I stood, transfixed, at the intriguing yet disturbing bust in the Zodiac display inside ROM’s China gallery. My eyes followed the intricately carved tiger head seemingly consuming a human head, that

Photograph of educated man in his study by W. H. Grant, gelatin silver print, China, c. 1900. ROM 2011.79.20. Gift in memory of Rev. Dr. William Harvey Grant and Dr. Susannah McCalla Grant, M. D. View

Since 2004 I had walked the Qalamoun mountains around the monastery of Deir Mar Musa looking for archaeological features to record. In all that time I found one lithic, a stone tool from humanity’s

Weapons are one of the most politically-incorrect subjects there are, associated with brutality and violence. But they are also important, and have often defined the cultures that made them (perhaps

The Nature of Diamonds and Mysteries of Ancient Ukraine: The Remarkable Trypilian Culture (5400–2700 BC) both close at the ROM on March 22 All stunning and intriguing things must come to an end, and

Rekindling the innate understanding that our fates are closely interwoven with everyone and everything on this planet

How a ROM entomologist’s research helped us understand the Monarch butterfly’s epic multi-generational migration

Written by Lisa Golombek, Curator Emeritus (Islamic Art) There are thousands of tiles from the Safavid period in Iran (16 th-17 th centuries), and many monuments of this period preserve their splendid

Each fossil has an extraordinary story to tell, starting with the amazingly small chance that each one had to become frozen in time—normally, when organisms die, their remains quickly decompose and

The little bear that charmed readers around the world. In 1926, A.A. Milne and E.H. Shepard introduced Winnie-the-Pooh to the world. Yet the bear’s journey into print was a long and circuitous one

Scientific study and preservation continue for the ROM’s Blue Whale Guest blog by Jacqueline Miller, Mammalian Technician The blue whale is the largest animal known to have ever lived. What are the

“To keep you is no gain; to destroy you is no loss” – Khmer Rouge Slogan The Institute for Contemporary Culture (ICC) at the Royal Ontario Museum (ROM) presents Observance and Memorial: Photographs

(Toronto, Ontario – August 13, 2013) The Royal Ontario Museum (ROM) presents its newest rotation, an exhibit highlighting the art of Paul Kane, one of Canada’s most influential artists. The exhibit is

Exceptional fossils show how mandibulates were living in marine ecosystems 500 million years ago were trapping prey. TORONTO, July 24, 2024 – A new study, led by palaeontologists at the Royal Ontario

When we published the ROM Field Guide to Butterflies of Ontario in 2014, we mentioned that the European Common Blue butterfly (Polyommatus icarus) was a species to watch for in Ontario. Native to