Résultats

      Come and have a look behind the scenes in the Artists' Studio at the Royal Ontario Museum. See how the artists created the models that are now on display in the Schad Gallery of Biodiversity.

      Learn more about the changing migration patterns of the warbler and how to protect yourself from blackfly bites this season. The Green Screen is your source for biodiversity news and current events from the Schad Gallery of Biodiversity.

      Come and have a look behind the scene in the Photography Studio at the Royal Ontario Museum. See how the Photography department catalogs the collections of the Museum.

      Nature comes to life in the new Schad Gallery of Biodiversity. Travel across seven ecosystems; see the rare white rhino and a living coral reef. Explore the Earth Rangers Studio with its immersive, multimedia and live animal shows. This new gallery will present the diversity of life on earth and …

      These four totem poles, carved by the Nisgaa and Haida peoples of Canada's Pacific Northwest Coast, commemorate family origins, rights, privileges, achievements and experiences. Standing just outside the Daphne Cockwell Gallery of Canada: First Peoples, they have been selected as one of the must-see treasures in the ROM's collection.

      Dating to the reign of King Tutankhamun's grandfather, this Egyptian sculpture is a very fine example of one of the oldest known Egyptian deities, the lion-headed warrior goddess also known as Mistress of Dread and Lady of Slaughter. On display in the Galleries of Africa: Egypt, the statue is one …

      This granite bust is most likely a representation of one of history's most famous women Cleopatra and is on display in the Galleries of Africa: Egypt. An iconic object in the ROM's collection, only three pieces of Ptolemaic sculpture like this exist in the world today.

      Legendary in Chinese history, General Zu Dashou was celebrated for his defense of the Ming dynasty against the Manchu invasion. The Tomb of General Zu Dashou (Ming Tomb) now stands in the Gallery of Chinese Architecture and is one of the Museum's iconic objects.

      This rare, longnecked sauropod skeleton is the largest mounted dinosaur in Canada (90 feet long) and one of the Royal Ontario Museum’s iconic objects. It stands in the James and Louise Temerty Galleries of the Age of Dinosaurs on Level 2.

      Dr. Martin Abegg (Ben Zion Wacholder Professor of Dead Sea Scroll Studies, religious Studies Department, Trinity western University, Langley British Columbia, and Co-Director of the Dead Sea Scrolls Institute) discusses the stories of the Scrolls that made their way to Toronto. The opinions expressed in this lecture are those of …

      Dr. Dan Bahat (former district archaeologist for Jerusalem, and currently Adjunct Professor, Faculty of Theology, University of St. Michael’s College, University of Toronto) explores the Jerusalem of 2,000 years ago during the time the Dead Sea Scrolls. The opinions expressed in this lecture are those of the speaker and do …

      Dr. Eugene Ulrich (John A. O’Brien Professor of Hebrew Scriptures, University of Notre Dame, and Chief Editor of the Qumran Scrolls) discusses the similarities and discrepancies between the Massoretic Bible and the Dead Sea Scrolls in the first of the Anne Tanenbaum Lecture Series. The opinions expressed in this lecture …

      Yuval Peleg, Israel Antiquities Authority District Archaeologist for the Jordan Valley, discusses the most recent excavations at the site of Qumran, and their effect on the understanding of the site in the second of the Anne Tananbaum Lecture Series. The opinions expressed in this lecture are those of the speaker …

      For three evenings of discussion and debate, noted authors and thinkers analyze the Ten Commandments and share their ideas for a moral code for our own time. Listen to the closing lecture by Camille Paglia author of bestsellers Sexual Personae, Sex, Art, and American Culture and Vamps & Tramps. The …

      For three evenings of discussion and debate, noted authors and thinkers analyze the Ten Commandments and share their ideas for a moral code for our own time. Listen to A.J. Jacobs, author of The Year of Living Biblically: One Man’s Humble Quest to Follow the Bible as Literally as Possible. …

      For three evenings of discussion and debate, noted authors and thinkers analyze the Ten Commandments and share their ideas for a moral code for our own time. Listen to the opening lecture with Christopher Hitchens, author of the New York Times bestselling book God is Not Great: How Religion Poisons …

      Travel to Egypt, the land where the Book of the Dead of Amen-em-hat was written over 2,300 years ago and uncover the story of this mystical scroll. Acquired in the early 20th century, this beautiful papyrus scroll was recently restored and temporarily brought out of the vaults for display. Visitors …

      Heidi Sobol, Senior Paintings Conservator, offers a peek at the exhibition Returned to Former Splendour which explores the conservation process involved in preparing the historical paintings now on display in the Wilson Canadian Heritage Exhibition Room in the Sigmund Samuel Gallery of Canada.

      An index of the names in the book "100 Years Young, Woodstock Board of Trade and Chamber of Commerce, 1877 - 1977" by W. Stewart Lavell

      A history of Oxford Centre, including sketches of many of the area farms and businesses. Included is a list of the names.