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Monthly Archive: December

Department of Art & Culture Summer Internship (Graduate and Undergraduate) - Summer 2019

Posted: March 25, 2019 - 14:52 , by Diana Lu
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An Innovative Approach to A Puzzling Problem

Posted: March 8, 2019 - 11:49 , by royal
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A young woman sits in front of a laptop computer surrounded by squares of patterned fabric.

Conserving an Indian Chintz Cope made in the Eighteenth Century for the Armenian Church

Here in the Textile Conservation department of the ROM, Senior Textile Conservator Chris Paulocik and I have begun preparing objects for display in the upcoming exhibition: “The Cloth that Changed the World: India’s Painted and Printed Cottons”.

Presenting our Winners of the 2018 ROM Wildlife Photographer of the Year Contest

Posted: March 2, 2019 - 13:27 , by Cheryl Nichols
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owlet standing on branch

Captivating Images from Winners of the ROM Photographer of the Year Contest

Safavid Tile Arch Project III: The Palace of the Stables

Posted: February 28, 2019 - 12:30 , by royal
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Tiles over an archway.

Written by Lisa Golombek, Curator Emeritus (Islamic Art) 

Celebrating the Year of the Pig

Posted: February 4, 2019 - 14:35 , by Diana Lu
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Burial figure of a pig , earthenware, Eastern Han Dynasty (late 2nd-early 3rd century), China

918.17.57 

Sir Edmund Walker Collection

 

February 5th, 2019, marks the beginning of the year of the pig 猪. The twelfth and last animal in the Chinese zodiac. People born in the year of the pig are said to be loving and kind. On the other hand, they can be stubborn and dawdle on tasks. 

Facing Histories: A Block Maker, a Dye Specialist, and a Textile Study Room

Posted: November 28, 2018 - 11:52 , by ROM
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Woodblocks carved by Gangadhar at the weekend display, ROM, October 2018.

This guest post was written by Rajarshi Sengupta, ROM IARTS fellow 2017/18. 

Holiday Gift Guide 2018

Posted: November 16, 2018 - 11:43 , by Amanda Girgis
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Shop the ROM this holiday season!
November 30 - December 2, 2018

ROM Members get double the discount! 20% off regularly priced merchandise* at the ROM Boutique and the Exhibition Boutique when you show your Membership card.

Fear for Adults and Fascination for Kids: Spiders and Friends Day at The Hospital for Sick Children

Posted: October 29, 2018 - 10:29 , by ROM
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Written by Mark Bernards, Environmental Visual Communications student

 

A child a the Hospital for Sick Children engages in a spider craft.

An Afternoon With Weird Science at the ROM's 80-Year-Old Camp

Posted: October 24, 2018 - 11:50 , by Kiron Mukherjee
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Bethany Kempster sit with her science class observing rocks and minerals. Image: Michael Berger

On their quest, they find glow-in-the-dark rocks, which leads to a lesson about ultraviolet radiation. A lesson, Bethany admits that will not be taught in school until grade 12.⠀

Turning Fear Into Fascination

Posted: October 23, 2018 - 15:01 , by Kiron Mukherjee
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Claire walks along a floor with projected digital spiders, that crawl away from her as she walks. Image: Claire Foran.

As you enter the Royal Ontario Museum's latest exhibition, you are immediately swarmed by scurrying spiders; hundreds of them, crawling all around you. But you can't touch them- they aren't real.