I’m starting my Canada 150 blogging project in Newfoundland and Labrador. Why? To start, it is the province that lies geographically furthest east, and moving east to west is an easy organizational

Researchers from the Royal Ontario Museum (ROM) and University of Toronto, and the University of Cambridge have confirmed that a 505 million-year-old creature, found only in the Burgess Shale fossil

Written by Lisa Golombek, Curator Emeritus (Islamic Art) In 17th century Iran, unlike earlier times, painters often signed their works. These were individual pages, collected by the connoisseur and

Sophia Chowdhury (far right) with her sister Meena (second in from left) and the next generation: Aneesa (far left), Zakary (centre), and baby Anarah. In the ROM’s curatorial area with the dagger

From the time we open our eyes each morning

The ROM recently acquired a painting by Japanese-Canadian artist Norman Kiyomitsu Takeuchi. Interior Revisited (2012–2017) was part of the ROM-original exhibition Being Japanese Canadian: reflections

TORONTO, September 11, 2019 — Two palaeontologists working on the world-renowned Burgess Shale have revealed a new species, called Mollisonia plenovenatrix, which is now considered to be the oldest

This beautiful bowl, ROM Accession number 960.219.2, was made in Syria between about AD 1075-1125, and if you read this story, you will find out why I would really like to meet the person that made it

As a biographer, Marian Fowler wrote volumes about people whose impact lasted well beyond their lifetimes. Now, through an estate gift to the ROM, she has established her own powerful legacy that will

After a series of stops and starts during the pandemic, Paul Eekhoff is now finally settling into his role as a photographer for the Museum. While most artists insert themselves into their work, he

Sandra Brewster’s art was part of the photographs on display in the recent ROM exhibition Breaking the Frame. Here, she chats with ROM curator Dr. Silvia Forni on how her art evokes memory, history

Artist and fashion designer Sudheer Rajbhar of Mumbai is pushing the boundaries of his medium and materials by subverting caste stereotypes in India while developing luxury goods that eschew leather

Bats have had a bad rap lately. Soon after the COVID-19 pandemic hit, a viral video claimed the outbreak began by people eating bat soup. Turns out, that’s just not true. In fact, the video pre-dated

On November 14, 2018, the ROM proudly announced that Toronto philanthropists Jeff Willner and Stacey Madge generously committed $5 million for the future Willner Madge Gallery, Dawn of Life. This

In September, 1971, the ROM opened the landmark exhibition Keep Me Warm One Night, a kaleidoscopic display of over 500 pieces of Canadian handweaving. It was the culmination of decades of pioneering