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Carnival: From Emancipation to Celebration
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Carnival

ROM has hosted a Carnival-themed exhibition for a number of years, and our connections with the Toronto Carnival community continue to grow. This year, be dazzled by a vibrant display that features
Portrait of the elderly Master Jing
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Faces to Remember

Get an up-close look Chinese portraits created during the Ming and Qing dynasties, that come from the renowned collections of the Museum’s Far Eastern section. Showcasing a culturally important, but
Genizot: Repositories of Memory
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Genizot

Genizot is presented in conjunction with Holocaust Education Week and created by Toronto-based author and artist Bernice Eisenstein The word geniza comes from the Hebrew root g-n-z, originally meant
from Classroom to Community: A Century of Social Work in Toronto(
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Classroom to Community

For 100 years, social work education and practice has made a significant impact on individuals, families, and communities in Toronto. The stories displayed in Classroom to Community: A Century of
Cairo Under Wraps: Early Islamic Textiles features nearly 80 rare and delicate fabrics
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Cairo Under Wraps

Almost 80 precious Early Islamic textiles dating from the 7th to 14th centuries – including rare examples of clothing – are featured in this original exhibition of ROM material. The decoration on
Brushing It In the Rough: Women, Art & Nineteenth-century Canada
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Brushing It In the Rough

This exhibition examined how three 19th century women artists addressed and articulated their own Canadian experiences. The works of artists Anna Jameson, Susanna Moodie, and Alice Killaly were
Asafo Flags from Southern Ghana
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Art, Honour, and Ridicule

ROM’s new exhibition, Art, Honour, and Ridicule: Asafo Flags from Southern Ghana takes a historical and contemporary look at Asafo flags. These flags are the insignia created for the numerous military
Portrait of a man in military uniform
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Made in China

View Chinese art in a whole new light. This exhibition explores the lasting impact of cultural encounters between Europe and China on an important artistic tradition. While art is often inspired by
Aquamarine and Muscovite in Quartz
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The Kirwin Collection

Enter the visually stunning world of the Kirwin Collection; with over 21,000 specimens – that’s 10 tonnes! – it truly is a rock collection of epic proportions. Amassed over the past 40 years by
Point & Punch: Historical Editorial Cartoons of J.W. Bengough
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Point & Punch

Canada has a rich editorial cartoon history, with many regional and national newspapers such as the Toronto Star producing a wealth of works that have dated from before Confederation to present day
Champlain on Our Doorstep
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Champlain on Our Doorstep

This year marks the 400th anniversary of Francophone presence in Ontario and to celebrate, the ROM will have an original second edition of Samuel de Champlain’s earlier 1613 Voyages journal. Champlain
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A Warlord's Stronghold

In the mid 1970s, ROM led an exploratory expedition to the site of Saray Yazdigirdi, translated as “Yazdigird's palace,” situated on the edge of the Zagros mountains in western Iran. Artifacts
Photo of a white gown with blue jewelled detailing
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Christian Dior

In celebration of the House of Dior’s 70th anniversary, Christian Dior explores the brilliance behind Dior’s dramatic creations that revived the entire Paris haute couture industry after the
Tightrope in Boxes.
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Elias Sime

Contemporary Ethiopian artist Elias Sime presents his intricately woven and densely layered artworks that draw upon their materiality to comment on humanity, ecological sustainability, and the
Indigo-dyed Indian chintz of mixed flower sprays.
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Florals

Explore an era of European botanical discovery and its cultural connections in Florals: Desire and Design. With world-wide exploration and the economic expansion of the 1700s came a new-found