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Writing on Walls - conversation with Gallery Text Editor, Christine Caroppo

Posted: June 13, 2013 - 13:37 , by royal
Image of gallery text for the GENESIS exhbition

Gallery text is everywhere, but where does it come from?

Museums, stories and things.

Posted: June 10, 2013 - 15:45 , by royal
Visitors in the Birds Gallery

Get ready for an insider's look at the ROM from someone who's usually very far outside of it.

Ontario Road Ecology Group - Protecting biodiversity from the threat of roads

Posted: June 6, 2013 - 09:46 , by royal
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Ontario Road Ecology Group Logo

Authored by Mandy Karch.

The Ontario Road Ecology Group (OREG) has been working to protect biodiversity from the threats of roads through research, policy and stewardship initiatives with our partners.  The Heart Lake Road in Brampton cuts through protected wetland complexes, and OREG has been there to help.

The Making of Mesopotamia

Posted: June 5, 2013 - 11:14 , by royal

Take a look behind the scenes as we prepare for the opening of the Mesopotamia exhibition on June 22. 

The Cat's Tomb

Posted: May 24, 2013 - 13:30 , by royal
Image of cat's eyes

Special display in the Ancient Egypt gallery, Summer 2013

Into the Heart of Borneo - A Month on Mulu Mountain & LIVE Google Hangout

Posted: May 24, 2013 - 12:16 , by royal
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Entomologist Chris Darling looks at the mountain during sunset.

ROM Biodiversity researchers studying insects, fungi, and mammals have been discovering new species in the heart of Borneo, in Gunung Mulu National Park, throughout the month of May....

Into the Heart of Borneo - Gunung Mulu National Park

Posted: May 6, 2013 - 12:40 , by royal
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The ROM Biodiversity "Borneo" team has landed in Sarawak, and have been spending the last several days organizing equipement, permits and buying machetes....

Toronto Space Apps Challenge hackathon results

Posted: May 2, 2013 - 13:33 , by royal
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On the weekend of April 19 to 21, 2013, the ROM was host partner for the Toronto Space Apps Challenge hackathon...

Behind the Camera: ROM Images creation

Posted: May 1, 2013 - 12:03 , by royal
Portrait of ROM photographer Brian Boyle, by Tiffany Cuthbert

The Scotiabank CONTACT Photography Festival starts today which makes May a busy month for Brian Boyle the ROM’s Senior Photographer.

ROM Curator Jean-Bernard Caron is a “Science Superstar” and “Big Thinker”

Posted: April 25, 2013 - 18:07 , by royal
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This week’s cover story in The Grid, a popular Toronto news and entertainment weekly, features “Big Thinkers… 10 young science superstars.” ...