ROMCast: The Uncatalogued Stories

As one of the Museum’s 2D designers Emilio works on projects across the museum. If you’ve read any text in the museum, Emilio probably desinged it! This week we talk about beta spaces, design thinking, participatory experiences, and why they matter for museums in the 21st century.

Part of the web team here at the museum, Alyssa work on our website and builds digital interactives for exhibitions. Sound like a cool job? It is! Tune in as we chat about web and social media in museum and where our industry is headed

As the ROM’s Digital Learning Specialist, Sarah’s role is focused on bringing 21st century learning competencies into the ROM’s educational offer. She works on game jams, maker spaces and looks are how the museum can help students their digital learning capacity.

What exactly does a Museum Project Manager do? A LOT! This week we talk to Steven Laurie about life behind the scenes managing major projects and working with staff from across the museum.

The ROM’s Assistant Curator of Mammalogy travels the globe studying Bats. He even has a species of Bat named after him! In this episode we talk to Burton about his field work in Sri Lanka, Borneo, the Amazon Rain forest, and closer to home in Scarborough.

Managing Director of ROM Biodiversity Dave is invloved in connecting our community to our researchers through exhibition and program development. Dave has led the Ontario Bioblitz program and created an accredited post-graduate program as a means to increase public knowledge of biodiversity and global conservation efforts.

Laura is the ROM’s Senior Conservator of Stone, Ceramics and Glass. In her role she oversees the care and preservation of over 80% of the museum’s collection. Her role is part scientist, part detective, listen in as we talk to her about some of the conundrums of her day-to-day work in the lab.

The ROM’s Web Manager sits down with us in this podcast to talk about user-centered design, virtual reality and how the web and social media has changed the way the museum communicates with the public.

Senior Paintings Conservator explains how having an inquisitive mind has helped her in her role. Heidi also explains how to make fish glue and other 16th century techniques used in her job treating paintings in the collection.

What is it actually like to collect fossils amongst Polar Bears? Dave explains and also chats about new fossil discoveries in Ontario, Toronto, and a little social media phenomemon called #TrilobiteTuesday!