As ROM Curator Emeritus K. Corey Keeble notes in Judaica: The Dr. Fred Weinberg and Joy Cherry Weinberg Collection at the Royal Ontario Museum, “It is plain, with no inscriptions.” Put simply, it’s

Some of the most noticeable objects in the ROM's Wirth Gallery of The Middle East are two friezes of tiles that would have been in the spandrels of arches. These were made in Iran in the last third of

New species of fossil worm with a big bite, discovered in the Burgess Shale. Decades of ROM discoveries and research has culminated in the naming of a new fossil species that belongs in a mysterious

Blog written by Mark Peck I have been observing and documenting birds ever since I can remember. My father, George Peck, helped start the Ontario Nest Record Scheme, and in 1976 became a Research

A Fashion Dialogue Between East and West. The sherwani is one of the most recognizable forms of male Indian dress. This structured jacket, simply cut and beautifully embellished, is often seen at

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Guest blog by Environmental Visual Communication graduate Samantha Stephens Art, Culture, Nature. They may be separate words, but if we consider them separate disciplines, we are doing a disservice to

Guest Blog written by 2015 Environmental Visual Communication student Sam Rose Phillips I smelt it before I saw it. Following my nose to what can only be oddly described as the smell of farm mixed

Over 700 participants survey the Watershed for a 24-hour period Species counts are expected to be near two thousand IDs Mississaugas of the New Credit First Nation endorse and participate in the event

In a grainy video posted to Instagram, the scene unfurls like a set piece from a science fiction film. Headlamps guiding them through the darkness, a team wades into a muddy backwater. It sounds like

From coral reefs bustling with clownfish to deep sea groupers haunting shipwrecks, life under the water disrupts traditional, human-centred notions of gender and sexuality. By studying fishes, we know

While to the casual observer, this is an example of fine made jewellery that sits in the Gem and Gold Gallery, Teck Suite of Galleries: Earth Treasures with other fine made jewellery pieces. As is