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Internships & Co-ops

Internships & Co-ops. Learning at ROM is pleased to accept interns from post-secondary programs in Education or Museum Studies to support our School Visits activities. Please email ROMLearning@rom.on
2 Black tailed godwits in flight
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Curator Conversations: Photographing Flight

Join ROM’s Santiago Claramunt as he explores the mechanics of flight with author and photographer Peter Cavanagh. Through the lens of his camera Cavanagh captures spectacular examples of BIRD FLIGHT
An artist reconstruction of Kootenayscolex barbarensis
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The life cycle of a new fossil: Meet the ancient cousin of the earthworm

By Karma Nanglu Have you ever wondered how a new fossil is described? Or picked up an earthworm on a rainy day and thought to yourself “where do animals like these come from?” In this ROMblog post, I
ROM fieldwork during the 2016 season at Quilcapampa. The ROM worked at the site from 2013 to 2017 and involved an international team from Peru, the United States, and Canada.
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Spiking Beer with Psychedelics

Here’s what you need to know about vilca. First, it’s both the name of a psychedelic powder (more on that soon) and the tree from which the powder is made. Tall and thorny, the vilca tree
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An Artful Legacy

Strong, passionate, and principled. These are some of the words Jessica Peatling uses to describe her late grandmother, Vera Kircheis.
Royal Ontario Museum Michael Lee-Chin Crystal. Bloor Street Entrance.
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Royal Ontario Museum Announces Appointment of Deputy Director for Museum Operations & Chief Operating Officer

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
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Saul Rubinek (Sold Out)

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Sunrise at Sossusvlei © Andy Bitterer.
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Namibia Explorer: Information Night

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Saul Rubinek (Sold Out)

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Yellow trout lily.
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Experts & Objects: Spring Has Sprung

Being at home has given Deborah Metsger, ROM’s Assistant Curator of Botany, the rare opportunity to watch spring unfold every day in her backyard. Join her as she explores what’s growing in her home
Photographer carefully placing collection item for photographing
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Image Request Form

Please fill in this form to request high-resolution image. For information on and permission to use ROM images, including licensing requests, and other ROM media such as film or video, please contact
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Activity: Painted Pottery

Learn about ancient Greek pottery, then use your art-smarts to create your own Greek-inspired black- or red-figure pottery.
Asha de Vos, P.h.D. holds two bottles of freshly collected blue whale poop off the coast of Sri Lanka. Photo Credit: Oceanswell
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From Poop to Plankton: Working Together to Conserve our Ocean’s Gardeners

Guest blog written by Environmental Visual Communication student Meghan Callon The world’s largest animal creates the world’s largest poop. By simply going about their daily functions, blue whales
Detail of Ladies in the Garden.
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Beauty Unveiled

Two large Chinese scroll paintings recently returned to the ROM after a two-year treatment at a private conservation studio in the United States. The painting Ladies in the Garden is filled with
Reid Family Plaza
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From Bare Pavement to Native Plants

It has only been a year since the ROM unveiled the Reid Family Plaza and the Helga & Mike Schmidt Performance Terrace. In that time these appealing spaces adjacent to the Bloor Street entrance have