Royal Ontario Museum
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Royal Ontario Museum
@ROMtoronto
Royal Ontario Museum (ROM) showcases art, culture, and nature from around the globe and across the ages.
- Are you a @BTS_twt fan? Seeing the show tonight in Hamilton? Show your k-pop ticket and get 20% off #DesignImpossible or use promo code kpop online.
- Marvel: "Avengers Infinity War is the most ambitious crossover event in history." Me:
- This figure of a maiden, or kore, is one of the most intricate and highly decorated statues from ancient Greece. In many places the sculpture bears remnants of original paint! On loan from the Acropolis Museum, Kore 670 will be on display on the main floor at ROM until Sept. 25.
- Hide your diamonds. Hide your exes. This museum’s a little bit Alexis. 💎 Hey @AnneFrances, need a place to shoot the music video? We’ve got hieroglyphics too.
00:00 - Let us know how it goes. 👀
- Probably not the kind of Pot everyone is talking about on #LegalizationDay...this cooking pot would have been legal in New Kingdom Egypt, c. 1550-1069 BC.
- We interrupt your day with a very important mineralogy announcement! 🍪
- In honour of #InternationalAssistanceDogWeek, we want to take a moment to celebrate someone who works very hard behind the scenes at ROM! @servicepupbasil is a medical alert service dog trained in cardiac alert & mobility tasks for disabled ROM Ph.D. candidate Jade Simon.
- NEW SPECIES ALERT! Introducing Cambroraster straight form the Cambrian period. This half-a-billion-year old predator had rake-like claws and a pineapple-slice-shaped mouth. It is one of the earliest relatives of insects, crabs, spiders, and their kin.
00:00 - Replying to @autumn_child and @BTS_twtWe are a museum of art, culture and nature. We have 13million objects in our collection and 29 permanent galleries. So much to see!
