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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.

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

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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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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

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ROM Announces 2022 Exhibition Highlights

TORONTO, ON ( December 20, 2021) — As the year draws to a close, ROM offers a first look at its preliminary lineup of special exhibitions spanning art, culture and nature scheduled for the 2022

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ROM Holiday Schedule

TORONTO, Dec. 17, 2021 – Royal Ontario Museum (ROM) remains open during the holiday season, operating in accordance with Ontario Public Health guidelines. The Museum will be open on the following

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Art Meets Science

Each fossil has an extraordinary story to tell, starting with the amazingly small chance that each one had to become frozen in time—normally, when organisms die, their remains quickly decompose and

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A Legacy Not Forgotten

Joan Thompson was a long-time ROM volunteer – one of the iconic ‘Three Joans’ who were founding members of the Volunteer Committee (now known as the Department of Museum Volunteers) in the late 1950s.