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Royal Ontario Museum Michael Lee-Chin Crystal. Bloor Street Entrance.
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Ancient Ukraine, like Diamonds, is not forever...

The Nature of Diamonds and Mysteries of Ancient Ukraine: The Remarkable Trypilian Culture (5400–2700 BC) both close at the ROM on March 22 All stunning and intriguing things must come to an end, and
Photo of ROM staff at Indian Chintz workshop.
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“Indian Chintz” Workshop

Artwork
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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
The story of Pooh
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The Story of Pooh

The little bear that charmed readers around the world. In 1926, A.A. Milne and E.H. Shepard introduced Winnie-the-Pooh to the world. Yet the bear’s journey into print was a long and circuitous one
A photograph of a woman holding a bone of a blue whale.
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Blue Whale Research

Scientific study and preservation continue for the ROM’s Blue Whale Guest blog by Jacqueline Miller, Mammalian Technician The blue whale is the largest animal known to have ever lived. What are the
A cluster of monarch butterflies covering a tree trunk, with more flying through a sunlit forest.
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A discovery of Monarchs

How a ROM entomologist’s research helped us understand the Monarch butterfly’s epic multi-generational migration
Tiles over an archway.
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Safavid Tile Arch Project III: The Palace of the Stables

Written by Lisa Golombek, Curator Emeritus (Islamic Art) There are thousands of tiles from the Safavid period in Iran (16 th-17 th centuries), and many monuments of this period preserve their splendid
Being and Belonging
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Being and Belonging

Being and Belonging: Contemporary Women Artists from the Islamic World and Beyond is a bold exhibition exploring the defining issues of our time from the perspective of 25 women artists from or
ROM curators and technicians working on content for the Cloth the Changed the World exhibition.
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The Making of Chintz: Behind the Scenes at Cloth the Changed the World

The ROM-original exhibition Cloth that Changed the World: India’s Painted and Printed Cottons was three years in the making, and invoked the talents of many people at the ROM and far beyond. Join
Royal Ontario Museum Michael Lee-Chin Crystal. Bloor Street Entrance.
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Observance and Memorial: Photographs from S-21, Cambodia

“To keep you is no gain; to destroy you is no loss” – Khmer Rouge Slogan The Institute for Contemporary Culture (ICC) at the Royal Ontario Museum (ROM) presents Observance and Memorial: Photographs
Yuta Niwa art. Courtesy Yuta Niwa.
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Of Catfish and Earthquakes: The Contemporary Art of Yuta Niwa

ROM hosts emerging Japanese artist Yuta Niwa in a keynote presentation in support of the online exhibition, Aftershocks: Japanese Earthquake Prints, that focuses on his reinterpretation of these
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Taco-shaped arthropod from Royal Ontario Museum’s Burgess Shale fossils gives new insights into the history of the first mandibulates

Exceptional fossils show how mandibulates were living in marine ecosystems 500 million years ago were trapping prey. TORONTO, July 24, 2024 – A new study, led by palaeontologists at the Royal Ontario
European Common Blue butterfly
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New Blue on the Block

When we published the ROM Field Guide to Butterflies of Ontario in 2014, we mentioned that the European Common Blue butterfly (Polyommatus icarus) was a species to watch for in Ontario. Native to
The Reed Family Plaza.
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Posts from the Plants on the Plaza: May 8–21

Clumps of wild geraniums with their deeply lobed leaves over-topped by clusters of purple flowers provide the latest wave of colour in the plaza beds. During this two-week period, they have come into
Theo stands next to a Triceratops skull in the Royal Ontario Museum's dinosaur gallery
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Conversations with Theo

Guest post by ROM Member, Anne Thériault When I was growing up trips to the ROM definitely topped my list of Amazing Fun Stuff I Sometimes Get To Do. When I had a kid of my own, I knew the ROM was