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โ $21M more each year in funding support to AGO & ROM
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Happy birthday, Issey Miyake! This dress and trouser set is made by the renowned Japanese designer in 1990. Though these pleats may look rigid, they're flexible and add a distinctive texture to the clothing.
This woodblock print is from Shokkan: Material Encounters in Japanese Art.
Tsukioka Yoshitoshi ๆๅฒก่ณๅนด (1839-1892). Looking Painful, from the series Thirty-two Aspects of Women, Meiji period, 1888, woodblock print on paper, 37.4 ร 25.6 cm.
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Ouch! The woman in this print is getting a tattoo. The look on her face lets us know that the pain is so harsh she canโt help biting into the towel in her hand.
The textures on the towel + the womanโs kimono were created by using fabric in the printing process.
#WorldArtDay
10 years ago, @Astro_Jeremy visited ROM and got up close with some of our collection of lunar meteorites.
Wishing you safe travels today, friend! ๐๐
Sharks is organized by American Museum of Natural History, New York. The Museum gratefully acknowledges Warner Bros. Discovery for its generous support of Sharks. A selection of footage in Sharks has been provided by Discovery's Shark Week.
It's your LAST CHANCE to see Sharks, closing March 22!
For our final Q&A session, @DrNathanLujan (Curator of Fishes) gives us a few tips on how to help advocate for sharks.
Spring clean your algorithm w/ this vid of Crawford Lake! Enjoy a look at the beautiful animals you can find around Conservation Halton.
You can watch the full video in ROM's exhibition
"Crawford Lake: Layers in Time," which offers a look at the record of human life on Earth.
Congratulations to the winners of ROM's Wildlife Photo Contest!
A heartfelt thank you to our judges & @HenrysCamera for their generous support!
1st place:
Red Fox Close Encounter with White-tailed Sea Eagle by Philip Wong
(Youth) The Hidden Guardian by Martin Krajc, age 14
Sharks is organized by American Museum of Natural History, New York. The Museum gratefully acknowledges Warner Bros. Discovery for its generous support of Sharks. A selection of footage in Sharks has been provided by Discovery's Shark Week.
There's just over one week left to soak up the excitement of Sharks, closing March 22!
@DrNathanLujan brings us up close to the smallest specimen of the biggest shark in the ocean, the whale shark & the 2nd smallest: the pygmy shark! Both held in the palm of his hand! โ
Peppered moray eels are well adapted to the intertidal zone. They can hunt both above & below the waterโs surface using their keen senses of smell & sight.
Wildlife Photographer of the Year closes March 29!
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That's a moray! ๐ต
Photographer Shane Gross witnesses a peppered moray eel very much in its element hunting for carrion at low tide. It took Shane numerous attempts over several weeks to document this rarely photographed behaviour.
๐ธ: Like an Eel out of Water by Shane Gross
@DesjardinsGroup Sharks is organized by American Museum of Natural History, New York. The Museum gratefully acknowledges Warner Bros. Discovery for its generous support of Sharks. A selection of footage in Sharks has been provided by Discovery's Shark Week.
Time is running out to see Sharks- closing March 22! But we still have some fun shark facts to share, courtesy of @DrNathanLujan (Curator of Fishes) and our next Q&A submission.ย
DYK that Greenland Sharks can live up to 300- sometimes even 500(!)- years old?
Learn about the anatomy, behaviour, and history of sharks at this exciting and expansive exhibition. ROMโs presentation of Sharks is presented by @desjardinsgroup.