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Royal Ontario Museum Michael Lee-Chin Crystal. Bloor Street Entrance.
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Warm Up with ROM this Winter

The Museum reopens its doors February 2, 2022 TORONTO, Jan. 27, 2022 – ROM (Royal Ontario Museum) is pleased to reopen to the public this coming Wednesday, February 2, in accordance with guidance from
Child’s Haggadah
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Child’s Haggadah from Germany Published in 1928 with Illustrations by Otto Geismar

January 27 marks International Holocaust Remembrance Day—a day that honours the memory of the six million Jewish people who were systematically persecuted and murdered along with other victims of Nazi
An eastern grey kangaroo and her joey who survived the forest fires in Mallacoota
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Curator Conversations: Activist Photojournalism in the 21st Century

Join ROM’s Burton Lim in conversation with award-winning photographer Jo-Anne McArthur as they explore her journey to document humanity’s complex relationship with animals around the globe. Using her
A mask created with beeds in the shape of a blue berry
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Curator Conversations: Masks as Art - Adapting Artistic Practices through a Pandemic

Delve into pandemic-inspired face masks as works of contemporary art with ROM’s Fahmida Suleman and multi-disciplinary artist Nathalie Bertin. Inspired by her Indigenous heritage, explore how Bertin's
Portrait of Tokō Shinoda
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Tōkō Shinoda: Transcending Boundaries

The extensive and versatile career of Tōkō Shinoda, who passed away in 2021 at the age of 107, makes us reflect on how artistic achievements are recognized through the life of the artist. As an artist
two whale skeletons
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The Psychology of Awe

A few years ago, University of Toronto’s Dr. Jennifer Stellar approached ROM with a proposal. She would bring a horde of undergrads to an exhibition, strap heartrate-monitoring watches onto them, and
ROM fieldwork during the 2016 season at Quilcapampa. The ROM worked at the site from 2013 to 2017 and involved an international team from Peru, the United States, and Canada.
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Spiking Beer with Psychedelics

Here’s what you need to know about vilca. First, it’s both the name of a psychedelic powder (more on that soon) and the tree from which the powder is made. Tall and thorny, the vilca tree
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ROM Mourns the Passing of Hyacinth Gloria Chen

ROM was deeply saddened by the passing of Hyacinth Gloria Chen in January 2022. Ms. Chen was a truly incredible woman who left behind a tremendous legacy, both as successful businesswoman and a
2 Black tailed godwits in flight
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Curator Conversations: Photographing Flight

Join ROM’s Santiago Claramunt as he explores the mechanics of flight with author and photographer Peter Cavanagh. Through the lens of his camera Cavanagh captures spectacular examples of BIRD FLIGHT
Stuck in My Head - Artwork by Olivia, Etobicoke (Age 12-15)
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Unprecedented: Reflections and Strategies for Coping with Covid

Join ROM anthropologist Justin Jennings in conversation with clinician Joanna Henderson and music therapist Emily Stegweit as they explore the COVID-19 pandemic and its profound effect on our lives
Photo of Canary Calf
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ROM Connects: Documenting the Last of the Right Whales

Join Filmmaker Nadine Pequeneza & Canadian Wildlife Federation's Sean Brillant in conversation with the ROM’s Jacqueline Miller. Learn about the challenges in making a documentary on critically
International Mother Language Day Monument, Dentonia Park, Toronto
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ROM Connects: Bangladesh at 50 - Exploring Place and Identity in the Bangladeshi Diaspora

Explore the important role played by evolving ideas of home and community within the Bangladeshi diaspora in Toronto and London, UK, as global communities mark the 50th anniversary of Bangladeshi
A Bride Dances, around 1937. Vintage gelatin silver print. Emilio Amero, Mexico (1901 - 1976). Emilio Amero Estate, Courtesy of the Solander Collection.
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ROM Connects: Breaking the Frame

Join curator Phillip Prodger as he introduces the ROM's newest exhibition, Breaking the Frame. Explore this fascinating collection that showcases many accomplished artists of the 19th and 20th
Royal Ontario Museum Michael Lee-Chin Crystal. Bloor Street Entrance.
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Tagish Lake meteorite.
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Looking Back at a New-Year Meteorite Discovery

On January 18th, 2000, the Tagish Lake meteorite fell in northern British Columbia at approximately 8:43 a.m. local time. It produced a remarkable fireball as it streaked across the dawn sky, an event