Andrew Trundlewagon's photos with the keyword: ROM

A spiderman performer outside the Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto. There was an exhibition about spiders going on in the museum, so I don't know if he was part of the show, or just taking advantage of the moment.

An ancient Egyptian statuette of a servant from the Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto. It's a small piece, but three or four thousand years ago someone took the time to carve it, paint it and put it together. Someone knew what it meant and someone put it in a grave, presumably of someone they loved.

Dancing fossils. This is a bird fossil (cast);130 million years old from China. It is roughly the size of a sparrow ("Liaoxiornis delicates, Royal Ontario Museum. Toronto).

An Ichthyosaur fossil in the Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto; from Germany, Baden-Wurttemberg: Holzmaden; A kind of reptilian dolphin.

"Red reeds on logs" Glass sculpture from an exhibit of the sculptural glass work of Dale Chihuly in the Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto.

"Orange Fire Basket:" Glass sculpture from an exhibit of the sculptural glass work of Dale Chihuly in the Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto.

"Orange Fire Basket." Glass sculpture from an exhibit of the sculptural glass work of Dale Chihuly in the Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto.

Glass sculpture, "Saphire Tumble Weed" from an exhibit of the sculptural glass work of Dale Chihuly in the Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto.

Glass sculpture from an exhibit of the sculptural glass work of Dale Chihuly in the Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto.

These are details from a pair of murals now in the Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto, but originally from a monastery, China. They were painted in ink on clay sometime around 1300 C.E (Yuan Dynasty). They represent a procession of Daoist (Taoist) deities offering tribute to Yuanshi Tianjun (the Primordial Celestial Excellency) who “resides in the Heaven of Jade Purity…. and …came into being at the beginning of the universe as a result of the merging of pure breaths. He then created Heaven and Earth”. (From en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yuanshi_Tianzun ). I think this is a masterpiece. Each character is unique and drawn with intense character and style.

This is an old photo I took a few years ago in the Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto.