Stalking prey, rolling in meadows or simply watching the world, tail a-swish: since pre-history, humans have been fascinated by cats of all sizes. These charismatic creatures have purred and roared

Ask anyone about archaeology and they will almost certainly tell you that it has something to do with the past. Or perhaps, if you ask specifically about archaeology in North America, they’ll tell you

In 2009, the late McMaster University professor James King donated 136 Japanese musha-e (warrior prints) to ROM, adding to the Museum’s already formidable collection of Japanese prints. As King and co

Burgess Shale Discovery: Fishing in the Cambrian A major fossil discovery sheds new light on the origin and development of the earliest vertebrates. A key piece in the puzzle of the evolution of

New Natural History Galleries opening in December 2008 The Teck Cominco Suite of Galleries: Earth's Treasures, scheduled to open at the Royal Ontario Museum (ROM) in December 2008, showcases the ROM’s

Written by Piali Roy. A notorious murder case is one of the subjects of the ROM’s collection of mid-nineteenth century Kalighat paintings, an urban folk art style that developed around a popular Kali

Free concert celebrates Architectural Opening of ROM’s Michael Lee-Chin Crystal on June 2nd at 9:30pm The Royal Ontario Museum (ROM) hosts A World of Possibilities,, a free outdoor concert on the ROM

Senior Curator, Louise Hawley Stone Chair of East Asian Art

As a DMV member for over 35 years, Josephine Breyfogle was always willing to take on new challenges—challenges to help advance the Museum’s mission and impact in the community.

After touring the world, the exhibition Egyptian Mummies: Ancient Lives. New Discoveries is making its final stop at the ROM, before the mummies and objects return to London. An exhibition such as

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