Ancient DNA Confirms Giant Flightless New Zealand Moa are Closely Related to South American Tinamous Ancient DNA extracted from the bones of an extinct ratite illustrates how species that look similar

Mark Your Calendars for the Ultimate Family Day and March Break Experience (Toronto, Ontario – DATE) The Royal Ontario Museum (ROM) announces the final days of Ultimate Dinosaurs: Giants from Gondwana

Curatorial staff in attendance at the ROM’s popular bimonthly Rock, Gem, Mineral, Fossil, and Meteorite Identification Clinics are routinely treated to a fascinating array of objects brought in by an

(Toronto, Ontario, August 13, 2013) – Continuing to highlight its strong Canadiana collection, the Royal Ontario Museum (ROM) presents Brushing It in the Rough: Women, Art & Nineteenth-century Canada

A sneak peek at some of the objects in the ROM’s renowned chintz collection. For the first time in 50 years, many of the ROM’s world-renowned Indian chintz textiles and fashions will step out of their

Held on October 7, this event accompanies Fashion Takes Shape Among the participants: journalist Barbara Turnbull and designer Izzy Camilleri The influence of adaptive design on fashion will be

Curatorial Initiatives

Recently, we visited at the Vertebrate Palaeontology Lab to see how dinosaur bones are extracted from their plaster field jackets after they are hauled back from the field by palaeontologists like Dr

Two photographic perspectives on conflict and its consequences The Institute for Contemporary Culture (ICC) at the Royal Ontario Museum (ROM) brings together two prominent photographers who have a

140 artifacts, many never before displayed, showcase 2,000 years of Chinese playthings (Toronto, Ontario – August 9, 2010) Opening September 11, 2010, the Royal Ontario Museum (ROM) presents Playful

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

A dynamic group that supports and celebrates the work of ROM's women curators by directly funding their exhibitions and research.