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Sediments from the bottom of a small lake in Ontario are revealing a remarkable record of our impact on the planet.
Just outside Toronto lies a significant site offering a unique, comprehensive 1,000-year record of human impacts - local, regional, and global: Crawford Lake near Milton, Ontario.
Just outside Toronto lies a significant site offering a unique, comprehensive 1,000-year record of human impacts - local, regional, and global: Crawford Lake near Milton, Ontario.
November 27, 2025 at 6:14 PM
Sediments from the bottom of a small lake in Ontario are revealing a remarkable record of our impact on the planet.
Just outside Toronto lies a significant site offering a unique, comprehensive 1,000-year record of human impacts - local, regional, and global: Crawford Lake near Milton, Ontario.
Just outside Toronto lies a significant site offering a unique, comprehensive 1,000-year record of human impacts - local, regional, and global: Crawford Lake near Milton, Ontario.
When fossil fuels such as the coal in this bag are burned, small particles called fly ash are released into the air. Crawford Lake’s sediments capture a dramatic increase in fly ash in the 1950s, coinciding with rapid industrialization locally and globally.
November 4, 2025 at 9:19 PM
When fossil fuels such as the coal in this bag are burned, small particles called fly ash are released into the air. Crawford Lake’s sediments capture a dramatic increase in fly ash in the 1950s, coinciding with rapid industrialization locally and globally.
All of us trying to figure out which way is up after Halloween/World Series loss/time change this weekend. 🦩
Experience our world in vivid detail and see some of the most unusual species and their habitats in ways you never imagined at Wildlife Photographer of the Year, opening November 8.
Experience our world in vivid detail and see some of the most unusual species and their habitats in ways you never imagined at Wildlife Photographer of the Year, opening November 8.
November 3, 2025 at 8:06 PM
All of us trying to figure out which way is up after Halloween/World Series loss/time change this weekend. 🦩
Experience our world in vivid detail and see some of the most unusual species and their habitats in ways you never imagined at Wildlife Photographer of the Year, opening November 8.
Experience our world in vivid detail and see some of the most unusual species and their habitats in ways you never imagined at Wildlife Photographer of the Year, opening November 8.
Ladies, does your man hang out in the deep sea, have a cartilaginous skeleton, and teeth on his forehead? That's not your man, that is a chimera. 👻🦈
In honour of Halloween weekend, Nathan Lujan @potamophile.bsky.social Curator of Fishes at ROM) gave us a lesson on these creepy creatures.
In honour of Halloween weekend, Nathan Lujan @potamophile.bsky.social Curator of Fishes at ROM) gave us a lesson on these creepy creatures.
October 31, 2025 at 11:01 PM
Ladies, does your man hang out in the deep sea, have a cartilaginous skeleton, and teeth on his forehead? That's not your man, that is a chimera. 👻🦈
In honour of Halloween weekend, Nathan Lujan @potamophile.bsky.social Curator of Fishes at ROM) gave us a lesson on these creepy creatures.
In honour of Halloween weekend, Nathan Lujan @potamophile.bsky.social Curator of Fishes at ROM) gave us a lesson on these creepy creatures.
The James and Louise Temerty Galleries of the Age of Dinosaurs & the Reed Gallery of the Age of Mammals will be temporarily closed from Nov 3 until Dec 5, 2025 as we prepare to welcome visitors back to a new and expanded gallery experience that will showcase even more of our favourite dinosaurs.
October 27, 2025 at 8:29 PM
The James and Louise Temerty Galleries of the Age of Dinosaurs & the Reed Gallery of the Age of Mammals will be temporarily closed from Nov 3 until Dec 5, 2025 as we prepare to welcome visitors back to a new and expanded gallery experience that will showcase even more of our favourite dinosaurs.
As we all get ready for the big game tonight, enjoy some peanuts and blue jay facts with Oliver Haddrath (Collections Technician) and the sassy birds in his yard. ⚾️🧢
#GoJaysGo #WorldSeries
#GoJaysGo #WorldSeries
October 24, 2025 at 9:03 PM
As we all get ready for the big game tonight, enjoy some peanuts and blue jay facts with Oliver Haddrath (Collections Technician) and the sassy birds in his yard. ⚾️🧢
#GoJaysGo #WorldSeries
#GoJaysGo #WorldSeries
Update: Saturday is Sold OUT. We recommend pre-booking for Sunday and Monday.
Sharks opens Saturday, October 11! 🦈
Though many associate sharks with the terrifying monster from the movie Jaws, they are far more fascinating and complex than their depiction in popular culture.
Sharks opens Saturday, October 11! 🦈
Though many associate sharks with the terrifying monster from the movie Jaws, they are far more fascinating and complex than their depiction in popular culture.
October 10, 2025 at 5:44 PM
Update: Saturday is Sold OUT. We recommend pre-booking for Sunday and Monday.
Sharks opens Saturday, October 11! 🦈
Though many associate sharks with the terrifying monster from the movie Jaws, they are far more fascinating and complex than their depiction in popular culture.
Sharks opens Saturday, October 11! 🦈
Though many associate sharks with the terrifying monster from the movie Jaws, they are far more fascinating and complex than their depiction in popular culture.
After trees are cut down, ragweed grows quickly over bare ground + produces many seeds. Humans can spread these seeds when they stick to the soles of boots.
This boot can be found in the exhibition “Crawford Lake: Layers in Time”, which offers an engaging look at the record of human life on Earth.
This boot can be found in the exhibition “Crawford Lake: Layers in Time”, which offers an engaging look at the record of human life on Earth.
October 7, 2025 at 7:51 PM
After trees are cut down, ragweed grows quickly over bare ground + produces many seeds. Humans can spread these seeds when they stick to the soles of boots.
This boot can be found in the exhibition “Crawford Lake: Layers in Time”, which offers an engaging look at the record of human life on Earth.
This boot can be found in the exhibition “Crawford Lake: Layers in Time”, which offers an engaging look at the record of human life on Earth.
If you're just jumping on the Blue Jays bandwagon, don't worry - making sense of our complicated world is what we do here at the Museum! We've put together a one-page guide of everything you need to know to avoid sounding like a fairweather fan over the next month. #LetsGoBlueJays
October 3, 2025 at 8:04 PM
If you're just jumping on the Blue Jays bandwagon, don't worry - making sense of our complicated world is what we do here at the Museum! We've put together a one-page guide of everything you need to know to avoid sounding like a fairweather fan over the next month. #LetsGoBlueJays
Join us for ROM After Dark: Back 2 School on Sep 26, 2025.
From high-energy DJ sets to jaw-dropping performances, the Museum will be transformed into the ultimate after-hours party with food, drink, and performances.
Enjoy hands-on crafts, and photo ops that’ll take you back to your school days!
From high-energy DJ sets to jaw-dropping performances, the Museum will be transformed into the ultimate after-hours party with food, drink, and performances.
Enjoy hands-on crafts, and photo ops that’ll take you back to your school days!
September 18, 2025 at 8:09 PM
Join us for ROM After Dark: Back 2 School on Sep 26, 2025.
From high-energy DJ sets to jaw-dropping performances, the Museum will be transformed into the ultimate after-hours party with food, drink, and performances.
Enjoy hands-on crafts, and photo ops that’ll take you back to your school days!
From high-energy DJ sets to jaw-dropping performances, the Museum will be transformed into the ultimate after-hours party with food, drink, and performances.
Enjoy hands-on crafts, and photo ops that’ll take you back to your school days!
How did artists make paint before paint stores?
Explore the natural origins of pigments used in 1400–1700s European art through hands-on materials, a colour-matching game, and fascinating stories behind each hue.
Explore the natural origins of pigments used in 1400–1700s European art through hands-on materials, a colour-matching game, and fascinating stories behind each hue.
September 16, 2025 at 7:27 PM
How did artists make paint before paint stores?
Explore the natural origins of pigments used in 1400–1700s European art through hands-on materials, a colour-matching game, and fascinating stories behind each hue.
Explore the natural origins of pigments used in 1400–1700s European art through hands-on materials, a colour-matching game, and fascinating stories behind each hue.
You’ll also have a chance to try on a traditional Korean hanbok and experience its artistry up close.
Presented in partnership with the Korea Heritage Agency.
www.rom.on.ca/whats-on/eve...
Presented in partnership with the Korea Heritage Agency.
www.rom.on.ca/whats-on/eve...
September 5, 2025 at 7:54 PM
You’ll also have a chance to try on a traditional Korean hanbok and experience its artistry up close.
Presented in partnership with the Korea Heritage Agency.
www.rom.on.ca/whats-on/eve...
Presented in partnership with the Korea Heritage Agency.
www.rom.on.ca/whats-on/eve...
Drop in and immerse yourself in the beauty of Korean handicrafts. Get hands-on with embroidery and maedeup (knot-making), inspired by the accessories often worn with hanbok.
No registration needed!
⏰: Sept. 13-14, 10:00 am - 3:00 pm
No registration needed!
⏰: Sept. 13-14, 10:00 am - 3:00 pm
September 5, 2025 at 7:54 PM
Drop in and immerse yourself in the beauty of Korean handicrafts. Get hands-on with embroidery and maedeup (knot-making), inspired by the accessories often worn with hanbok.
No registration needed!
⏰: Sept. 13-14, 10:00 am - 3:00 pm
No registration needed!
⏰: Sept. 13-14, 10:00 am - 3:00 pm
On now until January 18, 2026, this exhibition Saints, Sinners, Lovers and Fools, is co-organized by the Denver Art Museum and The Phoebus Foundation SON, Antwerp (Belgium)
🖼️: Portrait of Joost Aemsz van der Burch, 1530–1541
Jan van Scorel (Schoorl 1495–Utrecht 1562)
Oil on Panel
🖼️: Portrait of Joost Aemsz van der Burch, 1530–1541
Jan van Scorel (Schoorl 1495–Utrecht 1562)
Oil on Panel
September 4, 2025 at 3:27 PM
On now until January 18, 2026, this exhibition Saints, Sinners, Lovers and Fools, is co-organized by the Denver Art Museum and The Phoebus Foundation SON, Antwerp (Belgium)
🖼️: Portrait of Joost Aemsz van der Burch, 1530–1541
Jan van Scorel (Schoorl 1495–Utrecht 1562)
Oil on Panel
🖼️: Portrait of Joost Aemsz van der Burch, 1530–1541
Jan van Scorel (Schoorl 1495–Utrecht 1562)
Oil on Panel
For this new class of art-buyers, portraiture was a way to show off social status, construct a sense of identity, and build a legacy for future generations. Many artists met this demand by specializing in portraiture + customizing their work w/inscriptions, special costumes, and symbolic details.
September 4, 2025 at 3:26 PM
For this new class of art-buyers, portraiture was a way to show off social status, construct a sense of identity, and build a legacy for future generations. Many artists met this demand by specializing in portraiture + customizing their work w/inscriptions, special costumes, and symbolic details.
Royals and aristocrats had long used portraits to express political and social power. In Flanders, townspeople who attained wealth through trade and enterprise could also commission portraits of themselves and their families that rivalled those of the elite.
September 4, 2025 at 3:26 PM
Royals and aristocrats had long used portraits to express political and social power. In Flanders, townspeople who attained wealth through trade and enterprise could also commission portraits of themselves and their families that rivalled those of the elite.
Think you know shark teeth? Think again! 🦈🦷
Nathan Lujan (Curator of Fishes at ROM), and Kevin Seymour (Research Associate, Natural History) showed us many different types of shark jaws while they prepared for Sharks, opening October 11.
Nathan Lujan (Curator of Fishes at ROM), and Kevin Seymour (Research Associate, Natural History) showed us many different types of shark jaws while they prepared for Sharks, opening October 11.
September 3, 2025 at 1:31 PM
Think you know shark teeth? Think again! 🦈🦷
Nathan Lujan (Curator of Fishes at ROM), and Kevin Seymour (Research Associate, Natural History) showed us many different types of shark jaws while they prepared for Sharks, opening October 11.
Nathan Lujan (Curator of Fishes at ROM), and Kevin Seymour (Research Associate, Natural History) showed us many different types of shark jaws while they prepared for Sharks, opening October 11.
The leaves are changing, back-to-school season is here, and fall hours are in effect at ROM!
🕙 New hours:
Tuesday – Sunday (10 am – 5:30 pm)
Closed Mondays
🕙 New hours:
Tuesday – Sunday (10 am – 5:30 pm)
Closed Mondays
September 2, 2025 at 3:01 PM
The leaves are changing, back-to-school season is here, and fall hours are in effect at ROM!
🕙 New hours:
Tuesday – Sunday (10 am – 5:30 pm)
Closed Mondays
🕙 New hours:
Tuesday – Sunday (10 am – 5:30 pm)
Closed Mondays
Happy #NationalDogDay 🐶 Which dog are you?
These paintings can be viewed in our current exhibition, “Saints, Sinners, Lovers and Fools.” This large-scale exhibition, featuring over 80 stunning art works and objects, offers a doorway into the Southern Netherlands of 1400 to 1700.
These paintings can be viewed in our current exhibition, “Saints, Sinners, Lovers and Fools.” This large-scale exhibition, featuring over 80 stunning art works and objects, offers a doorway into the Southern Netherlands of 1400 to 1700.
August 26, 2025 at 3:07 PM
Happy #NationalDogDay 🐶 Which dog are you?
These paintings can be viewed in our current exhibition, “Saints, Sinners, Lovers and Fools.” This large-scale exhibition, featuring over 80 stunning art works and objects, offers a doorway into the Southern Netherlands of 1400 to 1700.
These paintings can be viewed in our current exhibition, “Saints, Sinners, Lovers and Fools.” This large-scale exhibition, featuring over 80 stunning art works and objects, offers a doorway into the Southern Netherlands of 1400 to 1700.
The Invertebrate Palaeontology team has returned from their annual expedition to the Burgess Shale! Each year, they travel via plane and helicopter to the Canadian Rockies, where they camp out for 3 weeks or more and go fossil hunting. We will be sharing more footage from their trip, so stay tuned!
August 20, 2025 at 2:51 PM
The Invertebrate Palaeontology team has returned from their annual expedition to the Burgess Shale! Each year, they travel via plane and helicopter to the Canadian Rockies, where they camp out for 3 weeks or more and go fossil hunting. We will be sharing more footage from their trip, so stay tuned!
As Nature in Brilliant Colour wraps up- closing this Sunday, August 17! -we take a look at one of the most expensive natural pigments.
Heidi Sobol, Senior Manager of Conservation and Senior Paintings Conservator at ROM tells us a bit about purpurissm, the source of Tyrian purple. 💜
Heidi Sobol, Senior Manager of Conservation and Senior Paintings Conservator at ROM tells us a bit about purpurissm, the source of Tyrian purple. 💜
August 12, 2025 at 8:25 PM
As Nature in Brilliant Colour wraps up- closing this Sunday, August 17! -we take a look at one of the most expensive natural pigments.
Heidi Sobol, Senior Manager of Conservation and Senior Paintings Conservator at ROM tells us a bit about purpurissm, the source of Tyrian purple. 💜
Heidi Sobol, Senior Manager of Conservation and Senior Paintings Conservator at ROM tells us a bit about purpurissm, the source of Tyrian purple. 💜
Get ready for an unforgettable summer night at ROM After Dark: Block Party (Aug. 22). From high-energy DJ sets to jaw-dropping performances, the Museum will be transformed into the ultimate after-hours party.
August 8, 2025 at 6:22 PM
Get ready for an unforgettable summer night at ROM After Dark: Block Party (Aug. 22). From high-energy DJ sets to jaw-dropping performances, the Museum will be transformed into the ultimate after-hours party.
Can a painting make you question your entire existence?
A toothy skull w/ a wig + flowers sits atop an upper-body laden with pearls. An olive branch tucked in the figure’s white garment has attracted the attention of a bird.
This “vanitas” painting was meant to inspire the contemplation of death.
A toothy skull w/ a wig + flowers sits atop an upper-body laden with pearls. An olive branch tucked in the figure’s white garment has attracted the attention of a bird.
This “vanitas” painting was meant to inspire the contemplation of death.
July 25, 2025 at 8:02 PM
Can a painting make you question your entire existence?
A toothy skull w/ a wig + flowers sits atop an upper-body laden with pearls. An olive branch tucked in the figure’s white garment has attracted the attention of a bird.
This “vanitas” painting was meant to inspire the contemplation of death.
A toothy skull w/ a wig + flowers sits atop an upper-body laden with pearls. An olive branch tucked in the figure’s white garment has attracted the attention of a bird.
This “vanitas” painting was meant to inspire the contemplation of death.
Happy Shark Week! We are all VERY excited- especially Curator of Fishes, Nathan Lujan- and even more excited to share that Sharks opens at ROM October 11! 🦈
Uncover fresh perspectives, groundbreaking research, and the astounding diversity of this ancient group of fishes.
Uncover fresh perspectives, groundbreaking research, and the astounding diversity of this ancient group of fishes.
July 21, 2025 at 3:55 PM
Happy Shark Week! We are all VERY excited- especially Curator of Fishes, Nathan Lujan- and even more excited to share that Sharks opens at ROM October 11! 🦈
Uncover fresh perspectives, groundbreaking research, and the astounding diversity of this ancient group of fishes.
Uncover fresh perspectives, groundbreaking research, and the astounding diversity of this ancient group of fishes.