Some of the most noticeable objects in the ROM's Wirth Gallery of The Middle East are two friezes of tiles that would have been in the spandrels of arches. These were made in Iran in the last third of

TORONTO, June 22, 2018— The Royal Ontario Museum (ROM) will be the final North American and exclusive Canadian venue for Modernism on the Ganges: Raghubir Singh Photographs. Organized by the

TORONTO, June 22, 2018 — The Royal Ontario Museum (ROM) today announced plans for a series of public engagements that explore the intersection of #MeToo and the arts with a focus on museums. Launching

Written by Min Wong, Outreach Volunteer, Member of Friends of Palaeontology Anyone who has listened to an eight year old excitedly describe how a Velociraptor walked on two hind feet and had a huge

The story behind the sculptures at Museum subway station. On April 11, 2008, Mayor David Miller officially opened the renovated Museum subway station. Diamond Schmitt Architects designed the new

See spiders in a new light with Spiders: Fear & Fascination. From spinning webs, dancing, and swimming to even losing a limb and growing it back, spiders are one of the most fascinating animals on the

Initiative supports commitment to build community and ensure Indigenous perspectives at the ROM TORONTO, May 22, 2018 — The Royal Ontario Museum (ROM) Youth Cabinet and Wattpad, the global

TORONTO, May 16, 2018 — The Royal Ontario Museum (ROM) invites visitors to explore the hunting, burrowing, and weaving world of spiders at the North American debut of Spiders: Fear & Fascination

TORONTO, May 10, 2018 – The Royal Ontario Museum (ROM) is proud to announce the establishment of the Richard M. Ivey Curator of Invertebrate Palaeontology—the first endowed position of its kind in

Dome Dress to be featured in upcoming exhibition TORONTO, May 10, 2018 — The Royal Ontario Museum (ROM) is pleased to announce the acquisition of Iris van Herpen’s Dome Dress, from the Dutch fashion

At an Iris van Herpen show, impassive models walk the runway in garments like a 3-D printed polyamide suit that more resembles a bony exoskeleton, a dress sculpted from billows of metal gauze and cow

ROM-original exhibitions and programs drive record-breaking year TORONTO, May 2, 2018 — The Royal Ontario Museum (ROM) today announced a record- breaking 1.44 million visitors for the fiscal year

What makes an object real or fake in a museum? Our newest digital publication explores that question as it studies the history of an ancient urn in the ROM’s collection. In Real Fake: The Story of a

TORONTO, April 19, 2018 – Coming this June, a new and original installation from Canadian artist and visionary architect Philip Beesley will be on display at the Royal Ontario Museum (ROM). Philip

TORONTO, April 18, 2018 – The Royal Ontario Museum (ROM) is pleased to announce that, starting today, the Daphne Cockwell Gallery dedicated to First Peoples art & culture will be open free-of-charge