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A Golden Opportunity

For almost 12,000 years, the world has been a pretty stable place, at least in terms of geology. But scientists submit that with the intense acceleration of human activity over the last century, we’ve
2016-09-30 - OSIRIS-REx extends its sampling arm as it moves in to make contact with the asteroid Bennu. (Credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center)
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Curator Conversations: Frozen in Time: The OSIRIS-REx Mission and Space Rock from the Asteroid Bennu

What can an asteroid teach us about the earliest history of our solar system? Sign up for this digital conversation and find out more with Canadian scientists Kim Tait (ROM) and Tim Haltigin (Canadian
Royal Ontario Museum Michael Lee-Chin Crystal. Bloor Street Entrance.
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Wildlife Photographer of the Year Returns to ROM with 100 of the world’s finest nature photographs

Experience the magic and perils of nature in vivid detail starting November 25. TORONTO, September 6, 2023 – On November 25, the 2023 edition of the world-renowned Wildlife Photographer of the Year (
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An Artful Legacy

Strong, passionate, and principled. These are some of the words Jessica Peatling uses to describe her late grandmother, Vera Kircheis.
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Soren Brothers

Allan and Helaine Shiff Curator of Climate Change
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Curator Conversations: An Affinity for Regional Seafood - How Eating Local Supports People and the Environment

Nathan Lujan hosts a digital conversation with Affinity Fish co-founders Jon Klip & Matt Taylor, and Indigenous supplier Jordane Chegahno on their work to encourage people to eat premium freshwater
Illustration of dinosaur feeding.
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Ask an Expert

This summer we issued a call to ROM Members asking them to send us questions they had about how T. rex lived and evolved in connection to the T. rex: The Ultimate Predator exhibition. We received so
Royal Ontario Museum Michael Lee-Chin Crystal. Bloor Street Entrance.
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Royal Ontario Museum Researchers Identify Oldest Known Species of Swimming Jellyfish

505-million-year-old swimming jellyfish from the Burgess Shale highlights diversity in Cambrian ecosystem. TORONTO, August 2, 2023 – Royal Ontario Museum (ROM) announces the oldest swimming jellyfish
Royal Ontario Museum Michael Lee-Chin Crystal. Bloor Street Entrance.
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Play meets Learning at ROM’s new WonderWorks

ROM reimagines play-based learning with nearly 3,000 square feet of space. TORONTO, July 25, 2023 – On Monday, July 24, ROM launched WonderWorks — a full reimagination of the Museum’s beloved play
Royal Ontario Museum Michael Lee-Chin Crystal. Bloor Street Entrance.
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Carly Wolowich

Registrar
Royal Ontario Museum Michael Lee-Chin Crystal. Bloor Street Entrance.
Collections Technician, Staff

Sarah Timmins

Repatriation Technician
Royal Ontario Museum Michael Lee-Chin Crystal. Bloor Street Entrance.
Collections Technician, Staff

Emma Thomas

Library and Archives Technician (PT)
Associate Curator

Akiko Takesue

Bishop White Committee Associate Curator of Japanese Art & Culture
Royal Ontario Museum Michael Lee-Chin Crystal. Bloor Street Entrance.
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Vitor Pavao

Technician (South Asia)
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Hennick Family donates $50 million to advance ROM’s strategic vision

In June 2022, ROM proudly announced a $50-million donation from the Hennick Family Foundation – the single largest cash donation in its history. The Hennicks’ contribution supports a multi-year