lush and plants have filled in nicely in the past two weeks. The leaves on the witch hazel (Hamamelis virginiana) are fully expanded and providing shade. Canada anemone (Anemone

“To keep you is no gain; to destroy you is no loss” – Alexander Hinton, Why Did They Kill? The Institute for Contemporary Culture (ICC) at the Royal Ontario Museum (ROM) presents Observance and

Special exhibition featuring over 200 of the world’s finest gems closes on November 15, 2009 November 15, 2009 will be visitors’ last chance to experience dazzling precious stones, gem crystals

Meteorites fall to earth in the Newmarket, Ontario area The Royal Ontario Museum (ROM) and The University of Western Ontario (UWO) are looking for help from local residents in recovering a meteorite

The Royal Ontario Museum is deeply saddened by the death of Galen Weston, our dear friend, a visionary leader renowned for his professional acumen and his expansive philanthropy, and a treasured

A closer look at the dubious medical practice from the early 19th century. Bloodletting for medical cures can be traced as far back as 3,000 years ago. In Ancient Greece, it was thought that disease

The Globe and Mail published a story today on Renaissance ROM, an expansion project that was supported by a philanthropic campaign which ran from 2002 to 2010. The campaign supported the addition of

By Jean-Bernard Caron, Senior Curator of Invertebrate Palaeontology, Royal Ontario Museum Today, the ROM is announcing a spectacular new species from the world-famous Burgess Shale site in Yoho

ᕝᕌᓐᒃᓕᓐᒨᖓᔪᓂᒃ ᑐᑭᓯᓂᐊᖃᑎᒌᒃᑐᐃᑦ ᐱᓇᓱᐊᖃᑎᒋᔭᖏᑦᑕ ᓯᓚᑖᒍᖅᑐᑦ ᑲᑎᑎᑦᓯᕗᖅ 10-ᓂᒃ ᑕᑯᔭᒐᖃᕐᕕᐅᔪᓂᒃ ᑲᓇᑕᒥ ᐱᓇᓱᐊᖅᑕᐅᔪᒥᒃ ᓴᕿᔮᖅᑎᑦᓯᖃᑎᒌᖕᓂᐊᕐᖢᑎᒃ ᕝᕌᓐᒃᓕᓐ ᐊᐅᓛᕐᓂᕆᔭᒥᓂᖏᑦ ᓴᕿᑦᑕᖅᑐᓂᒃ ᓄᐃᑕᑎᑦᓯᓗᑎᒃ ᐱᓇᓱᐊᕐᓂᖃᕐᓂᐊᖅᑐᑦ ᑲᑐᑎᓗᑎᒃ ᑕᑯᔭᒐᖃᕐᕖᑦ ᓴᕿᔮᖅᑎᑦᓯᓗᑎᒃ ᐅᑭᐅᒥᑦ 2016

More than a decade after the Afghan war began in 2001, Shamsia Hassani was promulgated to international fame as one of Afghanistan’s first female graffiti artists. Where the violence of war had

Metallica’s Kirk Hammett on the manifestation of fear and uncertainty in art. Kirk Hammett is known the world over as the lead guitarist of one of the most successful metal bands of all time. Given

At an Iris van Herpen show, impassive models walk the runway in garments like a 3-D printed polyamide suit that more resembles a bony exoskeleton, a dress sculpted from billows of metal gauze and cow

Using wax to create giant blackfly and mosquito models in Bloodsuckers: Legends to Leeches. If you’ve been to the ROM’s recent exhibition Bloodsuckers: Legends to Leeches, you’ve encountered the