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Vandalist: Clean Up After Your Dino

God creates dinosaurs. God destroys dinosaurs. God creates man. Man destroys God. Man creates dinosaurs. Dinosaurs poop all over the park. This probably would've happened if Jurassic Park had been successful. And real.

Historicist: A Handbook to the Royal Ontario Museum, 1956

“A museum is a home of muses and in Canada, far enough from the slopes of Mount Helicon in space and time, those traditional patrons of the arts and sciences have their worthiest habitat in the Royal Ontario Museum.” Whoever wrote the 1956 edition of The Royal Ontario Museum: A Handbook felt these were appropriate words to introduce visitors to the wonders within.

ROM Secrets Revealed

We got a sneak peek at the Royal Ontario Museum’s treasure trove of undisplayed artefacts this week, ahead of a big reveal on a new TV show, Museum Secrets. If you think the exterior of the infamous Crystal is hard on the eyes, try looking past all the jagged edges to what’s inside the museum—deep [...]

ROM’s Baby Dinos a Beacon of Discovery

Dr. David Evans, associate curator of vertebrate paleontology at the Royal Ontario Museum, poses with a nest of dinosaur eggs he discovered. Sticks and stones can break your bones, and uncover an incredible fossil find. Just ask Dr. David Evans, associate curator of vertebrate paleontology at the Royal Ontario Museum. The exhibit he currently oversees, [...]

PhotoTO: Dinosaurs In Need, Ontario

A small group of activists gathered outside the Royal Ontario Museum on Saturday to highlight the often-ignored plight of dinosaurs in captivity around the world. The energetic protesters from Dinosaurs In Need, Ontario, carried signs proclaiming “dinosaurs are people too” and pleading for help to “save steggy.” A petition was available to sign, and copies [...]

ROAWR…Pop!

(At a child’s birthday party, The Clown is making balloon animals.) Boy: I want a dinosaur! Clown: Sure thing little buddy! One ferocious dino coming up. (The clown starts twisting and mangling a red balloon, and gives it to the child. The finished product looks like it could be a dinosaur, but it also could [...]

Skeletons In The Closet

Dr. David Evans is an Associate Curator in the ROM's Vertebrate Paleontology department. Upon assuming the job in May, he was assigned the task of finding a flagship sauropod specimen to display in the museum's upcoming exhibit (opening December 15) within the Michael Lee-Chin Crystal. Little did Evans know that he didn't have far to look. While on a scouting trip to Wyoming, the bone buff came across an article by noted sauropod expert...