A closer look at the dubious medical practice from the early 19th century. Bloodletting for medical cures can be traced as far back as 3,000 years ago. In Ancient Greece, it was thought that disease

A woman in a red jumpsuit opens her mouth to speak. Her voice is strained, every word an act of will. “Once upon a time, there was a girl, and the girl had a shadow.” Jordan Peele’s Us (2019) begins

TORONTO, December 12, 2019 – The Royal Ontario Museum (ROM) will be the exclusive Canadian venue for Winnie-the-Pooh: Exploring a Classic, an exhibition celebrating the magical world of one of the

An ivory panel, made for the Imperial Court, on display at the ROM. Byzantine art flourished once again, after Iconoclasm ended in 843 CE, the period that banned the use of all figural images in

TORONTO, December 11, 2019 – Josh Basseches, Director & CEO of the Royal Ontario Museum (ROM) announced today the appointment of Susan Fruchter as Deputy Director for Museum Operations & Chief

TORONTO, December 2, 2019 — The Royal Ontario Museum’s (ROM) feature art exhibitions, It’s Alive! Classic Horror and Sci-Fi Art from the Kirk Hammett Collection , and Gods in My Home: Chinese New Year

Outstanding collection comes out of the vaults for the second time in nearly 100 years. For only the second time in nearly 100 years, the ROM’s outstanding collection of Casas Grandes ceramics is out

Curator Fahmida Suleman discusses the significance of the ROM’s Islamic Arts collection. After a 10-year stint at the British Museum, Fahmida Suleman is back home in Toronto as the ROM’s new Curator

New ROM-original exhibition explores the science and legends around bloodfeeding. Did you know that there are more than 30,000 species of animals that feed on blood? Aside from the usual suspects that

ROM palaeontologists discover Cambroraster, a voracious new Cambrian predator. With its rake-like claws, pineapple-slice-shaped mouth, and enormous head, Cambroraster falcatus is a small but mighty