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Potted flowers in front of a brick wall, with a rainbow pinwheel stuck in the pot's dirt.
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ROM Around You: Oats, Peas, Beans, and Barley

What do you know about the things around you? Let’s find out! Explore art, culture, and nature with ROM Teacher Julie Tomé. Visit ROM Around You for other themes and curiosity challenges to discover
Yellow trout lily.
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Experts & Objects: Spring Has Sprung

Being at home has given Deborah Metsger, ROM’s Assistant Curator of Botany, the rare opportunity to watch spring unfold every day in her backyard. Join her as she explores what’s growing in her home
Dr. Fahmida Suleman, Curator of Islamic Art & Culture.
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Experts & Objects: Bread, Cookies and Tradition

As many of us are experimenting with new recipes in the kitchen during the lockdown, ROM’s Dr. Fahmida Suleman, Curator of Islamic Art & Culture, shares delectable objects that she’s acquired from the
Sarah Elliott with Stellaluna book cover.
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ROM Storytime: “Stellaluna” by Janell Cannon

Visit ROM Storytime for a discussion of children’s books for young learners with ROM educator Sarah Elliott. This week, we explore Stellaluna by Janell Cannon. Stay tuned after the story summary for a
Girl shows her personal museum to her family.
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ROM Around You: YOUseum

What do you know about the things around you? Let’s find out! Explore art, culture, and nature with ROM Teacher Julie Tomé. Visit ROM Around You for other themes and curiosity challenges to discover
Bowl with geometric interlace pattern.
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Ramadan at the ROM

Happy Ramadan everyone! My name is Fahmida Suleman and I am the Curator of Islamic Art & Culture at the ROM. As we approach the end of Ramadan, I wanted to share some of my favourite objects in the
Alexandra Palmer.
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Experts & Objects: Sportscar Shoes by Tokio Kumagai 1984

Fashion and textiles can be beautifully made and expertly designed, but it’s their history and biography that makes them fascinating. Think differently about the items in your closet with this
Silvia Forni.
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Experts & Objects: Coming Together to Celebrate Life

Since the late 1980s, fantasy coffins from Ghana have received significant attention from curators and the art world, so much so that miniature coffins were developed in response. Join ROM’s Silvia
Burton Lim.
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Ask ROM Anything: Burton Lim

Every Thursday at 10 am on Instagram we chat with a different ROM expert ready to answer your burning questions on a different subject. This week we’re talking to Burton Lim, Assistant Curator of
Royal Ontario Museum Michael Lee-Chin Crystal. Bloor Street Entrance.
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Scientists reveal solar system’s oldest molecular fluids could hold the key to early life

TORONTO, ON (May 11, 2020) — The oldest molecular fluids in the solar system could have supported the rapid formation and evolution of the building blocks of life, new research in the journal
Royal Ontario Museum Michael Lee-Chin Crystal. Bloor Street Entrance.
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Royal Ontario Museum expands its online presence with ROM at Home

TORONTO, May 11, 2020 – While the doors of the Royal Ontario Museum (ROM) remain temporarily closed, audiences can explore and experience the Museum online with the launch of ROM at Home. Accessible
Royal Ontario Museum Michael Lee-Chin Crystal. Bloor Street Entrance.
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Creative destruction: Apollo 17 sample shows new evidence that giant meteorite impacts formed parts of the Moon’s crust

TORONTO, CANADA (May 11, 2020) -- New research published today in the journal Nature Astronomy reveals a type of destructive event most often associated with disaster movies and dinosaur extinction
Sarah Elliott with The Day the Ocean Disappeared book cover.
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ROM Storytime: “The Day the Ocean Disappeared” by Denise Dias

Visit ROM Storytime for a discussion of children’s books for young learners with ROM educator Sarah Elliott. This week, we explore The Day the Ocean Disappeared by Denise Dias, illustrated by Tara
Woman and child walking along a trail path into a forest.
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ROM Around You: Ontario Forests

What do you know about the things around you? Let’s find out! Explore art, culture, and nature with ROM Teacher Julie Tomé. Visit ROM Around You for other themes and curiosity challenges to discover
Royal Ontario Museum Michael Lee-Chin Crystal. Bloor Street Entrance.
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Award-winning ‘Uncover/Recover’ project from the ROM and OCAD University goes live online

May 8, 2020 ̶ Toronto ̶ Uncover/Recover, an award-winning multimedia project from the Royal Ontario Museum (ROM), OCAD University, and the Province of Ontario, is now live online. Celebrating