Research & Community Projects

Five visitors read the label text in front of two dinosaur skeletons

2020 Madeleine Fritz Travel Grant ►

Two women examine a fish at an identification workshop.

2023 Ontario Fish Identification Workshops ►

Erling Holm, Mary Burridge
1926 silk satin and lace wedding dress worn in Toronto by Mrs Ruth Bernice Burnham nee Ratcliff. Made by Martha located at 65 Bloor Street West, a leading Toronto couturier at the time. Gift of Dorothy de Haas. ROM 996.115.1.1-4. Jeanne Lanvin silk crepe evening dress, worn by donor for her wedding in 1913. Purchased at Eaton's College Street in Toronto. Gift of Mrs John MacIntosh Duff. ROM 965.53.1

20th Century Couture in Toronto ►

Alexandra Palmer
World Culture
A species of Thorichthys.

Adaptive radiation, convergent evolution and speciation in Neotropical cichlids ►

Natural History
Pristimantis inguinalis collected in Guyana.

Amphibians and Reptiles of Guyana ►

Natural History

Asteroids (Temporary Case Refresh) ►

Kim Tait
Natural History
Dr. Mark Engstrom helping to prepare the whale for it's trip back to the Royal Ontario Museum.

Blue Whale ►

Mark Engstrom, Burton Lim
Natural History
Jean-Bernard Caron standing on a hill with mountains in the background

Burgess Shale Projects ►

Jean-Bernard Caron
Natural History
Graphic illustrating linking forms.

Canadian Barcode of Life Initiative ►

Jean-Marc Moncalvo, Doug Currie, Burton Lim, Mark Engstrom, Tim Dickinson, Richard Winterbottom
Natural History
Petrology sample.

Ceramic Petrology Laboratory ►

Dr Robert B. J. Mason, Kay Sunahara
World Culture
Wuzhu coins of the Han Dynasty, 206 BC – AD 220 (926.9.25.1.1-.40.3), Spade-shape coin of the Eastern Zhou Dynasty, 771 - 221 BC (926.9.6.1.6.2), Kangxi Tongbao coin of the Qing Dynasty, AD 1644 - 1911 (926.9.216.3.1)

Chinese Coins ►

Chen Shen
World Culture
Black and white photo of Dorothy Burnham mounting a costume in the museum.

Cloth Cultures: Future Legacies of Dorothy K. Burnham ►

Sarah Fee
World Culture
Red Knot bird.

Conservation of Migratory Shorebirds ►

Natural History
Publication: Couture & Commerce: The Transatlantic Fashion Trade in the 1950s. Elite Elegance: Couture Fashion in the 1950s. Gallery Exhibit at the Royal Ontario Museum (2002).

Couture & Commerce ►

World Culture
Cotton textile printed with photo montage of various famous international tourist sites and modes of transportation including an American Airlines DC10, American, 1930s-40s. Acquisition made possible by the generous support of the Textile Endowment Fund (2001.123.8) Beate Elenique, printed furnishing cotton with nude rider on horseback, by Salvador Dali, American?, mid 20th century. Acquisition made possible by the generous support of the Textile Endowment Fund (2001.123.9)

Decor & Decorum ►

World Culture