Contents
Shaping the Museum of the Future 2 Philanthropy on View 4 The Year at a Glance 8 Compelling Mix of Original and Touring Exhibitions 12 ROM Objects on Loan Locally and Globally 26 Leading-Edge Research 36 ROM Scholarship in Print 46 Community Connections 50 Access to First Peoples Art and Culture 58 Programming That Inspires 60 Learning at the ROM 66 Members and Volunteers 70 Digital Readiness 72 Philanthropy 74 ROM Leadership 80 Our Supporters 86 2 royal ontario museum year in review 2018–2019 3
One of the initiatives we were most proud of in 2018 was the opening of the Daphne Cockwell Gallery dedicated to First Peoples art & culture as free to the public every day the Museum is open. Initiatives such as this represent just one step on our journey. ROM programs and exhibitions continue to be bold, ambitious, and diverse, fostering discourse at home and around the world. Being Japanese Canadian: reflections on a broken world, Gods in My Home: Chinese New Year with Ancestor Portraits and Deity Prints and The Evidence Room helped ROM visitors connect past to present and understand forces and influences that have shaped our world, while #MeToo & the Arts brought forward a critical conversation about the arts, institutions, and cultural movements. Immersive and interactive exhibitions such as aptured in these pages is a pivotal Zuul: Life of an Armoured Dinosaur and Spiders: year for the Royal Ontario Museum. Fear & Fascination showcased groundbreaking Shaping Not only did the Museum’s robust ROM research and world-class storytelling. The Cattendance of 1.34 million visitors contribute to success achieved with these exhibitions set the our ranking as the #1 most-visited museum in stage for upcoming ROM-originals Bloodsuckers: the Canada and #7 in North America according to The Legends to Leeches, The Cloth That Changed the Art Newspaper, but a new report by Deloitte shows World: India’s Painted and Printed Cottons, and the the ROM, through its various activities, contributed busy slate of art, culture, and nature ahead. over a quarter of a billion dollars to Ontario’s The driving force behind these endeavours is Museum economy in 2017-2018. a world-class curatorial staff growing in impact These are exceptional achievements, and we and expertise every year. In 2018-19, the ROM are immensely proud of the work that everybody announced several cutting-edge curatorial at the ROM and ROM Governors has done to appointments, including Dr. Jean-Bernard Caron of the help realize them. However, we are not resting on as the Richard M. Ivey Curator of Invertebrate our laurels. Expectations of public institutions are Palaeontology—the first endowed position of its changing, and so too is the role of museums in kind in Canada. civic life. People no longer want—or need—cultural However, this brings us back to a critical Future institutions to tell them how to think, or what to question: who is all this wonderful work for? think about. They want them to listen and in turn And the equally critical answer, as we evolve into offer context, unbiased information, and the chance an ever-more outward facing institution, is: the to explore new ideas. We are acutely aware of hundreds of thousands of people whose lives we this shift. And we are using it as a springboard for seek to transform through our work every year. transformation. We believe this impact on communities—and the This year, we unveiled the ROM’s new strategic people within them—is an essential refocussing all direction—a roadmap for the future and the catalyst museums must undertake. We hope you will join for our evolution as a great twenty-first-century us as we not only help to steward history, but make museum. At its core is a mission to transform lives it as well. by helping people to understand the past, make sense of the present, and come together to shape a shared future. Our vision is to be known globally for expanding JOSH BASSECHES MARTHA DURDIN the boundaries of knowledge, innovation in DIRECTOR & CEO CHAIR, BOARD OF TRUSTEES ROYAL ONTARIO MUSEUM ROYAL ONTARIO MUSEUM presenting that knowledge, and public relevance within the intersecting worlds of art, culture, and nature. This vision is already being realized with major initiatives to broaden access, enhance our in-house talent and expertise, and increase the Note: Deloitte figures account for direct, indirect, and induced contributions, including $179M in cumulative expenditures. Data from Royal Ontario Gods in My Home: Chinese New Year scope and breadth of our programming. Museum: Socio-Economic Contribution Analysis (Deloitte, 2019). with Ancestor Portraits and Deity Prints 4 royal ontario museum year in review 2018–2019 5
Enabled by visionary lead donors Jeff Willner and Stacey Madge, the ROM has announced plans to begin development of the Willner Madge Gallery, Dawn of Life. This new gallery, set to open in 2021, will showcase one of the world’s finest collections of early life fossils and offer a uniquely Canadian perspective on a global story. This exciting project was also generously supported by the Ivey Family, The Salamander Foundation, Elinor Gill Ratcliffe, and other leadership donors. Royal Exhibitions Circle donors have made generous commitments to the ROM’s dynamic exhibition program. Our thanks to Jack L. Cockwell, Gail & Bob Farquharson, Chris & Kasia Jamroz, Robert E. Pierce & Family, Stephen Smith & Diane Blake, James & Louise Temerty, Richard Wernham & Julia West, Jeff Willner & Family, and an anonymous donor. This past year, supporters Philanthropy of the Young Patrons Circle and Royal Patrons Circle generously donated $2.6 million. ur valued donors, corporate partners, We were delighted to celebrate the opening and volunteers have helped shape of Treasures of a Desert Kingdom: The Royal Arts on another successful and exciting year at of Jodhpur, India with our ROM Ball fundraising Othe ROM. The impact of philanthropy has been gala in March, raising more than $536,000 net in visible in many meaningful ways throughout the support of the Museum. View Museum—in every extraordinary exhibition, public The ROM is truly a place for everyone and has program, accessibility, and learning initiative. the power to transform lives with extraordinary Together, we raised $18.9 million in new experiences. Our deep appreciation goes to TD gifts and pledged commitments in support Bank Group and The Bennett Family Foundation of the ROM, including more than $1 million in for enabling thousands of people from all walks of new legacy gift intentions from members of the life to enjoy free admission and extended hours Currelly Legacy Society. Our heartfelt thanks go through our 3rd Monday Nights Free program. to those who gave a gift in memory of a loved We are also exceedingly grateful to all the one or committed to leaving a legacy gift for members of our Board of Governors, who offer the future. Your support makes possible many their time, generosity, and commitment as important initiatives, including various research, volunteer leaders, and who greatly contribute to programs, exhibitions, and acquisitions. the vibrancy and success of the ROM. They are We celebrated 20 years of remarkable part of a large community of donors, patrons, support from the Louise Hawley Stone Charitable sponsors, and volunteers who make the ROM one Trust, which has granted over $44 million to fund of the world’s truly great museums. Thank you. important acquisitions, publications, and curatorial We hope you enjoy the many stories of positions at the ROM. Trustees Gary Weddel and your philanthropy featured throughout this Lisa Saunders have been wonderful partners in publication. They are just a snapshot of the many realizing the incredible legacy of this gift. ways you help to inspire, delight, and transform With matching funds from this trust, lives every day. donors recently established three new endowed curatorships, including the Richard M. Ivey Curatorship of Invertebrate Palaeontology and the Dan Mishra Curator of South Asian SUSAN HORVATH ROBERT E. PIERCE Art & Culture. Funding in perpetuity for these PRESIDENT & CEO CHAIR critical roles ensures a dedication to leading- ROM GOVERNORS ROM BOARD OF GOVERNORS edge research, education, and public outreach initiatives. Visitors in the J.F. Driscoll Family Stair of Wonders 6 royal ontario museum year in review 2018–2019 7
Collections room for European paintings 8 royal ontario museum year in review 2018–2019 9
2018–19: The Year 1.34 MILLION+ at a Glance Number of visitors to the ROM 13 MILLION+ Objects and specimens in our collection
The ROM was the highest-attended museum in Canada and ranked among the top 10 art 100,536 museums in North America. School visits
107,615 Hours given to the ROM by our 1,300 volunteers
$5 MILLION Funds raised for the Willner Madge Gallery, Dawn of Life
127,000 ROM Members
3.9 MILLION Visitors to the ROM website
100,000+ Free admission tickets distributed through ROMCAN partnerships
400+ Art and culture objects added to the collection
414,492 Social media followers Ghostown & Ladder to the Moon, Steven Nunoda, 2013. From the exhibition Being Japanese Canadian: reflections on a broken world 10 royal ontario museum year in review 2018–2019 11
Our Royal Patrons Circle members on a tour of Phillip Beesley’s studio 12 royal ontario museum year in review 2018–2019 13
Compelling Mix of Original and
Touring Exhibitions.
The ROM’s robust slate of exhibitions in 2018–2019 included Treasures of a Desert Kingdom: The Royal Arts of Jodhpur, India, Spiders: Fear & Fascination, and Iris van Herpen: Transforming Fashion, major offerings presented at the Museum as part of their international tours. In addition, ROM-original exhibitions Zuul: Life of an Armoured Dinosaur, Gods in My Home: Chinese New Year with Ancestor Portraits and Deity Prints, and the new permanent Toy Soldiers installation highlighted curatorial scholarship and the Museum’s diverse collections. The ROM-original installations Being Japanese Canadian: reflections on a broken world and #MeToo & the Arts showed the Museum boldly delving into topical subjects and histories, reaffirming its role as a place where visitors can engage in conversations on critical issues past and present. The Museum also shared its research and collections with institutions across the country via travelling exhibitions.
A view of Philip Beesley: Transforming Space, a ROM exclusive installation presented alongside Iris van Herpen: Transforming Fashion 14 royal ontario museum year in review 2018–2019 15
Treasures of a Desert Kingdom: Being Japanese Canadian: Gods in My Home: Zuul: Life of an Wildlife Photographer Modernism on the Ganges: The Royal Arts of Jodhpur, India reflections on a broken world Chinese New Year with Armoured Dinosaur of the Year 2018 Raghubir Singh Photographs Ancestor Portraits and This exhibition showcased nearly four Featuring compelling works by eight Deity Prints Seventy-six million years ago, The world-renowned Wildlife One of India’s most visionary and centuries of artistic creation from contemporary Japanese Canadian a six-metre-long, 2.5-ton, plant- Photographer of the Year exhibition celebrated pioneers of colour the kingdom of Marwar-Jodhpur in artists, this installation offered This exhibition focused on the eating, armour-covered ankylosaur returned to the ROM for its sixth year. photography, Raghubir Singh the northwestern state of Rajasthan. personal perspectives on the exile, unexplored connection between roamed the Earth. Zuul is one of the One hundred new photographs from (1942–1999) was a prolific photographer Exquisite paintings, jewellery, textiles, dispossession, and internment of ancestral paintings and traditional most complete skeletons of its kind around the world revealed striking whose creative style revealed the and decorative arts told compelling Japanese Canadians during the 1940s. popular prints in the context of ever found. The exhibition immersed wildlife, breathtaking landscapes, dramatic palette of India’s streets, stories of conquest, kingship, strategic Interspersed throughout the Sigmund Chinese Lunar New Year. Ancestral visitors in Zuul’s story, with his and the remarkable beauty of the places, and peoples through a distinct alliances, the role of women, and Samuel Gallery of Canada, these portraits, paper gods, and ceramics— impressive skull, body block, natural world. lens. Tracing the full trajectory of courtly life. The ROM was one of only artworks prompted visitors to reflect nearly all from the ROM’s collections— and tail club serving as linking his career from the late 1960s to his three international venues (and the on the long-lasting ramifications of this further revealed a Chinese view of centrepieces. Audiences learned last unpublished projects of the late only Canadian museum) to host this historical Canadian injustice, and what reverence and belief that these about his discovery in 2014, his life 1990s, this exhibition showcased iconic major travelling exhibition. it means to be Canadian today. objects were capable of blessing in the lush Cretaceous period, and depictions of Indian life and culture and protecting the prosperity of current palaeontological research. in vivid colour. family lines.
Garfield Weston Exhibition Hall, Level B2, Sigmund Samuel Gallery of Canada, Level 1, Patricia Harris Gallery of Textiles & Costume, Roloff Beny Gallery, Level 4 Centre Block, Level 3 Centre Block, Level 3 Michael Lee-Chin Crystal Weston Family Wing Level 4, Michael Lee-Chin Crystal December 15, 2018–May 20, 2019 December 1, 2018–March 31, 2019 July 21–October 21, 2018 March 9–September 2, 2019 February 2–August 5, 2019 January 26, 2019–January 5, 2020 ROM Curators: David Evans, James & Louise ROM Curator: Sebastian Kvist, Associate Curator, ROM Curator: Deepali Dewan, Dan Mishra Curator ROM Curator: Deepali Dewan, ROM Curators: Arlene Gehmacher, ROM Curators: Wen-chien Cheng, Louise Hawley Temerty Endowed Chair, Vertebrate Palaeontology Invertebrates of South Asian Art & Culture Dan Mishra Curator of South Asian Art & Culture Heather Read (Rebanks Postdoctoral Fellow) Stone Chair of East Asian Art and Yanwen Jiang, and Victoria Arbour (NSERC Postdoctoral Fellow) Royal Exhibitions Circle: Gail & Bob Farquharson, J.S. Lee Memorial Fellow, 2017–18 The exhibition was organized by The Metropolitan Lead Exhibition Partner: Dan Mishra Guest Curators: Bryce Kanbara, Presenting Sponsor: Sinking Ship Entertainment Chris & Kasia Jamroz, Robert E. Pierce & Family, Museum of Art with the cooperation of Succession Media Partners: CTV, Toronto Star Katherine Yamashita Exhibit Patron: E. Rhodes and Leona B. Carpenter Royal Exhibitions Circle: Gail & Bob Farquharson, Stephen Smith & Diane Blake, James & Louise Raghubir Singh. Exhibit Patron: Sigmund Samuel Gallery Foundation Chris & Kasia Jamroz, Robert E. Pierce & Family, Temerty, Richard Wernham & Julia West, Government Partner: Ontario Cultural Jeff Willner & Family, Anonymous Attractions Fund of Canada Fund Royal Exhibitions Circle: Gail & Bob Farquharson, Stephen Smith & Diane Blake, James & Louise Chris & Kasia Jamroz, Robert E. Pierce & Family, Temerty, Richard Wernham & Julia West, Royal Exhibitions Circle: Gail & Bob Farquharson, Wildlife Photographer of the Year was developed and Royal Exhibitions Circle: Gail & Bob Farquharson, Stephen Smith & Diane Blake, James & Louise Jeff Willner & Family, Anonymous Chris & Kasia Jamroz, Robert E. Pierce & Family, Chris & Kasia Jamroz, Robert E. Pierce & Family, produced by the Natural History Museum, London. Stephen Smith & Diane Blake, James & Louise Temerty, Richard Wernham & Julia West, Stephen Smith & Diane Blake, James & Louise Jeff Willner & Family, Anonymous Temerty, Richard Wernham & Julia West, Temerty, Richard Wernham & Julia West, Jeff Willner & Family, Anonymous Jeff Willner & Family, Anonymous The exhibition was organized by the Museum of Fine Research for the exhibition was conducted with support Arts, Houston with the collaboration of the Mehrangarh from the Landscapes of Injustice project and the Museum Trust, Jodhpur, India. Japanese Canadian Cultural Centre (Toronto). 16 royal ontario museum year in review 2018–2019 17
#MeToo Spiders: Iris van Herpen: Transforming Here We Are Here: Christian Dior VIKINGS: The Exhibition & the Arts Fear & Fascination Fashion & Philip Beesley: Black Canadian Museums today struggle with a course Transforming Space Contemporary Art Celebrating the House of Christian Seen by close to 208,000 visitors, of action when artists represented in This exhibition featured over Dior’s 70th anniversary, this exhibition VIKINGS: The Exhibition offered a fresh new perspective on the Viking their galleries are accused of sexual 200 live and preserved spider This installation of two complementary What is the Black Canadian presence revealed how and why Christian Age. Coming from the Swedish History harassment, or when artworks in their specimens, including some of the exhibitions explored the endless and history in our country? This Dior’s iconic lines, luxury textiles, Museum, it featured hundreds of collections are viewed as problematic. world’s deadliest. Interactive and possibilities of interweaving art, exhibition explored this question and exquisite embroideries changed objects (many rarely seen outside Prompted by the ROM’s presentation AR experiences allowed visitors to nature, design, and technology. through the multidisciplinary works of western fashion and culture. Drawn of Scandinavia), interactives, and of Modernism on the Ganges: Raghubir become better acquainted with Iris van Herpen: Transforming Fashion nine contemporary Canadian artists. from the ROM’s permanent collection immersive experiences that provided Singh Photographs and an allegation hunting, burrowing, and weaving presented work by this avant-garde It also examined complexities of art, and augmented with loans of an extraordinary window into the of sexual misconduct made against arachnids. The ROM added specimens Dutch designer whose provocative race, and national historical identity, accessories, Christian Dior featured lifestyle, religion, and daily lives of the deceased artist, #MeToo & the Arts native to Canada and created content collections fuse style with science. and challenged audiences to think more than 100 objects, including 38 these legendary explorers, artisans, encouraged a larger conversation that explored the cultural impact Philip Beesley: Transforming Space about preconceived notions of Black designs from daytime and evening and crafts people. A section on about how museums and the public of spiders. A spider-silk cape and showcased a “living” sculpture that culture and what constitutes Blackness wear to grand occasions. Surpassing the Viking footprint in Canada was engage with art within the context display of Spider-Man comics revealed breathed, undulated, and shifted in in Canada. attendance targets with 127,908 incorporated in the ROM installation, of the #MeToo and Time’s Up the influence of spiders on human response to visitors' movements. The visitors, this ROM original exhibition’s adding to its popularity with Canadian movements. creativity and imagination. large-scale, immersive installation popularity was testament to Christian visitors. merged chemistry, AI, and soundscapes Dior’s appeal and allure to the into a visually stunning environment. present day.
Thorsell Spirit House, Level 1, Garfield Weston Exhibition Hall, Level B2, Roloff Beny Gallery & Patricia Harris Gallery Centre Block, Level 3 Patricia Harris Gallery of Textiles & Costume, Garfield Weston Exhibition Hall Michael Lee-Chin Crystal Michael Lee-Chin Crystal of Textiles & Costume, Level 4, January 27–April 22, 2018 Level 4 Michael Lee-Chin Crystal, Level B2 July 21–October 21, 2018 June 16, 2018–January 6, 2019 Michael Lee-Chin Crystal ROM Co-Curator: Dr. Silvia Forni November 25, 2017–April 8, 2018 November 4, 2017–April 2, 2018 June 2–October 8, 2018 ROM Curator: Deepali Dewan, Dan Mishra Curator ROM Curator: Doug Currie, Vice President, Guest Co-Curators: Dominique Fontaine and Curator: Dr. Alexandra Palmer ROM Curator: Dr. Craig Cipolla of South Asian Art & Culture Natural History and Senior Curator, Entomology ROM Curator: Alexandra Palmer, Nora E. Vaughan Dr. Julie Crooks Presenting Sponsor: Holt Renfrew Presenting Sponsor: Raymond James Ltd. Fashion Costume Senior Curator Media Partners: Toronto Star, CTV Presenting Sponsor: TD Bank Exhibit Patron: ROM Friends of Textiles & Costume Supporting Sponsor: Volvo Royal Exhibitions Circle: Gail & Bob Farquharson, Royal Exhibitions Circle: Gail & Bob Farquharson, Exhibit Patron: Hal Jackman Foundation and Burnham Brett Endowment Fund Royal Exhibitions Circle: Gail and Bob Chris & Kasia Jamroz, Robert E. Pierce & Family, Chris & Kasia Jamroz, Robert E. Pierce & Family, Stephen Smith & Diane Blake, James & Louise Royal Exhibitions Circle: Gail & Bob Royal Exhibitions Circle: Gail & Bob Farquharson, Farquharson, James and Louise Temerty, Richard Stephen Smith & Diane Blake, James & Louise Robert E. Pierce & Family, James & Louise Temerty, Wernham and Julia West Temerty, Richard Wernham & Julia West, Temerty, Richard Wernham & Julia West, Jeff Farquharson, Robert E. Pierce & Family, James & Willner & Family, Anonymous Louise Temerty, Richard Wernham & Julia West, Richard Wernham & Julia West Jeff Willner & Family, Anonymous The exhibition was a joint venture between and Jeff Willner & Family, Anonymous produced by The Swedish History Museum in Sweden Iris van Herpen: Transforming Fashion was co-organized The exhibition was developed by the Australian Museum and MuseumsPartner in Austria. and toured by Flying Fish. by the High Museum of Art, Atlanta and the Groninger Museum, the Netherlands. The exhibition was curated by Sarah Schleuning of the High Museum of Art, and Mark Wilson and Sue-an van der Zijpp of the Groninger Museum. Philip Beesley: Transforming Space was created by Philip Beesley and the Living Architecture Systems Group. 18 royal ontario museum year in review 2018–2019 19
Travelling Exhibitions
Here We Are Here: Black Canadian Contemporary Art
This multidisciplinary ROM-original exhibition studies Black Canadian presence in Canada through the work of eight contemporary artists. It appeared at the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts (May 12–September 16, 2018), then went on view at the Art Gallery of Nova Scotia (June 1–October 27, 2019).
Christian Dior The Evidence Room Designing Asian Design Toy Soldiers Following its tremendous success at the ROM, the Museum’s The Evidence Room examined the Opening in stages where prototypes In 1991, during his tenure as Lieutenant Christian Dior exhibition embarked on an international tour. Governor of Ontario, the Honourable chilling role architecture played were used to gather input from visitors, It appeared at Calgary’s Glenbow Museum (February 3–June in constructing the Auschwitz this experimental exhibition presented Henry N. R. Jackman donated his historic collection of 5,000 toy soldiers 2, 2019), where it was the most attended exhibition in the concentration camp. It featured a Asian art in unusual and provocative to the ROM. This new installation Glenbow’s recent history, followed by the China National Silk reconstruction of key objects central ways. Presented over two years, it presents 2,500 pieces from his set. Museum (September 20, 2019–January 5, 2020), and it will to the work of Dr. Robert Jan van drew connections between traditional As playthings of the past, toy soldiers next be seen at Montreal’s McCord Museum (summer 2020). Pelt, whose careful analysis of the and contemporary art and design allowed children to gain awareness architecture of Auschwitz established from Asia and allowed ROM visitors of people and places around the in a landmark court case that it was to appreciate the ROM’s East Asian world, while also reinforcing messages purposefully designed as a death collections in a new way. of nationhood during the period between the two world wars. camp. Organized by the University of Waterloo School of Architecture, The Evidence Room was created for the 15th International Architecture Exhibition of the 2016 Venice Biennale.
International Partnerships: Trade Mission to China
Josh Basseches, ROM Director & CEO, and Chen Shen, European Special Exhibitions Gallery, Herman Herzog Levy Gallery, Level 1 Outside of the East Entrance to CIBC Discovery Vice President, Art & Culture, joined The Honourable Samuel European Galleries, Level 3 October 14, 2017–September 30, 2019 Gallery, Level 2 Mélanie Joly, then Minister of Canadian Heritage, on a June 25, 2017–September 3, 2018 Opened January 1, 2019 Curator: Chen Shen trade mission to China in April 2018. It was Canada’s first Guest Curators: Anne Bordeleau, Donald McKay, Robert Jan van Pelt creative industries trade mission. Consequently, the ROM Lead Patrons: Rob & Penny Richards, The Gerald signed two important partnerships: a collaboration with Schwartz & Heather Reisman Foundation the Xuzhou Museum toward exchanges, training, and Supporting Patron: Larry & Judy Tanenbaum Family gallery development; and an agreement with the China Exhibition Patron: The Jay and Barbara Hennick National Silk Museum for exchanges in exhibitions, Family Foundation collections, research, and publications. Pieces from the Egyptian collection were on view at Xuzhou Museum in June 2019 and the ROM’s Christian Dior exhibition Chinese National Silm Museum opened at the China National Silk Museum in fall 2019. 20 royal ontario museum year in review 2018–2019 21
Venom extraction. Spiders: Fear & Fascination 22 royal ontario museum year in review 2018–2019 23
Iris van Herpen, Voltage, Look 04
Gods in My Home: Chinese New Year with Ancestor Portraits and Deity Prints 24 royal ontario museum year in review 2018–2019 25
Treasures of a Desert Kingdom: The Royal Arts of Jodhpur, India 26 royal ontario museum year in review 2018–2019 27
ROM Objects on Loan Locally and Globally
The strength of the ROM’s collection is respected and recognized on a global scale. Standing at the intersection of art, culture, and nature, the Museum is a resource to institutions and scholars worldwide and, as such, objects from the collections are requested as loans by prestigious museums across Canada and the globe.
Getty Museum Block Museum of Art Los Angeles, CA, United States Evanston, IL, United States A sculpture from the Egyptian Nine Egyptian textiles from the collection believed to represent textile collection were on loan for the Cleopatra VII was on loan for the exhibition Caravans of Gold, Fragments exhibition Egypt-Greece-Rome: The in Time: Art, Culture and Exchange Classical World in Context. The ROM Across Medieval Saharan Africa. was among a list of top international lenders including The British Museum, Vatican City, Musée du Louvre, and the National Gallery of Canada Metropolitan Museum of Art. Ottawa, ON, Canada Fourteen silver drawings and one painting from the Canadian collection Metropolitan Museum of Art were on loan to the National Gallery New York City, NY, United States of Canada for the exhibition Laurent The Aldobrandini Tazza with a figure Amiot: Canadian Master Silversmith. of the Roman Emperor Otho from the European collection was on loan for the exhibition The Silver Caesars: A Renaissance Mystery. It then Additional loans across Canada travelled to the Waddesdon Manor, included ROM objects travelling Buckinghamshire. to the Korean Cultural Centre in Ottawa, Museum Pointe-à-Callière, The “Grand habit” or court robe the MacKenzie Art Gallery, the with train, said to belong to Marie- Aga Khan Museum, the Gardiner Antoinette of France, and petticoat Museum, the Ryerson Imaging Centre, attributed to the dressmaker Marie- and the Toronto Reference Library. Jean “Rose” Bertin (1714–1813) from the textile collection were on loan for the exhibition Visitors to Versailles, 1682–1789. 28 royal ontario museum year in review 2018–2019 29
Expanding the Collections
With the generous support of the Louise Hawley Stone Charitable Trust, the ROM acquired significant art and culture objects that continue to enhance the Museum’s collections.
Interior Revisited by Norman Takeuchi 2012–2017, acrylic on canvas, 121.9 cm x 182.9 cm, framed Takeuchi’s art examines identity through the lens of experience of the internment of Japanese Canadian citizens in the 1940s. This acquisition diversifies the Canadian collection and speaks to relevant cyclical and contemporary topics. It addresses issues of dual identities. 30 royal ontario museum year in review 2018–2019 31
War Exploit Robe
“Prosthor” (Stone) Cloudscape War Exploit Robe by Ajit Kumar Das, 2015 by Xiaojing Yan (Jeffrey Robe): Das is recognized as one of the finest Twenty-four pieces of paper and natural reed, produced between 2009–2011, Animal Hide Wearing Robe artists of the contemporary chintz various dimensions. 213 cm x 173 cm, painted c. 1870 by a Crow man, tradition. The largest and most and bearing a pictographic record of war exploits. In 2018, Chinese Canadian artist Decorated with a beadwork strip and triangular complex work in his Stone series, this Xiaojing Yan installed Cloudscape as emblem. hand-painted cotton tableaux with a loan in the ROM’s Designing Asian During the 19th century, war exploits natural dyes explores esoteric themes Design exhibition. It is constructed were the most important subject in a modern vocabulary. It will be from reed and paper forms that float of pictorial painting among the featured in the upcoming exhibition and soar through space, referring to Indigenous peoples of the Great The Cloth that Changed the World and traditional Chinese landscape painting, Plains. This robe significantly bridges its accompanying publication. where natural forms are reinterpreted two key phases of Crow art and bears through the lens of culture. witness to the transition that occurred
Prosthor by Ajit Das around 1870 when reservation life began for the Crow people. 32 royal ontario museum year in review 2018–2019 33
Fayum Mummy Portrait
Suite of 26 gem apatites Christian Dior Haute Couture Fayum Mummy Portrait 341 carats (total weight); Worldwide localities Two-Piece Evening Dress of a Woman Encaustic technique on wood, from the Fayum Apatite refers to a group of phosphate region of Roman Egypt, c. second century. minerals found in many areas of the This silk velvet and silk faille dinner Found in cemeteries in the Fayum world. It is one of the few minerals dress called “Duchesse” is in the and other parts of Egypt, what are that forms in bio-microsystems (for “Ciseaux” line from the Milieu du siècle collectively known as Fayum mummy example, in our bones and teeth) collection, Autumn-Winter 1949- portraits represent some of the earliest and is distributed in all rock types. 1950, Paris, France, and fills a gap in known, best-preserved, and most Large, well-formed, and transparent the ROM’s 1947-1957 Christian Dior finely painted portraits in the history of crystals are very rare, making this collection. art, and they are an unmatched source suite of apatites unique. And, in the of information on ancient traditions. long ROM tradition of acquiring This acquisition received support from geographically significant gemstones, the Mona Campbell Endowment Fund. the importance of the known locality in these gemstones will be key to understanding formation and for
Suite of apatite gems geo-fingerprinting. 34 royal ontario museum year in review 2018–2019 35
Meteorite NWA 11119
“Bob’s Clan” Sea scorpion (eurypterid) fossils Meteorite NWA 11119 by Zohra Opoku, 2017 Middle Silurian period of Ontario (~443 million Formed approximately 4.5 billion years ago; Screen print on cotton, thread, wool, years old); Guelph and Bertie Formations 14 grams 139 cm x 186 cm. This work is from the seminal series Eurypterids are large predatory marine Meteorites originate from asteroids, Unravelled Threads by Zohra Opoku, arthropods that represent iconic our moon and from at least one planet, an internationally renowned Ghanaian fossils from the Silurian period. The Mars. They allow us to understand the
“Bob’s Clan” by Zohra Opoku artist. The rising star has a growing two eurypterid specimens are the best formation of the solar system and all number of international exhibitions specimens of the species currently the rocky bodies it contains as well and presence in important institutional known anywhere. The approximately as giving us insights into the possible collections. 22-inch-long specimen from the origins of organisms. Studying them Ridgemount Quarry (Acutiramus allows us to place our planet and the cumingsii) is by far the best-preserved life it holds into a wider context, i.e. specimen from the Bertie Formation the formation of this system of planets of Ontario. This complete specimen we call home. The NWA 11119 is one showcases extraordinary preservation of the most important meteorites yet of eyes, including preservation discovered. It challenges what we of lenses, which also makes this have believed about the geological acquisition particularly scientifically processes which formed asteroids and significant. planets in the early solar system. 36 royal ontario museum year in review 2018–2019 37
Leading-Edge Research
The Museum’s reputation as a leader in research and groundbreaking scholarship continues to grow. With each year, the ROM is strengthening its curatorial capacity and enhancing access to and stewardship of its collections. This has been demonstrated through key additions to the Museum’s collections in Natural History and Art & Culture, new publications of findings, curators presenting at conferences worldwide, and global fieldwork research.
Justin Jennings and team in Arequipa, Peru 38 royal ontario museum year in review 2018–2019 39
Field Research
The strength of the ROM’s research is respected and recognized on an international scale. In 2018–2019, the Museum’s curatorial staff travelled across six continents to conduct field studies in art, culture, and nature.
8 5 14 Sarah Fee diversity in the area. This will form Pacific Northwest National Laboratory 14 5 11 a reference database for future in Richland, Washington, to apply 1 Senior Curator of Fashion & Textiles 2 comparison and help track ecosystem analytical tools to Martian meteorites 12 Port Louis, Mauritius | June 2018 changes. to resolve the presence, abundance, The National Archives of Mauritius and composition of extraterrestrial is considered the most important water, ground-truthing the potential 13 6 & 12 Ecuador | November 2018 and March 2019 repository of archival material related for life on other planets. to Madagascar. The Natural History Lim participated in a biodiversity 4 Museum in Mauritius has never been monitoring survey at Yasuni National 7 Perth, Australia | August 2018 10 10 explored for Madagascar-related Park in Ecuador. Bats, rodents, and 3 material, although it promises to opossums were collected to document Travelling to the only geoscience atom hold some of the earliest objects. the diversity of rare and evasive small probe in the world, Tait collected 10 9 Fee’s research supports upcoming mammals. The data will be used to data on baddeleyite (zircon oxides) to 6 publications on the precocious and compare species diversity and relative look at the chemical composition and radical dress reforms of Radama. abundance over time, and will be geological age of a sample in a eucrite 14 incorporated into broader studies meteorite from the ROM’s collection. on the biodiversity, evolution, and biogeography of South America. Burton Lim Portsmouth, United Kingdom | August 2018 Assistant Curator, Mammalogy Tait, White, and Kizovski traveled to Guyana, Peru, and Ecuador | June 2018 the University of Portsmouth to use Lim conducted fieldwork in Guyana Justin Jennings the Variable Pressure Zeiss Scanning for an annual biodiversity monitoring Curator, New World Archaeology Electron Microscope with an Electron project in the rainforest ecosystem at Arequipa, Peru | July 2018 Backscatter Diffraction detector to 1/ 5/ 8/ 11/ Iwokrama Forest, establishing baseline The purpose of Jenning’s research was study Martian meteorites from the jean-bernard caron david evans krzysztof grzymski jean-marc moncalvo data related to potential climate to survey ancient trails associated with ROM’s collection. Canada USA Poland Canada change in tropical environments. The the broader transportation network Canada team captured 317 bats representing connected to the archaeological site at 2/ 9/ 12/ 33 species, and will compare data to Quilcapampa, where the ROM recently Craig Cipolla craig cipolla 6/ justin jennings alexandra palmer previous numbers. Lim also conducted completed excavations. The work Associate Curator, North American Archaeology USA sarah fee Peru Greece a bat-species survey in Grenada in benefited previous research and was Uncasville, Connecticut, USA | August 2018 Mauritius India February. supported by Peru’s Ministry of Culture Cipolla led an ongoing archaeological 3/ India 10/ in its efforts to qualify a nearby site for santiago claramunt burton lim 13/ UNESCO World Heritage status. field school on the Mohegan Ontario, Canada | June 2018 Reservation archaeological sites Peru 7/ Guyana fahmida suleman Staff from the ROM participated in that are central to his research, while silvia forni Peru Oman the Ontario BioBlitz at Claremont teaching Indigenous students the 4/ Ghana Ecuador Nature Centre. Lim, along with ROM Kimberly Tait basics of archaeological method chris darling 14/ Mammalogy technician Jacqueline Teck Endowed Chair of Mineralogy and theory. The workshop was Trinidad and Tobago kimberly tait Miller, captured 52 small mammals Richland, Washington, USA | July 2018 collaborative and brought together USA representing six species, and recorded Tait, Postdoctoral Fellow Lee White, students and staff of diverse Australia the echolocation calls of bats. They and Ph.D. student Tanya Kizovski backgrounds to collect archaeological UK prepared a representative collection traveled to the Environmental data on colonial history in the region. of 14 specimens to document their Molecular Sciences Laboratory at the year in review 2018–2019 41
Children playing around Serge Attukwei Clottey’s Top left: Printing alum in Dhamadka, India. Top right: tk Bottom left: Silvia Forni in Labadi, Ghana. Bottom right: Dr. Jean-Bernard Caron (centre), his PhD installation, Labadi, Ghana, August 2018 student Joseph Moysiuk (right), and private fossil collector Wayne Davey (left) exploring fossiliferous Silurian outcrops at the Ridgemount Quarry near Fort Erie, Ontario 42 royal ontario museum year in review 2018–2019 43
Silvia Forni Jean-Marc Moncalvo Sarah Fee and Senior Curator, African Arts and Cultures Senior Curator of Mycology Alexandra Palmer New Discoveries Accra, Ghana | August 2018 Greater Toronto Area, Canada | summer 2018 Gujarat, Rajasthan, and New Delhi, India, For five years, Forni has explored Moncalvo undertook fieldwork in December 2018 contemporary creativity, focusing forested areas of the Greater Toronto Fee and Palmer undertook this trip for The Annual ROM Research on Asafo arts and the art scenes of Area (GTA) throughout the summer, forthcoming ROM exhibition The Cloth Colloquium provides an Ghana’s centres. This trip expanded observing mushrooms’ seasonality and that Changed the World. Along with opportunity for ROM researchers and deepened the research questions ecology, and collecting specimens of textiles professor Eiluned Edwards, to share updates on their work and Fee interviewed and collected works developed in investigating the role of interest for ongoing research activities. projects with ROM colleagues and the artist as social commentator. Forni from cotton printers reviving natural members of the public. The 2019 explored the function of art as catalyst dyes and older patterns as well as Colloquium featured 21 speakers for socially engaged and political contemporary designers using block- from the ROM’s Natural History conversations in spaces removed from Jean-Bernard Caron printed cloth. They also worked with market strictures. Richard M. Ivey Curator filmmaker Indraneel Lahiri to capture and Art & Culture departments, of Invertebrate Palaeontology as well as postdoctoral fellows. Ridgemount Quarry and Fort Erie, Ontario, Canada master craftsmen making chintz. October 2018 Topics ranged from the origins of chintz in India to research in Caron, Maryam Akrami, and Ph.D. Santiago Claramunt the ROM’s Library and Archives, student Joseph Moysiuk visited Associate Curator, Ornithology Chris Darling Ontario’s historic fur trade, blue Peru | summer 2018 Ontario’s Ridgemount Quarry and a Senior Curator of Entomology whale genomes, and new fossil Claramunt traveled to Peru to collect private fossil collector near Fort Erie on Trinidad and Tobago | March 2019 October 26, 2018, resulting in the ROM discoveries in Marble Canyon. specimens for his research on avian Darling and ROM Entomology receiving the donation of a collection flight performance and dispersal. Technician Brad Hubley conducted of Silurian-age invertebrate fossils. Over three years he has collected 142 fieldwork to collect specimens for Some will be displayed in the ROM’s Following the specimens of 55 species. In Uruguay an ongoing taxonomic revision of future Willner Madge Gallery, he collected specimens of ovenbirds the parasitic wasp of the Perilampus Colloquium Dawn of Life. for his research on the systematics and platigaster species group, and to was the Annual evolution of the species. He surveyed, enhance the entomology research Vaughan photographed, and sampled birds, collection. A new family of gall-forming Lecture, in taking approximately 500 photos of Krzysztof Grzymski wasps was added to the ROM’s which birds and habitats. Senior Curator, Egypt & Nubia collection. Craig Cipolla Warsaw and Poznan, Poland | October 2018 (Curator The goal of Grzymski’s trip was to of North American Archaeology) presented David Evans research and study material from Fahmida Suleman his recent research in New England James and Louise Temerty Endowed the Letti Basin Project carried out in Curator of Islamic Art & Culture and the Great Lakes, addressing Chair of Vertebrate Palaeontology collaboration with colleagues from Muscat and Salalah, Oman | March 2019 ROM partner institutions including the archaeology’s role in contemporary Hell Creek, Montana, USA and Southern Alberta, Suleman conducted research at the Canada | summer 2018 Polish Academy of Sciences and the society. The Vaughan Lecture British Museum and the National Evans led ROM vertebrate Poznan Archaeological Museum. Fund was established in 1994 with Museum of the Sultanate of Oman, paleontologists on two fieldwork a generous gift from the Estate of focusing on the unique tradition of projects. First was the start of a Nora E. Vaughan to continue the female silversmithing in southern five-year project around Hell Creek, ROM’s tradition of a staff member Alexandra Palmer Oman. She, along with colleagues, Montana, to learn more about dinosaur sharing their latest research with Nora E. Vaughan Fashion Costume Senior Curator recorded field interviews and extinction and grow the ROM’s and Chair of the Veronika Gervers Research documented stories about the work the public. collection. A Triceratops skull and Fellowship in Textiles & Costume and the current situation in Oman. several microvertebrate sites were Athens, Greece | November 2018 found. The team continued searching Palmer interviewed family and associated for fossils with the Southern Alberta colleagues of American artist and Dinosaur Project, excavating a rare philosopher Raymond Duncan as part alligator skeleton. of an ongoing project to research archives and record oral histories related to Duncan’s life in Greece.
Student recording a nineteenth-century site at the Mohegan archaeological field school year in review 2018–2019 45
Top left: Hudson Strait kayak equipped for hunting. Top right: Satyr Tragopans are normally found in the Himalayas, but the band on the leg indicates this bird came from a Skull room pheasant breeder closer to home. Bottom left: A collection of old and new silver necklaces, bracelets and head ornaments with coral beads and gilded decoration collected and made by Tuful Ramadan, one of the last practising female silversmiths of Dhofar, southern Oman. Bottom right: Student on a field course in Peru identifying a bat 46 royal ontario museum year in review 2018–2019 47
ROM Scholarship in Print
The ROM produces a wide range of publications related to the Museum, its collections, exhibitions, and scholarly research. Focusing on the intersecting worlds of art, culture, and nature, the ROM creates publications that share knowledge, inspire learning on timely and relevant topics, and encourage a greater understanding of the world around us. The Louise Hawley Stone Charitable Trust generously supports the Museum’s renowned publishing program.
winner Art, Honor, of the and Ridicule: r.l. shep Fante Asafo Flags ethnic textiles from Southern Ghana book award By Silvia Forni and Doran H. Ross
This landmark publication was awarded the R. L. Shep Ethnic Textiles Book Award in 2017 for making outstanding scholarly contributions to a rich tradition of textile creativity in Africa, known mainly for its iconographic imagery linked to oral knowledge and its bold design executed in vivid colors. Based on decades of research, this work identifies and recognizes the individual artists and workshops who design and make the flags, the sensibilities and long history that inform their making and innovations to the present day, as well as the flags’ deep cultural meanings East Asian Library, ROM for wider communities. 48 royal ontario museum year in review 2018–2019 49
ROM Publications 2018-2019 External Publications by ROM Curators
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Date: Feb 08, 2019 Filename_ Version# ROM180362_WPY_ROMmag_FP_fnlREV Client: ROM Artist: kim PUB: ROM magazine Acct. Mgr: susan|risa Issue date: Due date: 559 College Street, Suite 401 Ad size: full page CMYK COLORS 4/0 Toronto, ON M6G 1A9 Trim: 9"W x 10.875"H 416-323-3282 Bleed: +.125" all edges Christian Dior: History and Gods in My Home: Zuul: Relevance and Application Powerful PlacesLive|safe: -.5" all edges File Built at: 100% (1:1) ROM magazine Modernity, 1947–1957 Chinese Ancestor Portraits Life of an Armoured Dinosaur of Heritage in Contemporary in the Ancient Andes The ROM publishes three magazines Alexandra Palmer (October 2018) and Popular Prints Victoria Arbour and David Evans (December 2018) Society Justin Jennings and Edward Swenson, eds. per year. Each issue features an Arguably the most famous fashion Wen-chien Cheng and Yanwen Jiang Palaeontologists Arbour and Evans Pei-Lin Yu, Chen Shen, and George S. Smith, eds. University of New Mexico Press (November 2018) engaging, in-depth look into the (January 2019) designer of the 20th century, take readers from Montana’s Routledge (July 2018) Andean peoples recognize Museum’s exhibitions, research, and Christian Dior’s feminine fashions Gods in My Home examines the Havre Badlands—and the discovery In the contemporary world, places in terms of the power collections. Highlighting world-leading were desired, worn, and emulated previously unexplored connection of a new dinosaur species—to the unprecedented global events are they emanate and the identities scholarship, new initiatives, and recent by women around the world. This between ancestral paintings and dinosaur’s new home at the ROM. challenging our ability to protect and they materialize and reproduce. acquisitions, ROM magazine brings publication explores how Dior’s traditional popular prints in the context Christened Zuul crurivastator after the enhance cultural heritage for future This book argues that a careful to life some of the Museum’s most dramatic creations—the cuts, textiles of Chinese Lunar New Year. It studies iconic monster from Ghostbusters, this generations. This book examines consideration of Andean conceptions exciting and fascinating stories. and embroideries—stimulated the the artworks through the lens of their ankyloaur had a gnarly head, bony innovative and flexible approaches to of powerful places is critical not only entire Paris haute couture industry unique status as images used for spikes, and a deadly, sledgehammer- cultural-heritage protection. to understanding Andean political after the devastation of the Second domestic worship of popular gods like tail. The authors share the latest and religious history but to rethinking World War. Christian Dior weds and ancestors in households during research on this dinosaur and how Zuul sociological theories on landscapes extensive research with close the late imperial and early Republic adapted to survive in the twilight years more generally. The contributors examination of designs, making it an periods. This book is the first to of the Age of Dinosaurs. evaluate ethnographic and essential read for those interested in provide insights into how these images ethnohistoric analogies against the fashion, art, culture, and history. reflect a view of the domestic, material, material record to illuminate the ways and spiritual life of Chinese society. landscapes were experienced and politicized over the last 3,000 years. 50 royal ontario museum year in review 2018–2019 51
Community Connections
The ROM seeks to be a place of connection for our diverse community. To achieve this goal, the Museum establishes and supports collaborative relationships with particular groups and organizations. A majority of these partners represent communities that historically have experienced barriers to, or have had difficulty in connecting with, the Museum. Through these collaborations the Museum is creating opportunties for communities to engage with the ROM on their own terms in ways that create authentic and meaningful connections. 52 royal ontario museum royal ontario museum 53
experiences featured hands-on tickets to visit the Museum. As well, engagement with Museum objects persons with a valid adult Toronto Enabling Welcoming and conversations with participants Public Library card may borrow a about the objects as well as how Museum + Arts Pass (MAP) to the ROM Access New Audiences these artifacts resonate with them at 50 library branches across Toronto. personally. The Institute for Canadian The ROM is committed to providing The ROM Community Access The ROM also delivered two 10-week Citizenship’s Canoo program provides inclusive museum experiences for all Network (ROMCAN) is the Museum’s sessions of ROM Trailblazers in four new Canadian citizens (18+) with free our visitors. Access to our collections commitment to removing barriers St. Alban’s Boys and Girls Club locations admission to the ROM during their and information resources is one of our to access by working alongside in neighbourhood-improvement areas first year of citizenship. Meanwhile, primary and defining responsibilities. community partner organizations. In across the city. Over 165 children aged full-time students attending college 2018, ROMCAN celebrated its 10th six to 12 engaged in this afterschool or university in Canada receive free anniversary and enabled 71,051 free program that featured activities such general admission every Tuesday. visits for individuals who otherwise as creating slime to learn about non- Attendants supporting persons with Online Descriptive would not be able to access the Newtonian fluids and exploring the disabilities receive free admission Audio Tours museum. The program expanded from dinosaur food chain through fossils and to the ROM to the level of admission Select exhibitions feature descriptive 78 to 112 partners within the fiscal year casts of their teeth. purchased by the person they are audio tours that enhance the and added a 10th community of focus: The ROM offers free general supporting. Persons with disabilities traditional audio tour experience with persons with lived experiences of admission to Indigenous peoples, may request an attendant ticket or descriptions of highlighted objects. mental health and/or addictions. including First Nations, Inuit and present an Access 2 Entertainment These tours may be streamed from Throughout the year, the Museum Métis. Indigenous visitors may avail of card at the admissions desk to avail of a personal device or downloaded hosted eight ROM In My Backyard this offer at the admissions desk. this policy. in advance of a visit. (RIMBY) community events, bringing Non-profit organizations serving ROMCAN and its programs are generously supported Promoting Health Museum experiences to ROMCAN ROMCAN communities may apply by The Bennet Family Foundation, The Cheng Family, Peter Gilgan Foundation, Patrick and Barbara Keenan partners in their own spaces. These for a one-time donation of ROMCAN Foundation, and The MacMillan Family Foundation. Sensory-Friendly Guide and Well-being for Visitors Prepared in collaboration with Research throughout the world is demonstrating the positive impact cultural Autism Ontario, the ROM has institutions can have on the health and well-being of people and their prepared an online guide with tips communities. The ROM continues to act as a leader, and innovator, in the and sensory notes for visitors. development of programs that contribute to well-being.
American Sign Language Social Prescription Program Tours for Visitors with Dementia (ASL) Interpreted Events The ROM Social Prescription pilot The ROM works with the Alzheimer program launched in December 2018. Society of Toronto to provide tours The ROM offers ASL interpretation This initiative will allow healthcare, for visitors experiencing dementia for lectures and tours upon request, social service, and community service and for their companions. These tours and offers ASL-interpreted Museum professionals affiliated with ROMCAN use facilitated discussions to foster Highlights Tours to the public. partners to prescribe clients a visit socialization, mental alertness, and to the ROM as a way to improve their experiences of reminisce. mental health and overall well-being. Five-thousand ROM Social Prescription passes were made available to 53 ROMCAN partners for the program’s pilot year. 54 royal ontario museum year in review 2018–2019 55
ROM Youth Cabinet Creating Launched with the support and guidance of the ROM Indigenous Advisory Circle, the ROM Youth Space for Cabinet sees a group of Indigenous and non-Indigenous youth aged 16 New Voices to 21 create engaging and relevant online and onsite experiences for their peers. Meanwhile, the Uncover/ Recover project, developed with OCAD University’s Indigenous Visual Culture program, enabled students to access curatorial collections and create multimedia experiences that reinterpret people’s understandings of and relationships with ancestral objects.
Hack the ROM The ROM’s Indigenous digital learning program Hack the ROM engages Indigenous students from grades four through 10 and their peers throughout Northern and Southern Ontario. The five-month program builds students’ digital literacy skills to design and develop video games and digital media inspired by the Indigenous ancestral objects in the ROM’s collection. Classes engage with ROM staff and resources multiple times via onsite visits (Greater Toronto Area classes) or online visits (Northern and rural southern Ontario classes). Hack the ROM connects to multiple strands of the Ontario curriculum and global competencies, and responds to the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada: Calls to Action. Generously supported by The Slaight Family Foundation. 56 royal ontario museum year in review 2018–2019 57
ROM Trailblazers at the St. Alban’s Boys and Girls Club 58 royal ontario museum year in review 2018–2019 59
Access to First Peoples Art and Culture
In April 2018 the ROM’s Daphne Cockwell Gallery dedicated to First Peoples art & culture opened free of charge to the public. The move is part of the Museum’s broader effort to foster greater appreciation of the Indigenous collections stewarded by the ROM, and to support the recommendations of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada: Calls to Action report. It is also another step aimed at increasing public access to the Museum. Indigenous Knowledge Resource Teachers from the ROM Learning Department are in the Gallery every Tuesday to Friday engaging visitors with their knowledge and perspectives on the ancestral objects. This is one of several integrated Indigenous education initiatives that centre First Nations, Métis, and Inuit peoples, past and present, through object and inquiry- based learning that is participatory, impactful, and innovative. 60 royal ontario museum year in review 2018–2019 61
Programming That Inspires
From stimulating discussions with thought leaders to exciting, activity-based experiences, the ROM’s selection of programming gives visitors a chance to experience the Museum and its exhibitions in a new light, delivering compelling content for key attendance periods and throughout the year. 62 royal ontario museum year in review 2018–2019 63
ROM Speaks Lectures Friday Night Live ROM Daytime + ROM Connects ROM Speaks presents engaging and Launched in 2012, Friday Night Live ROM Daytime features daytime thought-provoking topics all year (FNL) has become a unique Toronto lectures by ROM experts who share long, featuring compelling voices social destination. Each week, groundbreaking research and advances addressing various fascinating subjects. thousands of millennials take over the in art, culture, and nature. They are The past year saw 6,000 attendees for Museum to enjoy curated, cutting-edge free with Museum admission. ROM ROM Speaks events, which included ROM content, eclectic eats, drinks, top Connects offers exciting lectures and receptions and exclusive access to DJs, live bands, and the opportunity to captivating documentaries at no cost, special exhibitions. explore ROM galleries. making ROM content available to all. ROM Speaks attracted sell-out crowds The seventh full year of FNL saw Highlights included the talks Christian Dior: Fashion in Publications, to discussions related to exhibitions 21 events hosted, attracting more Real Fake: The Story of a Zapotec Urn, including Spiders: Fear & Fascination, than 53,000 visitors. The spring The Royal Arts of Jodhpur: From Palace Wildlife Photographer of the Year, and season ended with “Arachnophile,” to Toronto, Zuul: Life of an Armoured Dinosaur. celebrating the launch of the and the 2018 Veronika A Revolution Guest speakers included Spider-Man blockbuster exhibition Spiders: Fear Gervers Memorial Lecture in the Bedroom: How Indian Dyed comics writer Chip Zdarsky and & Fascination. Other notable themes Cottons Transformed Europe’s Interiors illustrator Adam Kubert, who traced included “Superheroes,” “DinoNite,” in the 17th and 18th Centuries. the history of the character in popular “Love,” “Holi,” “Colour ROM Proud,” culture; acclaimed National Geographic “Fashionology,” “The 6ix,” and photojournalist Brian Skerry; and “Indigenous Now.” palaeontologists Tom Holtz and Supporting Sponsor: Asahi Super Dry Victoria Arbour. 64 royal ontario museum year in review 2018–2019 65
ROM for the Holidays March Break ROM U For 12 days over the holidays, the This year’s March Break activities, ROM U, the Museum’s one-day ROM proved to be a perfect seasonal attended by 70,700 visitors, brought workshops led by ROM experts gathering place for family and friends, the worlds of art, culture, and nature to and offering fascinating lectures, welcoming more than 89,000 visitors. life with contributions from the natural hands-on activities, gallery tours, and Special exhibitions and related history and art & culture curatorial lunch, exceeded expectations. Due programming included Spiders: teams. The Field Camp ROM activity to overwhelming demand, multiple Fear & Fascination, Zuul: Life of an hub shared the techniques, tools, sessions were added for the Fossil Armoured Dinosaur, and Wildlife joys, and challenges of life in the field Prep Workshop, The Rise and Fall of Photographer of the Year. Visitors were across disciplines, while the Museum the Roman Empire: Why Does it Matter able to enjoy interactive dance, Secrets station brought behind-the- Today?, All Under Heaven: Imperial live animals with Toronto shelter scenes museum experiences to ROM China in the Ming and Qing Dynasties, Hands on Exotics, and sensational visitors, and Museum staff read their and The Viking Age Revisited. spider craft-making sessions. favourite stories during ROM Storytime. Interactive experiences for all ages were provided by ROM Travelling Exhibitions and partnerships with the Family Day Long Weekend Department of Museum Volunteers, During the Family Day long weekend ROM Friends groups, and Parks Canada. (February 16–18, 2019), 18,313 visitors came to the ROM to celebrate the Chinese Lunar New Year. The Museum was buzzing with activities and live performances to ring in the Year of the Pig. Programming included Chinese artists Peng Yang and Yanwen Jiang, Chinese arts and crafts, lion dances, and tea tasting. Families also had the opportunity to visit the exhibition Gods in My Home: Chinese New Year with Ancestor Portraits and Deity Prints.
ANNUAL EVA HOLTBY LECTURE ON CONTEMPORARY CULTURE: JESSE WENTE This lecture brings powerful voices to the ROM to discuss provocative and engaging contemporary ideas. In November 2018, broadcaster and cultural critic Jesse Wente (Ojibwe from Toronto, member of the Serpent River First Nation), Director of Canada’s Indigenous Screen Office, prognosticated about the relationship between Canada and Indigenous peoples circa 2067. The Annual Eva Holtby Lecture on Contemporary Culture is generously supported by the Holtby and Schury families. 66 royal ontario museum year in review 2018–2019 67
Learning at the ROM
The ROM is one of Ontario’s largest cross-curricular educators. Learning at the ROM encompasses educational experiences onsite, online, and through community outreach. The breadth and scale of learning inspired by the ROM’s research and collections include School Visits, Travelling Programs, and the Hands-on Galleries. 68 royal ontario museum year in review 2018–2019 69
ROMKids ROMKids programs attracted more than 32,000 attendees. Thirty-five instructors, 50 counselors, and 200 volunteers contributed to Summer Club, Holiday Camp, March Break Camp, Saturday Club (generously supported by the Philip and Berthe Morton Foundation), and ROMKids Junior. More than 50% of Summer Club staff were campers as kids, continuing a ROM cycle. Over 10 weeks, 23 instructors and 52 counselors ran 134 groups, making it the largest-ever Summer Club. Campers from the ROM Revealed group learned how exhibitions are planned, then had the opportunity to research and showcase their own exhibition.
Travelling Education Programs The ROM achieved its provincial mandate through its Travelling Education Programs, this year engaging 194,603 students across the province and the country. Offerings include EduKits—portable cases containing original and reproduced objects with a teacher’s guide and student School Visits Hands-On Galleries Indigenous Learning Programs activity booklets linked to the Ontario curriculum. Travelling Planetariums School buses full of eager students The Patrick and Barbara Keenan Family Indigenous education has been a are inflatable domes that provide an arrive daily at the ROM. This year, Gallery of Hands-on Biodiversity strategic priority of the Learning immersive experience through a digital 100,536 Ontario students and teachers and CIBC Discovery Gallery are the Department for over five years with projection of the galaxy and beyond. were encouraged to inquire and think Museum’s most visited galleries. They the development and delivery of EduKits engaged 68,394 students, critically about the world around them highlight collections from all Museum relevant educational programming while Planetariums engaged 11,867 through guided tours, hands-on labs, departments to explore understanding that responds directly to the Truth people in schools, libraries, museums, maker activities, and online resources of art, culture, and nature. Over 200 and Reconciliation Commission’s Calls and community centres across the linked to the Ontario curriculum. volunteers and learning staff engaged to Action. During this time, several province. Through its Travelling Ensuring the ROM is accessible with 270,594 and 198,359 visitors integrated Indigenous education Exhibitions, the ROM shares its to students from marginalized at the respective galleries through initiatives have been implemented collections and research across Ontario communities, the School Visits Bursary multisensory, hands-on experiences with the guidance of the Indigenous and with audiences in British Columbia, Program provided free or discounted with authentic objects, specimens, and Advisory Circle, which includes an Quebec, and Nova Scotia, this year experiential learning opportunities led live animals. elder, knowledge carriers, educators, reaching 114,342 people. by ROM educators to 26,400 students. artists, and youth representing a variety of nations and education stakeholders. The Travelling Planetariums are generously supported This program is generously supported by Ada Slaight, by the Burt Family Foundation. the Bennett Family Foundation, Dan Mishra, Canada Life, KPMG, Linamar Corporation, Mandarin Charitable Foundation, Nordstrom, and the Weinberg Family Foundation. 70 royal ontario museum year in review 2018–2019 71
Members and Volunteers
Members Volunteers The ROM hit a record of 38,467 The Department of Museum themes to places in Toronto and Member households and more than Volunteers (DMV) offers a wide range the greater GTA; coordinates group 127,000 individual Members in 2018– of services that support the ROM. The tours for ROM members to global 19. Members enjoyed an unparalleled volunteers engage visitors and assist destinations focusing on culture and slate of exhibitions and unlimited in planning their visits. They provide natural history; organizes historical access to galleries, special previews, guided tours and offer an interpretive and architectural tours encompassing and exclusive member programming. and interactive experience with unique aspects of Toronto’s Members participated in over 75 objects in Museum galleries. In 2018– neighborhoods; and enriches the exclusive Member Experience Tours 19, the DMV’s 539 active volunteers visitor experience with educational ranging from ROM Ghost Stories provided 40,000 hours of service to and cultural programs as well as to the Evolution of Adornment, the ROM and its visitors, including fundraising in support of the ROM’s Clothing & Fashion as well as 13 2,964 tours in English and French. acquisitions and research. exchange weekends with local cultural The DMV supports the Museum by In addition to the DMV, the ROM institutions. In addition to Canada reaching out to various communities was supported by 758 volunteers in and the United States, the ROM such as hospitals, Ronald McDonald the Hands-On galleries and other boasts Members from 46 countries, House, retirement homes and departments across the Museum. including Argentina, Australia, Belize, community centres to promote The volunteers contributed their Guatemala, and Turkey. The ROM has the ROM’s collections and special time, abilities, and enthusiasm, 866 Member households that have exhibitions with museum-themed helping curatorial, donor relations, been Members for 30 years or more. activities and crafts for a hands-on membership, and programming experience. The department also efforts for more than 67,615 hours. helps raise funds for the Museum by In total, 1,297 volunteers gave developing day trips with historic, 107,615 hours to the ROM. architectural, cultural, or museum 72 royal ontario museum year in review 2018–2019 73
Digital Readiness
The ROM’s Digital Strategy encompasses three high- level goals: ensuring digital readiness; empowering access, experience, and engagement; and evaluation and iteration.
Increased eMuseum Online Collections Upgrades Engagement Key initiatives include the completion The ROM’s robust online community of a unified collections management is anchored by its website (rom.on.ca), system (using Gallery Systems’ TMS which experienced almost four Collections) that will serve as the million sessions and more than authoritative source for information on $2.6 million in online ticket sales. the ROM’s collection of over 13 million Nearly 50 percent of users visited the objects and specimens. website to plan an in-person visit. Also in the works is the implementation Visits to eMuseum, the ROM’s online of a new digital asset management collection portal (collections.rom.on.ca/ system that will similarly organize collections/14320/emuseum-home), and consolidate the Museum’s digital grew to over 41,000 sessions, with content—including images, audio, and almost 814,000 page views—a 180 video—in a single system of record. percent increase over last year. High- quality, user-friendly digital images and Meanwhile, collections digitization and content related to more than 36,000 online publication continues. Since objects are currently online, where December 2017, a digitization project visitors spend on average more than team has photographed more than 5.5 minutes exploring the expanding 7,800 objects. As of May 2019, more online collection of art, culture, and than 36,000 objects with images have natural history objects. been published to eMuseum. 74 royal ontario museum year in review 2018–2019 75
Philanthropy
ROM Governors Established in 1992, the office of the ROM Governors is responsible for all philanthropic activities in support of the Museum’s priorities. It serves and supports the ROM’s diverse community, cultivating long-term relationships of value to both the Museum and its many gracious donors. The independent board of the ROM Governors leads the wide range of philanthropic activities that support our programs, research, collections, galleries, and exhibitions. 76 royal ontario museum year in review 2018–2019 77
A Red-Carpet Affair More than 500 guests attended the ROM Ball, one of Ontario’s preeminent cultural charity galas, on March 6, 2019. This spectacular biennial fundraising affair featured a stunning cocktail reception followed by dinner in the majestic Samuel Hall Currelly Gallery, live performances, and an exclusive preview of Treasures of a Desert Kingdom: The Royal Arts of Jodhpur, India with Lead Exhibition Patron Dan Mishra. The ROM was honoured to host government officials including His Excellency Vikas Swarup, High Commissioner of India to Canada; the Honourable Michael A. Tibollo, Minister of Tourism, Culture, and Sport; The Honourable Senator Dr. Asha Seth; The Honourable Senator Ratna Omidvar; His Excellency Dinesh Bhatia, Consul General PRESENTING SPONSOR of India in Toronto; and guests of honour His Highness Maharaja Gaj Singh II of Marwar- Jodhpur and his daughter Baijilal Shivranjani Rajye of Marwar-Jodhpur. ROM Ball supporters collectively and generously raised $536K net. All proceeds MEDIA SPONSORS ROM Ball Committee from this incredible evening of culture DAN MISHRA and glamour support the Museum’s (HONORARY CHAIR) highest priorities, which include building DEEPAK AND NEERA CHOPRA and sharing global collections, creating & VICTOR AND MAUREEN DODIG knowledge, inspiring learning, encouraging (CO-CHAIRS) OFFICIAL AIRLINE SPONSOR gathering, and sparking exchange within ISABEL ALVES-VETTORETTO the intersecting worlds of art, culture, STEPHEN BOWMAN and nature. MARY ANNE BUESCHKENS
SUPPORTING GIFT SPONSOR JENNIFER IVEY BANNOCK JAYSHREE KHIMASIA VIKRAM KHURANA PATRICIA OLASKER IN-KIND PARTNERS ANJLI PATEL JENNIFER SMUSCHKOWITZ ROBIN TURACK MONICA VIRMANI 78 royal ontario museum year in review 2018–2019 79
Supporters Fully Fund A Night to Celebrate Philanthropy Willner Madge Gallery, Dawn of Life A signature annual event, the ROM The ROM family celebrated the final leadership Celebration Dinner on May 15, 2019, gift to establish the Willner Madge Gallery, celebrated philanthropy at the Museum. Dawn of Life on November 14, 2018. A This special evening honoured our many landmark $5 million commitment from supporters and volunteers who enable philanthropists Jeff Willner and Stacey Madge extraordinary exhibitions, research, will create a new palaeontology gallery acquisitions, learning, accessibility, and dedicated to life before dinosaurs. The new public programming. 10,000-square-foot permanent gallery will The ROM was delighted to welcome explore the beginnings of life on Earth nearly the Honourable Elizabeth Dowdeswell, 4 billion years ago to the dawn of dinosaurs Lieutenant Governor of Ontario; the and mammals 200 million years ago. Honourable Michael A. Tibollo, Minister “I’m very pleased to join other leadership of Tourism, Culture, and Sport; and the donors and the ROM in telling the story Honourable Peter Bethlenfalvy, President of life on Earth through this exciting new of the Treasury Board of Ontario. They gallery—the first of its kind in North America,” delivered powerful speeches about the said Willner. “This is a story for all people, ROM’s relevance and impact in Toronto told from a uniquely Canadian perspective, and beyond. which will help us understand not only our past, but also the world we’ll live in Robert E. Pierce and Danuta Buczynski tomorrow.” were each presented the Lieutenant Governor’s Distinguished Service Award— The ROM is grateful to all supporters of The Willner Madge Gallery, Dawn of the highest honour bestowed on a ROM this project, which has garnered community Life has received generous support from volunteer. Canada Life and Teck Resources funding from over 100 donors, with gifts additional leadership donors including were honoured with the Distinguished ranging from $10 to $5 million. “This new Richard M. Ivey & Family, The Salamander Corporation Award, and the Donor of Merit gallery will invite the public to become Foundation, Elinor Gill Ratcliffe, Award was presented to The Salamander time travellers and discover where we all The Dorothy Strelsin Foundation, The Foundation and to Jeff Willner and Stacey come from,” said Dr. Jean-Bernard Caron, Louise Hawley Stone Charitable Trust, and Madge, recognizing their remarkable Richard M. Ivey Curator of Invertebrate Albert and Barbara Milstein & The Polk support of the Willner Madge Gallery, Palaeontology, who will oversee gallery Family Funds. The ROM also gratefully Dawn of Life. development. “Every part of the Earth’s acknowledges its vital 40-year partnership story—our shared history—is written in the with Parks Canada and the support of the rocks of Canada, a legacy we can now share Madeleine A. Fritz Palaeontology Funds. with curious kids and future generations.”
“Every part of the Earth’s story—our shared history—is written in the rocks of Canada, a legacy we can now share with curious kids and future generations.” —Dr. Jean Bernard Caron
The Honourable Elizabeth Dowdeswell 80 royal ontario museum year in review 2018–2019 81
ROM Leadership
HONORARY PATRONS ROM EXECUTIVE LEADERSHIP Governor General of Canada Liz Mitchell Her Excellency the Right Honourable July 1, 2015 - June 30, 2021 Josh Basseches, Julie Payette, C.C., C.M.M., C.O.M., Kevin Morris Director & CEO C.Q., C.D. August 28, 2013 - August 27, 2019 Jennifer Wild Czajkowski, Nita Reed Deputy Director, Engagement Lieutenant Governor of Ontario July 1, 2013 - June 30, 2019 Mark Engstrom, The Honourable Elizabeth Dowdeswell, Ray Sharma Deputy Director, O.C., O. Ont. April 24, 2013 - October 25, 2019 Collections & Research Jaclyn Seidman Sandy Bourne, February 14, 2019 - February 13, 2022 Chief Marketing & Communications BOARD OF TRUSTEES Maydianne Andrade, Officer University of Toronto Brian McCrady, April 1, 2018 To March 31, 2019 President’s Representative Chief Facilities Officer, Martha Durdin, Chair Capital Development & Facilities February 1, 2013 - September 13, 2019 Shyam Oberoi, Tim Wilson, Vice-Chair Ex-Officio Chief Digital Officer August 12, 2015 - August 11, 2018 Dan Sibley, Josh Basseches Neera Chopra Chief Human Resources Officer Meric Gertler, C.M. June 28, 2017 - June 27, 2020 Doug Currie, Francis Chou Claire Kennedy Vice President, Natural History April 16, 2014 - May 30, 2020 Lory Drusian, David De Abreu Vice President, September 8, 2015 - September 7, 2018 Exhibition Development Raquel De Medeiros & Project Management December 31, 2018 - December 30, 2021 Connie MacDonald, Rita Shelton Deverell, C.M. Vice President, Programs, Events & January 11, 2017 - January 10, 2020 Commercial Services Alicia Dubois Chen Shen, April 26, 2017 - April 25, 2020 Vice President, Art & Culture Kevin Gaudet Dave Tymchuk, January 17, 2019 - January 16, 2022 Vice President, Finance Deanna Horton Sascha Priewe, February 2, 2017 - February 1, 2020 Associate Vice President, Strategic Initiatives & Partnerships Maureen Jensen August 17, 2017 - August 16, 2020 Anne Lindsey July 1, 2014 - June 30, 2020 Ian Madell April 26, 2017 - April 25, 2020 82 royal ontario museum year in review 2018–2019 83
HONORARY ROM BOARD ROM HONORARY ROM GOVERNORS ROM BOARD TRUSTEES OF GOVERNORS GOVERNORS SENIOR LEADERSHIP OF GOVERNORS COMMITTEES April 1, 2018 to March 31, 2019 Won J. Kim Atul Tiwari Robert E. Pierce, The ROM Honorary Susan Horvath, Marguerite Low Ella (Yeti) Agnew Bronwyn Krog Sara Vered Chairman Governors are a dedicated President & CEO Finance & Investment Kent Mitchell group of volunteers with Mohammad Al Zaibak Stanley P. Kwan Frederic Waks Tye W. Burt, Marilyn Brown, Committee Nita Reed Vice Chair extensive records of service Vice President, Elyse Allan Sandra D. Lawrence Harriet Walker Robert E. Pierce, Richard Wernham, and support of the Museum. Philanthropy Maurice F. Anderson Michael A. Levine Richard S. Wernham Co-Chair Vice Chair They continue to advance Judith John, Salvatore (Sal) M. Badali Elsie Lo Reginald Wheeler the objectives of the Royal V. Prem Watsa, RPC Committee Shreyas Ajmera Vice President, Ontario Museum, acting Lawrence S. Bloomberg Susanne Loewen Carol Wilding Engagement & Marketing Co-Chair Mike Mallinos, Isabel Alves-Vettoretto as important advocates Gerald E. Boyce Stephens B. Lowden Tim Wilson Kirsten Kamper, Josh Basseches Chair Daniel N. Argiros and ambassadors for the Marian Bradshaw• Leila J. MacKenzie David J. Winfield Vice President, (Ex-Officio) Jenn Collins John Bianchini Museum’s mission and (Served 1991–2018) Bahadur Madhani Judith Wolfson Operations & Campaign Sarah Bull Mark Crowther Stephen Bowman programs. Sally Brenzel Douglas Maracle Michael E. Detlefsen Jennifer Longhurst • deceased Bonnie Brooks, C.M. Josephine M. Breyfogle Mme. A. Martin W. Robert Farquharson Koel Loyer Mary Anne Bueschkens (Past Chair) Martin Brodigan Brenda J. McCutcheon Salvatore (Sal) M. Badali, Lindsay Maskell Michael Detlefsen Chairman William A. Harris Bonnie Brooks, C.M. William L. McDonald Diane Scott Victor Dodig Susanne Loewen, Susan Horvath Donald R. Brown, Q.C. Elizabeth McLuhan Chris Twigge-Molecey W. Robert Farquharson Vice-Chair Geof Marshall Danuta Buczynski John McNeill Brenda McCutcheon, Ann Cameron Linda Hasenfratz Michael E. Nairne Alan C. Middleton Vice-Chair Jennifer Ivey Bannock Martha Tredgett Linda A. Camp Barbara Milstein RPC Ambassadors Janet Carding Christopher W. Jamroz David Mirvish Rudolph (Rudy) Bratty Anne-Marie H. Applin Allen B. Clarke Robert A. Keilty Dixie Anne Montgomery Jack Cockwell, C.M. Governance Teresa Briggs Jack Cockwell Julie A. Lassonde Maureen Myers Fredrik S. Eaton, O.C., O. Ont. & Nominating Danuta Buczynski Susan E. Crocker Joseph Lebovic C.M Fernand Ouellet Robert Gillespie Committee Neera Chopra James E. Cruise Michael Lee-Chin Hari Panday Patricia Harris Tara Christie The Hon. William G. Davis, Dan Mishra Cathy Spoel, Jack Petch Gwen Harvey Marisa Gambin P.C., C.C., Q.C. Ellen J. Moore Chair Prof. Marilyn L. Pilkington Martha J. Hogarth Bronwyn Krog David De Abreu Patricia L. Olasker Salvatore (Sal) M. Badali John F. Prato Richard M. Ivey, C.C., Q.C. Karim Ladak Ann Dumyn John Ruffolo Josh Basseches Edison J. Quick Hon. Henry N.R Jackman (Ex-Officio) Jasmine Lin Hon. Nicole Eaton Francis Shen Joan R. Randall Thomas Kierans, O.C. John Bianchini Marguerite Low Gordon Eberts Stephen Smith Jean M. Read Donald R. Lindsay Tye W. Burt Eleanor Mintz Andrew Faas Cathy Spoel Wendy Rebanks Elsie Lo W. Robert Farquharson Deanne Orr Lloyd S. Fogler, Q.C. Joseph (Joey) Flavia C. Redelmeier Stephens B. Lowden Linda Hasenfratz Jean M. Read Robert T. Gillespie M. Tanenbaum, C.M. Grant L. Reuber• James C. Temerty, C.M. Frank Milligan Susan Horvath Sameera Sivji Ron Graham (Served 1999–2018) V. Prem Watsa, C.M. Dixie Anne Montgomery Patricia L. Olasker Sharolyn Mathieu Vettese Hamlin Grange John A. Rhind R. Browning Watt, Q.C. Frank Potter Robert E. Pierce Harriet Walker H. Donald Guthrie, Q.C. Julie Rekai Rickerd Jeff Willner Joan Randall Diana White Paul Haggis Mary-O Rohmer Alfred G. Wirth Jean M. Read Scott Whittington Eve Hampson Elaine Roper (until June 2018) Wendy Rebanks Currelly Legacy Patricia Harris Dr. Colin F. Saldanha Society Executive Flavia Redelmeier YPC Committee Martha J. Hogarth Thomas H. Savage John A. Rhind Committee Evelyn Huang Warren S. Seyffert Michael Lockhart, Ex-Officio Donald M. Ross, O.C. Jean M. Read, Rodger E. Inglis Keith Spence Chair Salvatore (Sal) M. Badali Harriet Walker Chair Richard M. Ivey, C.C., Q.C. Adriana Morrison, Barbara Stymiest Philip Y. T. Cheong Josh Basseches Lynton (Red) R. Wilson, O.C. Vice-Chair Chris Jamroz Joseph (Joey) M. Martha Durdin Alfred G. Wirth Neil Cochrane Peter S. Janson Tanenbaum, C.M. Claude Tambu, Trudy Kraker Past Chair Christine M. Karcza William Thorsell Bronwyn Krog Edmund Chien Thomas E. Kierans 84 royal ontario museum
Liz English ROM Classic Lori Goldberg Golf Committee Dimitri Mastoras Nita Reed Melanie Paradis Sunny Dhillion Carolyn Slon Peter Suma Roy Tanaka John Van Schepen Meredith Taylor
YPC Ambassadors Elizabeth Cameron Edison Chai Kathleen Dogantzis Andrew Ellis Christina Ferris Charlene Gethons Gloria Kapuku Andrea McLoughlin Anna Murray Nacera Lawrence Sarah Salomon Curtis Yim
ROM Ball Committee Dan Mishra, Honorary Chair Deepak and Neera Chopra, Co-Chairs Victor and Maureen Dodig, Co-Chairs Isabel Alves-Vettoretto Stephen Bowman Mary Anne Bueschkens Jennifer Ivey Bannock Jayshree Khimasia Vikram Khurana Patricia L. Olasker Anjli Patel Jennifer Smuschkowitz Robin Turack Monica Virmani 86 royal ontario museum year in review 2018–2019 87
MAJOR GIFTS Established in 1992, the office of the The ROM thanks and acknowledges Our ROM Governors is responsible for the generous supporters who have all philanthropic activities in support graciously committed $25,000 or more of the Museum’s priorities. It serves to the Museum’s highest priorities. and supports the ROM’s diverse community, cultivating long-term Supporters relationships of value to both the PRINCIPAL GIFTS Museum and its many gracious donors. ($5,000,000 and above) The independent board of the ROM Governors leads the wide range of Jeff Willner & Family philanthropic activities that support LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR’S DISTINGUISHED our programs, research, collections, SERVICE AWARD galleries, and exhibitions. LEADERSHIP GIFTS ($1,000,000 to $4,999,999) Renamed in 2014 after the Honorary Patron of the Royal Ontario Museum, the Lieutenant Governor’s Distinguished Service Award is the highest The Salamander Foundation honour the Museum can bestow on a volunteer. This award is reserved for Louise Hawley Stone Charitable Trust those deserving individuals who have generously provided extraordinary and meritorious service to the ROM. MAJOR GIFTS 2019 Recipients ($100,000 to $499,999) Danuta Buczynski Barrick Gold Corporation Robert E. Pierce W. Robert Farquharson & Family Robert E. Pierce & Family Previous Recipients The Toronto Star 2018 Jean M. Read 2017 Dixie Anne Montgomery 2017 Joey and Toby Tanenbaum SPECIAL GIFTS ($25,000 to $99,999) 2016 W. Robert Farquharson 2016 Martha J. Hogarth The Bennett Family Foundation 2015 Salvatore (Sal) M. Badali Susan and Hans Brenninkmeyer 2015 Jennifer Ivey Bannock E. Rhodes and Leona B. Carpenter 2015 Harriet Walker Foundation 2013 Kenneth W. Harrigan Peter Gilgan Foundation 2013 Flavia C. Redelmeier Robert A. Keilty 2012 Jack Cockwell Alan and Patricia Koval Foundation 2012 Frank Potter Anne Y. Lindsey 2010 James and Louise Temerty ROM Department of Museum Volunteers 2009 James and Brenda McCutcheon The Dorothy Strelsin Foundation 2008 Jack McOuat Kathleen and Bill Troost 2006 Patricia Harris 2005 Joan Fitzpatrick The ROM is grateful to the Government of Ontario and the Government of 2005 Joan Randall Canada for their generous support of 2005 Joan Thompson the Museum’s priorities. 2002 ROM Department of Museum Volunteers 2002 Elizabeth Samuel 2001 Mona Campbell 2001 Hon. Edwin A. Goodman 88 royal ontario museum
LIEUTENANT PLATINUM LEVEL GOVERNOR’S ($5,000,000 and above) CIRCLE Shreyas and Mina Ajmera Ford Motor Company of Mrs. Ada Slaight and The In honour of the Royal Estate of Mona Campbell Canada, Limited Slaight Family Foundation Ontario Museum’s long Jack Cockwell and Lynda George and Helen Gardiner Susan M. Tanenbaum tradition of philanthropic Hamilton The Globe and Mail TD Bank Group support, the Museum is Thor and Nicole Eaton William and Patricia Harris Toronto Star proud to acknowledge the following donors whose Dr. David Gregory Hatch T.T. Tsui generous cumulative Michael Lee-Chin & Family Ian Ihnatowycz and Marta Vale lifetime commitments have Estate of Herman Herzog Witer / Ukrainian Estate of Nora E. Vaughan had a significant impact on Levy Canadian Community Richard Wernham and the Museum’s continued Dan Mishra Jennifer Ivey Bannock Julia West growth and success. Ernest and Elizabeth Samuel Ivey Foundation Red and Brenda Wilson (Includes financial and the Samuel Family Richard M. Ivey and the contributions and gifts-to- Alfred G. Wirth Foundation late Beryl Ivey the-collections received Yamana Gold Inc. since the establishment of Schad Family Christopher and Kasia Jamroz Anonymous (4) the ROM Governors in 1992) Louise Hawley Stone Patrick and Barbara Keenan Charitable Trust & Family Joey and Toby Tanenbaum Linamar Corporation and SILVER LEVEL Teck Resources Limited Hasenfratz and Newton ($500,000 to $999,999) James and Louise Temerty Families Dr. John Ayerst The W. Garfield Weston Loblaw Companies Limited Estate of May A. Ball in Foundation Nancy and Jon Love memory of Charles Manulife The Hon. Hilary M. Weston Murray Ball and Mr. W. Galen Weston Judy and Wilmot Matthews Bell Canada Jeff Willner & Family G. Wallace F. McCain and Jeanne Timmins Costello Margaret Norrie McCain Trust The R. Samuel McLaughlin Susan Crocker and John Foundation GOLD LEVEL Hunkin ($1,000,000 to $4,999,999) Peter and Melanie Munk Estate of Helen A. Dales Sir Christopher Ondaatje, Barrick Gold Corporation De Beers O.C., CBE Bennett Family Foundation Fredrik S. Eaton Bernard and Sylvia Ostry Roloff Beny Foundation GE Canada Robert E. Pierce & Family Bishop White Committee Christopher Gregory Power Corporation of BMO Financial Group Canada George Weston Limited and Rudolph P. Bratty & Family Weston Foods (Canada) Mrs. Elinor Ratcliffe Brookfield Asset Limited RBC Management Inc. Mrs. Norah L. Harris Wendy and Leslie Rebanks The Raymond Chang The Robert H.N. Ho Family Foundation Ernest and Flavia Foundation Redelmeier CIBC Philip N. Holtby Nita and Donald Reed John and Merrilyn Driscoll HSBC Bank Canada ROM Department of The Eaton Foundation Imperial Museum Volunteers Eberts Family The Hon. Henry N.R. ROM Reproductions Shop Estate of Robert Hatfield Jackman The Salamander Foundation Ellsworth Thomas Kierans and Samuel, Son & Co., Limited W. Robert Farquharson Mary Janigan & Family Helga and Mike Schmidt Korea Foundation Scotiabank A.G. Leventis Foundation 90 royal ontario museum year in review 2018–2019 91
Estate of Dorothy Muriel Keith Barron Estate of Lucile R. Davies, Richard and Gwen Harvey Estate of Suzanne E. Leggett Bernard M. Rasch Teradata Canada ULC Matson Estate of Dr. Evelyn Bateman in memory of Raymond Hauser Industries Inc. Donald R. Lindsay Rosemary Rathgeb Richard Iorweth Thorman Estate of Helen McCrimmon William R. and Shirley Beatty and Lucile Davies The Herrmann Family Anne Y. Lindsey Raymond James Ltd. William Thorsell Brenda and James Foundation Glenn Davis Higgins & Burke Tea Myrna Lo Jean M. Read and the late Toronto Life McCutcheon Robert and Brenda Beckett The De Gasperis Family Robert E. Hindley Wah Chee and Elsie Lo Morris Appleby John and Elizabeth Tory The Catherine and Maxwell Ann Walker Bell Dr. Jon S. Dellandrea C.M. Richard and Martha Hogarth Linda and Steve Lowden John and Elizabeth Rhind Toshiba of Canada Limited Meighen Foundation J.P. Bickell Foundation Delta Air Lines Alexandra and Julia Holgate Luminato Festival Assuntino and Angelina Toyota Canada Inc. Menzies Family Ricciuto Estate of Mary C. Bieniewski Michael Detlefsen and Holt Renfrew Estate of Mrs. Renee Lyons TransCanada Corporation Mr. & Mrs. Albert Milstein Louise Le Beau Rob and Penny Richards Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP Christopher and Markus The MacMillan Family Dr. Maureen Trudeau Nienkämper Furniture Fran and Lawrence Primo Di Luca and the Holtby Foundation Estate of Marjory Isabel & Jonathan, Jason Government of Regione Riddell Northland Power Bloomberg Honda Canada Inc. John and Gail & Dr. Sandra Mergler Friuli Venezia Giulia Estate of Norma Ruth Ridley Peroni Nastro Azzurro Stephen Bowman Estate of Dorothy Haines MacNaughton Rita Tsang Estate of Pamela Dixon Portland Holdings Inc. & Elizabeth Koester Hoover Nancy E.A. Main Rio Algom, a member of The George and Mary Doner/MDC Partners the BHP Billiton group of Moira and Alfredo Romano Bonnie Brooks, C.M. Margo and Ernest Howard Mantella Venture Partners Turnbull Foundation Andrew Faas companies Sony Canada Mary Anne Bueschkens Estate of Thomas Howarth Maple Leaf Foods Ukrainian Canadian Glenna and George RioCan Real Estate Foundation of Taras St. Joseph Communications Burt Family Foundation Hudson’s Bay Company Sheila and Bob Masters Fierheller Investment Trust Shevchenko The Dorothy Strelsin Campbell Company of Robert Hudyma and Irving and Esther Matlow Mrs. R. William Finlayson Rogers Communications Inc. Mr. & Mrs. Hiroomi Foundation (Corinne Canada Colleen Walker Estate of Mamie May Lloyd and Gladys Fogler Richard Rooney and Laura Umezawa Nemy, Trustee) Canada-Israel Cultural Estate of Leone McCarthy Tétrault Dinner Prof. Sidney van den Bergh Toronto Star Foundation Wayne and Isabel Fox A. Humphries The McLean Foundation Gretchen and Donald Ross in memory of Mieke van Noah and Rose Torno Canada Life Estate of Madeleine A. Fritz IARTS Textiles of India Fund Estate of Joann and Rodger RSA Insurance den Berg Estate of Vincent Tovell Canadian National Murray Frum and Nancy IBM Canada McClennan Vettoretto Family Sportsmen’s Shows Lockhart Saks Fifth Avenue Estate of Isabel Carey Warne Estate of Frederick P. Ide Jack and Vodrie McOuat Limited Mr. George & Sigmund Samuel Trusts Elizabeth M. Walter The late Dr. Fred Weinberg The John E. Irving Family Marion Megill Trust Canadian Tire Corporation, Mrs. Constance Gale The Schad Foundation The Vulpe-Pelenyi Family & Joy Cherry Weinberg Irving Tissue Limited General Mills Canada Mercedes-Benz Canada Inc. Isac Schenkman The WB Family Foundation Anonymous (2) Rosamond Ivey Canon Canada Inc. Corporation Metro Label Company Ltd. Paula and Rudolph Schury R. Howard Webster Suzanne Ivey Cook & The Lal Family E. Rhodes and Leona B. In memory of Veronika The Gerald Schwartz Foundation BRONZE LEVEL Carpenter Foundation Gervers Jackman Foundation Mexico Tourism Board & Heather Reisman Joseph C.F. Wong ($100,000 to $499,999) Cascades Tissue Group Bob and Irene Gillespie Dr. Sheldon Jafine Estate of John H. Milnes Foundation Estate of Jean Y. Wright Cathay Pacific Airways Ira Gluskin & Maxine Jewett Family Eleanor and Jack Mintz Sears Canada Inc. John Yaremko, Q.C. and AGF Management Limited Limited Granovsky-Gluskin Dr. Robert & Mrs. Ruth Audrey and David Mirvish Alex Shnaider Mary A. Yaremko Air Canada Nancy Chafee H. Stephen and Prudence Josephson Mitsui & Co. (Canada) Ltd. Simona Shnaider Sharon Zuckerman Mohammad and Gooderham Chair-man Mills Corp. Robert and Ruth Keilty Estate of John K. Morton Sinking Ship Entertainment Anonymous (33) Najla Al Zaibak The Hon. Edwin A. The Chisholm Family The Henry White Kinnear The Philip and Berthe Leander V. Skof Elyse and Don Allan Goodman and Mrs. Joan Foundation Chubb Insurance Company Morton Foundation Ancient Echoes • Modern Thompson Stephen Smith & Diane Blake of Canada Kinross Gold Corporation The Muzzo Family Voices South Asia Estate of Marion L. Gordon Sorrell Financial Inc. Estate of Dr. Bernhard Vera and Albert Kircheis Thérèse & Kent Newcomb Programs Fund John and Judith Grant Spafax Canada (Air Canada Cinader Alan and Patricia Koval The O’Hare Family enRoute magazine) Bram and Bluma Appel Embassy of Greece CIT Canada KPMG LLP Padulo Integrated Inc. Maureen and Wayne Squibb Mark and Gail Appel Estate of Mrs. Susan Joan City Bronwyn Krog & Paul Taylor Panasonic Canada Inc. ArcelorMittal Dofasco Greenberg Estate of Henrietta Katherine Ann Cleaver Beatrix Krug Hilda F. Pangman E. Stevenson The Art Shoppe David B. Greenspan Roy G. Cole Kruger Products Limited Mary Jean and Frank Potter Andrew M. Stewart Salvatore M. Badali and H.J. Heinz Company of Labatt Breweries of Canada Kim McInnes Coleman Family Canada LP J.C. Potvin Estate of Donald and Estate of Eustella Langdon Frances Strudley James C. Baillie Colgate-Palmolive Canada Estate of Mrs. Hertha Alan and Delaram Pourvakil Inc. Marilyn and Charles Baillie F.L. Haist Lassonde Industries Inc. of W Studio Carpets Sun Life Financial The Gerard and Earlaine Bank of America Merrill Estate of Miss Elizabeth The Laundy Family PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP Mrs. Jeannie Tanenbaum Collins Foundation Lynch D. Hamilton LCBO Jonas and Lynda Prince Larry & Judy Tanenbaum Michael Barnstijn & Louise Adrian Hartog and Jasmine Estate of Campbell Robert J. Dickinson Pyne Family MacCallum Vujasinovic Hartog Alexander Leckie Joan R. Randall The Tecolote Foundation 92 royal ontario museum year in review 2018–2019 93
EXHIBITION, PROGRAM CORPORATE EVENT SUPPORTERS PROGRAM, AND SPONSORS AND MEMBERS AND SPONSORS EVENT SPONSORS SUPPORTERS AND PARTNERS Principal ROM Classic Golf ($15,000–$24,999) Tournament The ROM thanks and acknowledges the following FRIDAY NIGHT LIVE Bank of America Supporting Sponsor: corporate sponsors, 2018–19 Semple Gooder Roofing foundations, and corporate Corporation members for their generous Supporting Sponsor: Advocate support of a variety of ROM Peroni Nastro Azzurro ($10,000–$14,999) initiatives, including major AIG Eagle Sponsors: exhibitions, special events, education, public programs, SCHOOL VISITS Chubb Insurance Company Blakes and outreach. BURSARIES 2018–19 of Canada CIBC Google Canada Ada Slaight Bennett Family Foundation EXHIBITION Birdie Sponsors: SPONSORS AND Dan Mishra Contributor PARTNERS Canada Life ($2,500–$9,999) Air Canada KPMG ICON Here We Are Here: Black The Boiler Inspection and Research Casting Canadian Contemporary Art Linamar Corporation Insurance Company of International January 27, 2018 to May 21, 2018 Mandarin Charitable Canada Foundation Presenting Sponsor: Bloomberg Nordstrom TD Bank Group CIBC Mellon Exclusive Weinberg Family Exhibit Patron: Ecclesiastical Insurance Foundation Hole Sponsors: Hal Jackman Foundation Equitable Group Inc. Allen McDonald Swartz Fengate Capital BT/A Zuul: Life of an Management Ltd. SATURDAY Chubb Insurance Armoured Dinosaur MORNING CLUB Four Seasons Hotel December 15, 2018 to May 20, 2019 George Weston Limited Nita and Donald Reed Presenting Sponsor: Generously supported by: Genworth Rowntree Custom Millwork Philip and Berthe Morton Sinking Ship Entertainment Raymond James Ltd. Seenergy Foods Ltd Foundation ii by iv Design Shields O’Donnell MacKillop Gods In My Home: Chinese The Henry White Kinnear Sionna Investments New Year with Ancestor Foundation Managers Portraits and Deity Prints KPMB Architects Westbury International January 26, 2019 to January 5, 2020 Segal LLP ROM Trustees Exhibit Patron: E. Rhodes and Leona B. Carpenter Foundation Foursomes: Robin Anthony BTY Group Chair-Man Mills Dalton Investments Engineering Link Incorporated Equitable Group inc. IBM Canada Ltd. Travel Edge 94 royal ontario museum year in review 2018–2019 95
MARANT Construction Luminary Tables: ENDOWMENTS ENDOWED CHAIRS Limited AND SPECIAL & CURATORSHIPS Martha Tredgett Adgar Investments and FUNDS Development Inc. Roloff Beny Photography Jack Freedman Ontario Newport Private Wealth Bishop White Committee Anonymous The ROM is fortunate to Curator of Japanese Art & Endowment Fund Field Archaeology Fund Nita Reed Bennett Jones LLP have the generous support Culture Count Walter Bieniewski Friends of the Canadian Stonegate of many individuals and Cargojet Mona Campbell Chair of Canadiana Fund Collections Fund Peter Suma groups of donors who Decorative Arts Count Walter Bieniewski Friends of Earth and Space Conundrum Capital together have established RSM Canada Canadiana Curatorship European Fund Friends of East Asia Fund Corporation endowments and other TD Securities Inc. Richard M. Ivey Curator of Bishop White Committee Davies Ward Phillips special funds to provide for Friends of East Asia The Butler Did it Invertebrate East Asian Endowment & Vineberg LLP the Museum’s continuing Research and Palaeontology Fund The Gillam Group DBRS activities in support of Conservation Fund Dan Mishra Curatorship of J.A. Howson Brocklebank Tye W. Burt The Effort Trust Company research, acquisitions, Friends of Palaeontology collections care, exhibitions, South Asian Art & Culture Fund Linamar Corporation Friends of South Asia Fund programs, galleries, and Louise Hawley Stone Chair Burnham Brett Endowment Stonegate Private Counsel Friends of Textiles & ROM BALL curatorial positions. The of East Asian Art for Textiles and Costume Costume Fund ROM is grateful for their Teck Endowed Chair of Mona Campbell Madeleine A. Fritz generosity, commitment, Presenting Sponsor: Mineralogy Endowment Fund Invertebrate Patron Tables: and vision in establishing CIBC James & Louise Temerty Canadian Archaeology Palaeontology Fund the following funds to Endowed Chair, Curation Fund Cartier ensure the future success of Madeleine A. Fritz Vertebrate Palaeontology C.A.R.A.K.A. Fund Neera & Deepak Chopra the Museum. Vertebrate Palaeontology Nora E. Vaughan Fashion Floyd S. Chalmers Fund Fund Official Airline Data CM Costume Curatorship Daphne Cockwell Gallery Dr. Max Hans Frohberg Fund Sponsor: Deloitte LLP dedicated to First Peoples Edith Maxine Galbraith Fund Air Canada Robert & Julia Foster/Alice Art & Culture Fund & Edward Kernaghan James S. Gale Fund NAMED Gerard and Earlaine Collins Michael & Libby Gold Veronika Gervers Memorial FELLOWSHIPS Endowment Fund Research Fund Supporting Gift Martin & Joan Goldfarb Jeanne Timmins Costello Wendy and Leslie Rebanks H. Stephen and Prudence Guardian Capital LP Trust Fund Sponsor: Fellowship, Natural Gooderham Endowment Hatch Ltd. Edwin J. Crossman Fund Burgundy Asset Management History Fund HUB International/The Wendy and Leslie Rebanks Vera Dolly Denty Fund Suzanne and Edwin Humberview Group Fellowship, World Department of Museum Goodman Fund Jayshree & Bipin Khimasia Media Sponsors: Cultures Volunteers Acquisitions & Colin Gordon Mammalogy KingSett Capital Research Fund Fund Globe & Mail Vikram & Shalini Khurana Department of Museum Colin Gordon Ornithology Toronto Life MARANT Construction NAMED FUNDS Volunteers Endowment Fund Limited Fund Susan Joan Greenberg Fund Ancient Echoes • Modern McCarthy Tetrault LLP Pamela Dixon Estate Fund Voices South Asia Fred S. Haines Fund PricewaterhouseCoopers The Hon. Charles and In-kind Sponsors: Programs Fund Hatch Managing Director LLP Mrs. Anne Dubin Daniel & Daniel Allan Baker Fund of the Centre for Earth ROM Board of Trustees Endowment Fund and Space Fund ICON Charles Murray Ball Fund Howard & Jennifer R.H. Ellsworth Fund Hatch Post Doctorate Fund Palettera David and Torunn Banks Smuschkowitz Glenna and George for the Centre for Earth Endowment Fund Praash Jewels Sun Life Financial Fierheller Digitization and Space Robert and Leslie Barnett Fund Taj Hotels Torys LLP Hatch University Graduate Endowment Fund J.W.L. Forster National Van Cleef & Arpels Fund for the Centre for Barrick Mining & Earth Portrait Gallery Fund Earth and Space Sciences Education Visionary Tables: Franklin Network Outreach Eva Holtby Endowment Fund Coordinator Fund Project Fund IARTS Textiles of India Fund Anonymous Young Patron Tables: Dr. Evelyn Bateman Fund Gwendolyn Pritchard Fraser Frederick P. Ide Fund Vettoretto Family Anjli Patel & Parambir Keila Roloff Beny Fund Fund Hal Jackman Toy Soldier ROM Young Patrons Circle Display Fund 96 royal ontario museum
Kircheis Family Endowment Elizabeth Rhind Fund for Richard Iorweth Thorman Fund Collections Care Endowment Fund Korean Visitor Guides Fund Frank and Emily Riddell Vaughan Lecture Fund John and Eustella Langdon Memorial Fund The Vettoretto Family Fund Fund Norma Ruth Ridley Vivian Family Endowment Stephen George Leggett Endowment Fund Fund Q.C. and Suzanne Leggett ROM In My Backyard The Vulpe-Pelenyi Family Fund Program Fund Fund A.G. Leventis Foundation ROM Reproductions Elizabeth Walter Gallery of Ancient Cyprus Association Fund Endowment Fund Fund ROMCA Research Fund Dr. Fred Weinberg and Life in Crisis: Schad ROM Staff Professional Joy Cherry Weinberg Gallery of Biodiversity Development Fund Endowment Fund Ongoing Development Leonard and Beatrice Weinberg Family Education and Operations Fund The Salamander Foundation Fund Life in Crisis: Schad Gallery Biodiversity Fund W. Garfield Weston of Biodiversity The Salamander Foundation Foundation Acquisitions Programming Fund Dawn of Life Gallery Fund Life in Crisis: Schad Gallery Enhancements and Wiggins Entomology Trust of Biodiversity Research Technology Fund Fund Fund The Salamander Foundation Kiowa Wind Memorial Thayer Lindsley Geological Dawn of Life Gallery Indigenous Youth Trust Fund Ongoing Maintenance and Internship Fund Earl and Renee Lyons Technology Fund Joseph C.F. Wong Endowed Endowment Fund Sigmund Samuel Canadian Fund for Fashion and MacDonald Collections Acquisitions Fund Design Care Fund Sigmund Samuel Gallery of Hugh Wylie Endowment Nancy E.A. Main Fund Canada Fund Fund Mamie May Collections Jan Shuckard Endowment Yemen Program Fund Care Fund Fund Sam and Ayala Zacks Fund Helen McCrimmon Fund The Slaight Family R. Samuel McLaughlin Foundation Aboriginal Discovery Fund Youth Engagement Fund R. Samuel McLaughlin The Slaight Family Foundation Fund Foundation Indigenous Joann and Rodger Education Fund McLennan Endowment Louise Hawley Stone Fund Charitable Trust Peer- James Menzies Chinese Review Fund Research Fund Louise Hawley Stone N.B. Millet Egypt Nubia Charitable Trust Research Fund Publications Fund Dan Mishra South Asian Louise Hawley Stone Initiative Fund Charitable Trust Strategic Anica Miter Endowed Fund Acquisitions Fund Jack and Estelle Morris Joey and Toby Tanenbaum Endowment Fund Museum Accessibility Fund New World Archaeology Fund Teck Earth Sciences Endowment R.L. Peterson Memorial Fund James & Louise Temerty Joan Walwyn Randall Research Fund, Vertebrate Endowment Fund Palaeontology 98 royal ontario museum year in review 2018–2019 99
ROYAL ROYAL GUARDIAN EXHIBITIONS CIRCLE EXHIBITIONS CIRCLE ($15,000–$24,999) The generous support Nancy Chafee Mr. & Mrs. Avie Bennett ★ John & Carryn Ruffolo Tom Kierans Josh Basseches Susan Crocker and Catherine Fauquier ■ ★ ★ of our Royal Exhibitions Jack L. Cockwell Stephen Bowman Cathy Spoel & Mary Janigan & Amy Perry Basseches John Hunkin Mr. Bryan Feir ▼ ★ ■ ▼ Circle members is vital to Gail & Bob Farquharson & Elizabeth Koester Vettoretto Family Suzanne Labarge William R. and Shirley Patrick & Ramona Cronin William & Mary Felice ▼ the ROM’s development Beatty Foundation ■ Chris & Kasia Jamroz Mary Anne Bueschkens R. Browning Watt Jasmine Lin & I-Cheng In Memory of Bruce Isabelle Fish ■▼ of a robust calendar of Joy Cherry Weinberg ★ Chen ★ Philip Beesley Cudmore ▼ world-class, thought- Robert E. Pierce & Family Lloyd S.D. Fogler, Q.C. ★ Donald Lindsay Julie & Paul Berdusco ▼ Richard and Joanne ★ provoking exhibitions that Stephen Smith John & Judith Grant & Gladys Fogler Cummings ▼ amplify our collections & Diane Blake Richard M. Ivey ★ CHAMPION Tom MacMillan Sari Weinberg-Binder Alexandra Fokine ★ ($7,500–$9,999) and bring international Geofrey Marshall & David Binder Elizabeth A. and Robert & Julia Foster ▼ James and Louise Temerty Dr. Robert & Mrs. Ruth ★ ★ & Brenda Didyk ■ Ellen & Murray Blankstein ★▼ Richard J. Currie, O.C. scholarship and exceptional Richard Wernham Josephson Susan and Steven Horvath Mrs. Shirley Fowley ▼ works of art and natural Hon. Margaret McCain ★▼ Mr. & Mrs. W. R. Blundell★▼ Dr. M. Anne Curtis ▼ & Julia West The Pierre Lassonde Family Bronwyn Krog Celia Fredericks ▼ history specimens to ■ ▼ ▼ Stuart D. Davidson Jeff Willner & Family Foundation & Paul Taylor ★ ▼ Neil & Prudence Morrison The Bocking Family ★▼ the Museum. We are Joy & Barry Gales Eleanor and Francis Shen ▼ Michael E. Nairne John Bonin David & Elaine De Abreu grateful for their inspired Anonymous (1) Jennifer Longhurst Charles & Marisa Gambin ▼ & Joanne Swystun ★ & Cherise Berman Michael & Honor investment enabling the Frederic & Linda Waks Susan Loube Kevin Gaudet and Maki de Pencier ★▼ underwriting and expansion & William Acton ★▼ In memory of Geoffrey William R. Bradley Detert-Gaudet ■ Ogram ★ & Carolyn Bradley-Hall ▼ Yvette Debiasi of the Museum’s exciting ROYAL PATRONS Mike & Maria Mallinos Bernadette Gerol & Family ▼ Dr. Moira E. Phillips Dr. Diane Bridges-Thicke Dr. & Mrs. Alfonso Delvalle ★ exhibition portfolio. CIRCLE GUARANTOR Pollock Family Foundation ▼ ($10,000–$14,999) ▼ Julie F. Gilmour ★ & J. Gordan McMehen and Dr. Brian Thicke George & Kathy Dembroski We are grateful to all of the Esther Sarick Dr. Gerald Gish ★ Morai Logistics Inc Teresa & Gordon Briggs ▼ Amanda Demers generous Royal Patrons Don and Elyse Allan Michael Schatz & Ms. Irene Gish ★ Diane A. Scott ▼ Donald R. Brown, Q.C. ★▼ & Brian Collins ★ Circle (RPC) Members Salvatore M. Badali & Trish Sullivan Linda D. Glover ▼ ★ Mr. & Mrs. G. Wayne Marilyn & Patrick Brown ■ Julie Di Lorenzo for their support. The & Kim McInnes Ira Gluskin & Maxine Squibb ★ ★ & Robert Graham philanthropy of RPC John and Katia Bianchini Eva Brummer Granovsky Gluskin ★ Members supports Mr. & Mrs. W. A. Switzer ★ ■ David Dime & Elisa Nuyten ▼ Bonnie Brooks FELLOW Sarah Bull Mr. Lionel J. Goffart ★▼ ongoing Museum activities ($5,000–$7,499) Martin and Insup Taylor Luisa DiSimone ■ Tye W. Burt Marie Luise Burkhard ★▼ that include educational Ms. Kamala-Jean Gopie ★ Chris & Anne Twigge-Molecey David J. Burnside ▼ James Dobos programs, public programs, N. Chafee Mark & Gail Appel Adam Gordon Jane M. Wilson ★ ★▼ Heather R Douglas exhibitions and curatorial Mark & Roberta Crowther Michael Barnstijn Mr. Paul V. Caetano & Natalie Laporte ▼ ★▼ & Family ■ research. Our patrons’ Mr. Michael Detlefsen & Ms. & Louise MacCallum ★ Robert & Joan Wright Dr. Barbara Caffery ▼ Michelle Gordon ▼ Mr. & Mrs. Peter-Paul generosity enables us to Louise Le Beau ★ Elspeth Bowler Anonymous (3) Kathryn Jane Cameron ★ ▼ ★▼ Allister T. Graham engage diverse audiences, E. Du Vernet Maureen & Victor Dodig Danuta Buczynski Margaret Harriet Ron & Gillian Graham ★▼ providing insight into the ★▼ Alicia Dubois Hal & Kim Gould Irene & Klaus Buechner ▼ Cameron ▼ past, present and future of & Kevin Tuohy ■▼ Yvonne Gregson & Family ★ ADVOCATE Kenneth & Denise Cargill ▼ the world around us. Richard & Gwen Harvey John Esplen & Jenn Collins ($2,000 - $4,999) Colleen Duncan Dr. K. Grzymski in memory Mr. Donald Carswell ▼ Mr. Tom & Mrs. Terry Hilditch The Haynes-Connell & Michael Lloyd ▼ of Iwona Grzymska ★ ■▼ ★ ★ Shreyas Ajmera & Mrs. Elizabeth Carswell ▼ Jennifer Ivey Bannock Foundation Kim Duong & Greg Claire Guiver ■ Brian & Charlotte Carter ■ New RPC Members Dr. Eric & Sara Jackman ■▼ Jennifer Connolly & Ken Michael & Jacqueline Jacobsen ▼ Michael Lee-Chin ▼ ★ RPC Members giving for Hugessen ★ Allison Pulin Chandaria and Family Robert & Ruth Keilty ★ Martha Durdin 10+ consecutive years Anne-Marie H. Applin Dr. Iris Chong ▼ Alan & Patricia Koval ★ Mr. George A. & Mrs. Glenna & Tony Caldwell Sharon Hammer ▼ RPC Visionaries who have Fierheller ★ Mr. & Mrs. R. G. Armstrong ★ Neera & Deepak Chopra ★▼ Melanie Munk ★ Ms. Ute E. Durrell The Harquail Family committed to supporting Susan Gerhard Katherine Babiuk & Family ▼ ▼ Linda Hasenfratz Francis Chou Jordan Elliott & Lynne Griffin Naomi R. Harris their Museum with an ★ ★ Bob & Irene Gillespie Mr. & Mrs. Bruce and Tara Christie ★▼ ▼ & Boulaye Traore annual gift for three years and Ed Newton Dr. Rodney C. Ellis Edward P. Badovinac ★ ■▼ or more Michael & Alanne Richard Isaac & Brian Timothy J. Clague Paul Ellis & Connie Lawley ▼ Sandra & Steve Hartman Sambourne ★ The Bagchi Family & Sharon O’Grady ★ O’Gallagher Bill & Barbara Etherington ▼ Judy Hauserman Daniel & Suzanne Cook ★ Marilyn & Charles Baillie ★▼ J. Rob Collins ▼ & Stacey Hauserman ▼ Patricia Olasker Mr. William J. Evans ★ Maureen and Walter M. & Lisa Jennifer & Gordon Cooper Dr. Ronald M. Haynes ▼ BENEFACTOR & Brett Ledger Ms. Margaret Everson Torben Jensen ■ Balfour Bowen ★ ▼ ($25,000+) John and Leslie Pearson Lena Cordina & Mrs. Diana Morley ■▼ Kimberley Heaps ★ ★ Patrick & Barbara Keenan Karen & Bill Barnett & Trevor Berryman ▼ Dr. Christina Heidinger- Mr. & Mrs. Albert Milstein ★ Dr. Neville The Fabella Family ■ ▼ & The Hon. Dr. Vivienne Poy Maureen Kenny Dr. N. Barnor-Lamptey Rob & Toni Cranmer ■▼ ★ Krebs Robert and Francine Ruggles ▼ Fabric Inc & Jim McDonald & Dr. K. Lamptey Creeggan & Hill Family ▼ Sandra & Theo Heldman ■ In Memory of Morris Darren S. Farwell ▼ Appleby ★ Dr. Ousama Fashho ▼ 100 royal ontario museum
The Hon. Paul Prof. J.W. Michael Lorimer Keith Nash & Cindy Forbes Dr. Kevin and Mrs. Lisette ★ ★▼ & Mrs. Sandra Hellyer & Dr. E.M. Lorimer Corinne Nemy ▼ Saldanha ★▼ ★▼ Dianne W. Henderson Nancy & Jon Love Nesbitt Family Claude, Marguerite and ▼ Daniel Hicks Mr. & Mrs. Stephens Eileen Patricia Newell Pascale Sam-Foh ★ ★ April & Norbert Hoeller B. Lowden Jack and Beth Curtin ▼ Mark Samuel & Kevin ★ Sanford Martha & Richard Hogarth Peter & Jocelyn Luongo Toshi Oikawa ■ ★▼ Marisol Sanabria Geoffrey Hole William & Nona Heaslip Mrs. Deanne M. Orr ★▼ ★ Foundation ★ Dr. William and Diana Santo ■ Ian & Adair Hope Mrs. Gina Pace ■ Christopher E. Horne, Esq. ★ Michael MacKay & Ms. Tiziana Pace ▼ Ms. Mallory Morris-Sartz & Mr. John Sartz ★ Deanna L. Horton ▼ Tessa MacKay David & Bernadette Palmer ▼ & Nicholas Mason ■▼ Mr. Richard G. Sayers ★▼ Esa & Alyssa Hosein ▼ James Pattison, Jr. Janet & Stephen MacPhail Mr. Robert & Mrs. Elizabeth Rennie & Bill Humphries Dr. Leo Pavone ★ Ian & Arlene Madell ★ Schad Ms. Rosamond Ivey ★ & Dr. Rosemarie Lall ▼ Julie Schatz Mrs. Robin Maitland Norbert & Elizabeth Lindy Jay-Tung ▼ & Franz Schatzdorfer & Mr. John Maitland ★▼ & Jacqueline Tung ■▼ Perera Larry Williamson Alex Makuz ■ Mi Jin Jo ■▼ Harry Perez ▼ Salim & Meenaz Manji & Karin Schemeit ★▼ Mr. Brayton Polka James Johnson Lionel & Carol Schipper Juleen Marchant Barbara & John Pollock ★ Dr. Nina Josefowitz David Harris ★▼ Janet E. Marsh ★ & Dr. David Myran Mary Jean & Frank Potter & Rebecca Scovel ▼ Dr. Laval Martin ▼ Gail & George Julie ▼ Pottruff Family Foundation Mr. Sunil Sebastian ▼ ■ ▼ Lindsay Maskell ★ Greg & Bo Kalil Dr. Charles Price Harry & Lillian Seymour ★ Dr. Joel Kaplan Glenn McCauley Tim & Frances Price ▼ and Dean Smith ▼ Mrs. V.K. Shaw & Dr. Sheila Stowell Milena Protich ▼ & Mr. G. Shaw ■▼ Mr. & Mrs. William Ryan Keefe ■ Prof. Mikal A. Radford L. McDonald ★ Gerard Sheerin Thomas Keirstead ★ & Ms. Muriel N. Lalka Carole and Marvin Sherkin ▼ Nancy & John McFadyen & Deidre Lynch Robert A. Rastorp ▼ Margith McIlveen ★ Michael Silver Jim and Diane King ▼ ★▼ ★ Elinor Ratcliffe Patrick & Sue Smith ■▼ Ms. Elizabeth King June McLean Christopher, Melinda, Ronald Stagg ▼ ★▼ & Ms. Susan M. King Mr. Mark & Mrs. Judith and Jenson Raybould ★ Dr. Catherine Steele ▼ Dr. June Kingston McLean ★ ★ Wendy & Leslie Rebanks & Dr. David Rosen ▼ Paul & Martha McLean Mr. Andrew Ernest Redelmeier Family & Mrs. Gaye Stein ★ ▼ Larry McMorran Florence Kingston Flavia Redelmeier ★▼ ★ ★ Esther McNeil ★ Jim & Maryln Stewart Naomi Kirshenbaum ★▼ ★ Nita Reed Christie Swail & Jeff Hull ■ Karen Kitchen & Family Mr. & Mrs. Jack McOuat R. B. Regan ▼ ▼ ★▼ Mr. Dean & Mrs. Mary Swift Sonja N. Koerner Mrs. J. Louise Miano John A. Rhind ▼ Dr. Alan C. Middleton ★ Elana & Ralph Switzer Mrs. Trudy Kraker ★▼ Rob & Penny Richards Sheldon Switzer ▼ Mr. Michael & Mrs. Jiliyan Karim G. Ladak ★▼ ★▼ Nancy Riley & Blake Murray & Franklin Switzer Zahava Lambert Milne Richard Robertson Joey & Toby Tanenbaum ▼ John Milnes Lamont Family Charles Robinson ▼ ▼ Eleanor & Jack Mintz ★ Ingrid Tanner Donald and Karen Lang Mrs. Fay L. & Mr. C. Aldon ▼ Dan Mishra Dr. & Mrs. Karel Terbrugge For Edith F. Langley ▼ Rooke Mr. William Thorsell ★ & Trisha A. Langley ▼ Liz & Kent Mitchell ▼ Elaine Roper Iris Toppings ▼ The Honourable Robert S. Josée Ledoux John & Susan Rose ■ & Dixie Anne The Toronto Star Leanne & George Lewis ▼ ★ Montgomery ★ Dorothy Ross Elizabeth Tory ★ James Lindala Family Ellen Moore Ann Leese and Irwin Rita Tsang ★ Foundation at Toronto Rotenberg Foundation Lyane Munk Elizabeth (Dori) Turnstall ■ In memory of Anna ★ ▼ Dr. Elspeth Murray Sharolyn Mathieu Vettese ▼ Anne Y. Lindsey Rotzinger ▼ & Dr. Peter Richardson ■ Mr. Trevor Vosu Susanne & Charles Pamela & Paul Rowcliffe ▼ Loewen ★▼ Dr. & Mrs. David Naiberg & Dr. Lorraine Vosu ▼ 102 royal ontario museum year in review 2018–2019 103
Michel Vulpe YOUNG YPC Trailblazer ★ ▼ & Julia Pelenyi PATRONS ($5,000 and above) Delaney & Sacheen CIRCLE ◆ Waddell ▼ Lori Goldberg Katie McMillan Maurice Fernandes ◆ ◆ ◆ Harriet & Gordon Walker ★ The Young Patrons Andrew & Jennifer Kucey & Adam De Caire & Jennifer Cushing Circle (YPC) is a unique ◆ Elizabeth M. Walter ★ Claude Tambu Melanie Paradis Theodora Ferrant and personal way to & Gloria Kapuku ◆ Jessica & Adam Provencher ◆ & Carlos David Aguilar Lenore Walters experience the ROM. ◆ Samantha Thiel Rani Rahman ◆ Kevin Freeburn Maria Ellen Waslen ▼ Young professionals with a & Trap Yates ■ ◆ Mike & Carmela Geller ◆ John and Diana passion for extraordinary Denise Tan & Wayne Yu ■ ◆ Weatherall ★ experiences of nature, Vettoretto Family Richard Tattersall & Ashley Gilbert ◆ ◆ Diana White ★ ▼ civilizations and art make Alessandra Leopardi Johnathan & Laura Hostick an annual philanthropic Jon & Lila Whitehead ▼ YPC Discoverer Meredith Taylor Mr. Joshua Howsam gift to the Museum and ($3,000–$4,999) Grace Tsang ◆ & Ms. Cydney Rusch Scott Whittington, enjoy exclusive access to ▼ Adam Vial ■ Jerome Joseph Martha Davis & Molly ROM exhibitions, galleries, Jonathon Borland ◆ ◆ Suneil Khanna ◆ Dr. Evelyn Williams curators, vaults and private ◆ Angela Wallace Liz English ◆ ▼ Jennifer C. Wasley ◆ Winniefred Kuang Dr. Robert Williams collections. We would like to Michael J. Lockhart ◆ welcome the future leaders Matt Grey Florence & Mickey Koel Loyer ◆ Winberg ★ of the Museum and thank & Elisabeth Laratta the following individuals for Adriana Morrison Karen Look Kin Marguerite Low & Mark ◆ YPC Explorer their generous support. & Tom Pawelkiewicz ◆ Winter ★ ($1,000–$1,799) & Jacqueline Gama ★ Eugenia Lui ■ Alfred G. Wirth Danielle Amiel ◆ Amy Maish Dr. Douglas Wooster ▼ ■ New YPC Patrons YPC Adventurer Patrick Anderson & Drake Carlyle ◆ The Wu Family ★ ◆ YPC Patrons who have ($1,800–$2,999) & Chantal Gosselin ◆ Jennifer Mannik Robert MacLean Dimitrieff given to YPC for three Marlowe Andreyko consecutive years or more Shamima Adam ◆ Katie Marchington ■ and Carilynne Brian Astl ◆ Yarascavitch ■ Andrew Brown Charlotte McDonald Mr. Scott Alexander Bacon Elizabeth Cameron ◆ Andrew Mikitchook Arlene & John Young & Ms. Samantha Elizabeth & Françoise Ko ◆ Linda Young ★ David Chaim Sterzai ■ Henrietta Cheng ◆ Michael Mitchell & Jessica Anonymous (24) Elizabeth Bodkin ◆ & Carolyn Slon ◆ Bird-Mitchell Christopher Bozek Christopher Oates ◆ Cynthia Cheng Mintz & Hanna Smith ◆ & Adam Mintz ◆ Margaret Pakula ◆ J Bruce ■ Jacob Dare ◆ Anshul Panday ■ D’Arcy & Katherine Burk ◆ Joshua A. Dey ◆ Smruti Patel ◆ Kathleen Buzek Kathryn Doresco ◆ RJ Pauloski Edison Chai Christina Ferris & Margaret Loniewska Eva Chan & Rita Ho ◆ and Mark McEachern ◆ Edward Rawlinson ◆ Jasmine Cheah & Raquel Charlene Gethons ◆ Sara Robertson ◆ Rubinoff ◆ Gunjan Goel ◆ Lenore & Matthew Robson ◆ Ian Chen & Amar Ahlawat Jessica Hall Cummings Nadia Chenier-Yacoub ◆ Tucker Gordon & Jonathan Robson ◆ Gordon Cheung Gabriel & Lauren Sarah Salomon & Lori Siddons ◆ Granatstein ◆ & Sean Brown ◆ Aaron Cheung Michol Hoffman ◆ Jeffrey Sax & Sofia and Felanna Tantono ◆ Cardoso-Sax ◆ Elisa Hui & Kevin Yu ◆ Edmund Chien ◆ Jennifer E. Kirner ◆ Pamela & Dhivya Shastri Belinda Chiu ◆ ◆ Linda Siu & Kevin Crigger ◆ Dr. Tom Klosek ◆ C. Richard Cioci ◆ Lynn Kwon ◆ Andrew Sparrow Daryl Dlima Dimitrios & Rebecca Rachel Spiar ■ Kathleen Dogantzis Mastoras ◆ David Ta 104 royal ontario museum year in review 2018–2019 105
Roy Tanaka & Denise Chan ◆ Vicente Fialho ◆ Andrew Sparling ANNUAL Giving at James A. S. Thompson ◆ Ashley Fienberg ◆ Peter Spinato ◆ FUND $10,000+ Darren Bahadur Julia Gagliano ◆ Anil Srivastava DONORS William R. and Shirley Beatty Ms. Jennifer Gregory Roll Family & David Tong Stef Geiger ■ Erin Thompson ◆ ◆ The ROM is grateful to the Foundation Corey Keeble Iqbal I. Roshd Shawn and Alexis Truax Jiselle Gilliard■ Kristine Tkachenko ■ many generous donors to CIBC World Markets Inc. Mr. Albert Bruce Neil Dr. Marianne Seger Nadina & Francis Rebecca Gold ◆ Rosemarie Tremblay-LeMay the Annual Fund in support ◆ Anonymous (1) & Mrs. Donna Neil Janet Stovel Vanden Hoven Joelle Goodwin Michael Trump Godoy ◆ of important priorities at Richard Phillips Caitlin Wall the Museum including Francoise Sutton Simon Hakim ■ Sarah Varley & Darcy Glynwilliams ■ education and research Ann C. Timpson Hilary J. Walls Meghan Halverson Katelyn Veldman ◆ initiatives in Ontario, Giving at Mr. Donald F. Reed Robert G. Tucker Amanda Marion Wood Nicholas Heard ■ Melanie von Diergardt ◆ $5,000-$9,999 & Dr. Shannon I. Howitt ◆ throughout Canada and The Philip Smith Foundation Huifang Xue Jeffrey Hernandez ◆ Laura Welsh ■ around the world. Your Davies Ward Phillips Joan Sohn Anonymous (1) ◆ ■ donation made a world of Rev. Sherwin Holandez Give Nation Inc. & Vineberg LLP Alan Wheable ◆ difference. Thank you. YPC Voyager Wilkin Hsien Anthony Wu Steven & Silvana Mannik Anonymous (5) Ted S. Huang ◆ Curtis Yim ◆ Loyal Sustaining ($600–$999) Monthly Donors Eric Huang Austin Yuen ■ Cristina Alvadane ◆ Robert Andrew Innes ◆ Daniel Yungblut ◆ Giving at Giving at Tanya Bartucz Stephen Amoah Kyla King Amelia Zhu ■ $1,800-$4,999 $600-$899 Beatrix Benner & Michael ◆ Lianne Arsenault ■ Gadway Amy-Lynn Kitchen Anonymous Luisa DiSimone Nancy Baines Anna Banaszewska ◆ Susan M. Benson Jason Kolesnikowicz Margo & Ernest Howard Mrs. Norma Bassett Lindsay Barnes ■ Sarah F. D’Angelo & Jerome Alexandra Kotyk ■ Richard Issac Scott Bathurst ◆ Mrs. Katharine Skalnik Queena Kwok YPC Under 30 Kerri Kamra & Mr. Kenneth Bocking Gurv Bhatti ■ ◆ Frances & Ron Filegan Margot Lackenbauer Oluseyi Olorunfemi ■ McMaster University Ian Bradley Abhay Bhola ■ Yvonne Gregson Jane Lang The Primrose Charitable Margaret Harriet Cameron Dimitri Bilykh ◆ Everard Hambro Leata Lekushoff ◆ Foundation Mrs. Janice Faulknor Tricia Black Alberto Hauyon Ambrosio Lina Mr. Michael Sarfati & Mr. Kendall Knights Adam Bloskie ■ Terry & Adam Hoth Christina Luison ◆ Martin and Insup Taylor Janice Franklin Lise Bolduc ◆ George Inverso Brian Ma ◆ Mr. Tuohy & Ms. Dubois & Dean Moratz Kyra Busbridge ◆ Lea Anne Leavens Ida Marrelli ◆ Diane E Gillies Trevor M. Buttrum ◆ & Rakesh Jethwa Jody Lewtas Stefanie Martin ■ M. Glover Carrasco C Heidinger-Krebs Ms. Patricia McCraw Denise McEachern ◆ Giving at Derek Chan & Ralph Krebs Patricia McMahon Martha McKay ◆ $1,200-$1,799 Prerna Chandak ◆ Dale Jackson John Milnes Andrea McLoughlin ◆ The Patrick & Freda Hart Ju Chen ◆ Leslie & Hans Jager Olga Mychajluk & Charles Andrew Meyer ■ Green Foundation Bingbin Cheng ■ Ms. Eva Jiran Fowler Sifa Mfinda Mr. Gregory Lawrie Cyrielle Chiron ■ & Mr. Harrison Yue Ralph & Eileen Overend Letitia Montana ◆ & Ms Rebecca Careri Anne Choy & Family ◆ Kandic Family Benjamin & Naddi Rondel Anna Murray ◆ Anonymous (1) ◆ Mrs. Karin Kempnich Ms. Heather Thompson & Ryan Chu ◆ Haris Nadeem Ms D. Roberta Thompson Amanda Colina ◆ Jacqueline Paradis Lamont Melisa Ngan ■ ◆ & Jennifer Lamont Grant & Cindy Voakes Ashan Corea ■ Giving at Nolan Nicholls The Reta & Max Merkur Ms. Estelle Weynman Philippe Darvasi ◆ $900-$1,199 Edward On Foundation Doreen Whyte & Ronald Brian De Ruiter ◆ Catherine A. Pacak ◆ Hilary Blackmore and Ms. Ana Mihaljevic Wysocki Mr. Michael Diamsin Peter Pignataro ◆ Graham Greene & Mr. Adam Miller Devin Dzelme ■ Liam Randhawa ■ Julie Di Lorenzo Keith Nash & Cindy Forbes Nadia El-Jabi ◆ & Robert Graham Danielle Ryterband In Memory of Mr. Daniel Andrew Ellis ■ Goldie Feldman Nacera Saadane Lawrence ◆ Neuman Albert M. Engel ◆ Ms. Sue Gibson Emerald Saldanha ■ James & Alfreda Parlee Fund Dr. Brenton Faubert Barry and Emilia Gilmour Hao Shi Paul Reinhardt & Mary Monica Ferris ◆ Dr. Jane Graydon O’Donoghue Harrinder Singh ■ 106 royal ontario museum year in review 2018–2019 107
CHARLES TRICK Dr. Blaine Currie Mark Holmes Brian & Monica Miron Mr. & Mrs. James Temerty & ADA MARY Donna Deaken• Christopher C.E. Horne, Esq. Celia Missios James A.S. Thompson CURRELLY LEGACY Amanda Demers Deanna L. Horton Liz & Kent Mitchell Keith Thomson SOCIETY & Brian Collins Mr. J.H. & Mrs. Carla Anica Miter Richard Iorweth Thorman James Dobos Houtman A gift to the Royal Ontario Dixie Anne Montgomery Mr. William Thorsell Museum in your will is a Dorie Dohrenwend Margo & Ernest Howard Mr. & Mrs. N.D. Morgan Iris Toppings simple and thoughtful way Ann M. Duff John & Barbara Howarth Karen Mulhallen Chris Twigge-Molecey to create a lasting legacy Kevin Duke George Hrynewich Brigitte M. Murphy Catherine Ukas that will help to enhance & Meredith Meads Marnie Hunt Mr. & Mrs. William M. Myers Mary Usher-Jones and preserve Canada’s Carol Fahey Johanna Huybers Betty Vakil largest museum. The Joan M. Neilson Daniel Flemming Engels Currelly Legacy Society is Richard M. Ivey Corinne Nemy Virginia Van-Vliet named in honour of the first Keith Evans Jennifer Ivey Bannock Hilary V. Nicholls Dr. Nancy J. Vivian director of the Royal Ontario Mrs. Caroline Seidl Carolyn Johnson Deanne M. Orr Harriet & Gordon Walker Farrell-Burman Museum of Archaeology Grant Karcich Michelle & Richard Osborne John Wallace and and his wife, and recognizes Dr. Madeline M. Field• Arthur P. Kennedy Bernard• and Sylvia Ostry Robert Hambleton• individuals who have Lynda Fielding Mr. • & Mrs. Albert Kircheis D.M. Parr R. Browning Watt promised future gifts. Richard Flensted-Holder Ania & Walter Kordiuk Charlotte Paul Edwin & Judith Weinstein William Fong Sibilia Korulis June Perry Maryann Weston D. Scott Forfar Miss Margaret Agar Mrs. Kathryn Kossow Robert E. Pierce Dr. & Mrs. Glenn B. Marian Fowler Vanessa Alexander Mrs. Trudy Kraker Frank Potter Wiggins• Mr. J.B. • & Mrs. Dora• A.R. Armstrong Bronwyn Krog & Paul Taylor Robert J. Dickinson Pyne Joseph C.F. Wong Friedlander Laura Artibello Kathryn E. Langley Hope Prof. Mikal A. Radford Dora Yapur Lynn From Dolores Backhauser Peggy Lau & Ms. Muriel N. Lalka Miriam Yapur Mrs. Janet Genest• Salvatore M. Badali Scott Lauder Bob Ramik Helene Yellowlees Ms. Alice Godfrey & Kim McInnes Wendy Lawrence Joan R. Randall Peter & Debra• Young Allan & Linda Gold Bayla Balaban Michelle Lee Jean M. Read Andrew & Janina Zakrzewski Ellen Gordon Julie Barnes Richard Lefebvre Robert Reader Beate Ziegert• Dorothy J. Graham Margaret L. Beckel Burton Lim Mrs. Wendy Rebanks Anonymous (27) Donald Grant Mr. John T. Jasmine Lin & I-Cheng Chen Mrs. Flavia C. Redelmeier & A. Anita Borovilos Margot Grant Anne Y. Lindsey Nita Reed •Deceased Elspeth Bowler Dr. David Gregory Dianne Lister & Family Mrs. Dora Rempel Jo Breyfogle Mr. Anthony & Kathleen Jane Liu Ann K. Reynolds Danuta Buczynski Griffin Michael J. Lockhart Dr. Leonard & Beatrice Kathryn Jane Cameron H. Donald Guthrie, Q.C. Susanne & Charles• Loewen Rosmarin Vicky Carson & Steven Bell Balfour Halevy Marguerite Low Robert Ross Jeanne Carter Vera Hall G. Alexander MacKenzie Andrea Rozario Philip Cheong Joan L. Harris Michael and Maria Mallinos Joanne Sack & Li-Hsien Fan• William and Patricia Harris Nancy E. A. Main Avrom Salz Ann Christie Gwen Harvey Michael & Maria Mallinos Yoshiko Sawa Ambrose Wah Hing Lo• Linda Hasenfratz Mrs. Marion Mann Dr. Philip Scappatura and Neil Cochrane Patricia M. Haug• Linda Martin Christina Senkiw• Gerard• & Earlaine Collins Dr. Ronald M. Haynes Julia Matthews Janet Armour Shirley Dr. Brian Cornelson Ms. Dianne Henderson Mr. Peter R. Matthews Alana Silverman Janice Correa Ava Marie Henye Sylvia M. McPhee Anne Snidero (In honour of Rose Correa) Mr. Kim Yim Ho & Walter Ms. Marie T. St. Michael Roy F. Correa Frederic Thommen• Dr. Alan C. Middleton (In honour of Joseph Mary Stewart Marian Ho Jack Miller I. Correa) Joan & Doug Sturch Nathan Ho Mr. Michael Giulio Costa & Mrs. Jiliyan Milne Claude Tambu Mr. & Mrs. Gordon Hodgins 108 royal ontario museum year in review 2018–2019 109
ESTATES FRIENDS OF THE The Estate of Mardi McMaster University Elaine Travis and Family COLLECTIONS (Saunders) Falconer Mr. and Mrs. David Mirvish Ann Vanderhoof and Steve The ROM gratefully Frances Ferdinands in honour of Anne Mirvish Manley recognizes donors whose Michael Finkelstein Marlene Mock Linda Venedam legacy gifts through realised Ross Fox Prakash Mody John E. Vollmer bequests, trusts or gifts The ROM’s collections are of insurance extend their at the heart of its vision to The Estate of Ursula Dr. Kenneth Montague Wayne Weller support beyond their inspire wonder and build M. Franklin Jane Moore Maryann Weston lifetime. understanding of the cultural In memory of David Fujino Kate Moss Gamblin in The Estate of Glenn and natural worlds. The ROM Julie Gill memory of Patricia B. Wiggins wishes to thank the Clive Goodwin Kathleen Moss (nee Bell) Mary F. Williamson Estate of Sheila Black following donors who have Nancy Green Karen Mulhallen Marshall and Marilyn R. Wolf Estate of Charles Gordon generously donated artifacts Aiko Murakami and Michael Bovey and specimens to the Els Greensides Carl Woll in memory Murakami Estate of Mona Campbell Museum’s collections. Mary C. Ham of Christopher Clark Nandini Valli Muthiah, Jeanne Timmins Costello Patricia Harris Chie Hong Wu in memory of her father Trust Dr. Derek Haruta Anonymous (5) Elsie Anderson Mr. M CT. Muthiah Vera Dolly Denty F. Hawryliw Pat Antliff Trudy Nicks Foundation Dulcy Tsui-Ping Ho Joan Barrett Dr. Sylvia Ostry Estate of Joann and Rodger Anthony Holmes McLennan Ann Bassnett Stephen A. Otto, C.M. Barbara Hooper Estate of Irving Rother Almona Bhatia Alexandra Palmer Deanna Horton in memory Jean Duce Palmer Estate of Lawrence Schafer The Biman Family of Christina Perks Mr. Soin Park Estate of Christina Senkiw Colin Black Deanna Horton Robert G. Parney Estate of Mary Louise Dr. Carlo G. Bos James Houran Wratten Dorcas and Chiedza The Sinha/Brendemühl Jack Howard Family Pasipanodya and Family David Mirvish Books Izzy Camilleri Berta Pavlov Peter Kaellgren Sheila Campbell Rosemary Platt Jacques Lavoie Gail Cariou Dr. Vivienne Poy In memory of Charles (Chuck) Janet Quan Charles Chaffey David and Theresa (Terri) Sneith Charan (née Dass) Angelina Violino Leavens Diane Rabson Lara Chezick Nancy M. Lee Dawn Rayner Mr. and Mrs. K.T. Choi Louis and Rosiland Lefeber The Reverend J. Newton Reed Family in memory of Keiron and Tara Clark Anne León Rev. Fred and Anne Reed Steve Cope Suk Leung David Roberts Felicia Cukier in memory of Sandra Lim and Elizabeth F. Michah Rynor Dr. Rena Cukier Kahn Bolton Lim Dick Seaborn Louise Davies Kenneth R. Lister Joe Serio Michael and Honor de Zillah Loney and Gail Lockyer Pencier The Yano-Shuttleworth Bernd-Dietrich Loosen in Collection Dr. Ken Dent memory of Karl Loosen Nooney (Eunice) Sigesmund Dorie Dohrenwend Todd Lynn OG Slick Rosemary Donegan Rory MacLean Roy B. Smith In memory of Douglas Dyer In memory of Henry Thornton Felicity and Alan Somerset Gracia and Patrick Dyer Jalea Crozier Taylor, by his and George Marchetti children Terry (Taylor) In memory of Art Soregaroli Philippe Elsworthy Mactaggart and Timothy Pat Sparrer Taylor Howard and Nathalie Emer Victoria Stikeman Wyndham Mathiesen Jimmy Engineer Judy Stoffman Thomas F. McIlwraith Yoshiko Sunahara 110 royal ontario museum year in review 2018–2019 111
DISCOVERY CIRCLE DIRECTOR’S CIRCLE Individuals giving as Ms. Alia Abaya Dr. Elizabeth Greene Lori O’Connor Mr. Ming Young Discovery Circle Members & Mr. Thomas Mannell & Dr. Alexander Meyer & Robert Quinn & Ms. Julie Chan provide critical support for Ms. Kelly A. Ashbee Whitney Haller Dr. Richard I. Ogilvie Anonymous the highest priorities of the & Mr. Iven Bryer & Shawn D. Moran & Mrs. Ernestine Ogilvie Museum including ROM Mrs. Rae & Mr. Peter Aust Ms. Heather Hannah Mr. Andrew Patterson public programs, exhibitions Mr. John Bailey & & Mr. James Duhaime & Mrs. Ruth Patterson and curatorial activities. Ms. Maureen Bailey Ms. Victoria Hannah John Phelan Mr. Gordon D. Baird & Ms Erin Hannah Melinda Phelan Barbara E. Alderson & Ms. Maia MacNiven Ms. Janet Haynes Graham Jennylyn Pringle & Will Howe & Mr. David Graham Martin and Ellen Brodigan Mr. James Bertram Ms. Faye Rae & Mr. Ewing Rae & Ms. Bonnie Foster Mr. Nick A. Iozzo Lorne Corley Charlene Richmond Ms. Inez Blackburn & Ms. Arlene McTernan Mrs. Joyce Gutmann Mrs. Miriam Rogers & Mr. Nathan Blackburn Dr. Eric J. Ireland Lawrence Herman & Dr. Joseph Rogers Ms. Linda Boorman Mr. Joel Joiner Anonymous Ms. Cynthia Rowden & Ms. Kirsten Boorman Kristine Kuepfer & Mr. Roger Hart Janice Huff Mr. Stephen Breen Stanley Kwan Sadaf Sabooni Anthony Lisanti & Gillian Wan Mr. Scott Lauder & Bryan Schopf Dr. Don Melady and Mr. & Mrs. P. N. Breyfogle Mrs. Joan Leistner Dr. Barry Salsberg Mr. Rowley Mossop Mr. Mitchell Bruce & Mr. Volkmar Leistner Ms. Sonia Schwartz Mr. Frank Meyer and & Ms. Laura Bruce Dr. Joanne Lewtas & Ms. Maxine Sidran Mrs. Esther Meyer Mr. Thomas Budd & Ms Victoria Lewtas Ms. Jan Seger Lambert Joan Margaret Neilson & Ms. Patricia Courtney Mr. Don Ludlow & Mr. Bill Lambert Eric Parker Mr. Christopher Byrne & Ms Fiona Boylan Drs. Malcolm Asterieta Sanchez and Family & Ms. Anda Whiting Mr. Bruce MacFee & Meredith Silver Joan Sohn & Family Mrs. Marilyn Chapman Ms. Marcy Barbara Kee & Paul Sneyd & Ms. Kristina Keilty John Wallace and Aaron Tham & Mr. Antonio Macias Mr. Hugh R. Snyder Colleen & Hubert Mr. Basil Cheeseman Mr. Marek S. Malicki & Ms Jennifer Snyder Washington Marilyn Cook & Mrs. Elvira Sanchez M.J. Speers Alan & Geoffrey Wheable Mr. Ken Cooper de Malicki Diane Stampfler John & Cheryl Willms Mr. Chris Currelly Patrick J. Mars Dr. John Stanley Anonymous (2) Mr. John Da Silva Mr. Wilmot L. Matthews & Dr. Helmut & Karla Da Silva & Mrs. Judith Matthews Reichenbacher Mr. Justin de Vries Mr. Kevin McElcheran Mr. George Stevens & Miss Nicola McLoughlin & Ms Pamela Hoff Mr. David & Mrs. Julie Swartz Dr. Barbara C. Eastman Ms. Britt McKee Mr. Nilton Tavares Mr. Todd Edgar & Dr. Leila Mitchell McKee & Ms. Debbie Lewin & Mrs. Frances Edgar Mr. Richard McNevin Ms. Christine Dr. George Elliott & Mrs. Joy McNevin & Ms. Tanisha & Dr. Noriko Yui Ms. Faye Minuk Thammavongsa Ms. Guida Fernandes Mr. Dimitrios Ms. Ann Thiel & Michael Lymer & Ms Anastasia & Mr. Harald Thiel Consolacion Fernandez Mirkopoulos Dr. Maureen Trudeau & Upsana Sharma Mr. Roger D. Moore Ms. Liana Van der Bellen Ms. Penny Fine Mrs. Anne Morison Carla Vieira & Florbela Vieira & Mr. Hugh Furneaux & Mr. Charles Morison Ms. Susan Weedon Mr. Bill Fung & Ms. Susan Ho Mr. Son Nguyen & Mr. James D. Hinds & Mai Nguyen Robert Glover Mr. David White & Martha McOuat Mrs. Kimberly Nobrega & Mr. Brian Walsh Catherine Graham & Jose Nobrega Year in Review, 2018–2019 Image Credits: © 2019 Royal Ontario Museum 100 Queen’s Park, Toronto Ryan Walker: 2, 4, 20–21, 65, 70–71, ON M5S 2C6 72–73, 78 (top), 79, 101 ROM photography: 3, 6–7, 8–9, 10–11, 14 (left, right), 16 (left), 17 (left, centre), 18 Sally Tindal (left, centre), 23, 27, 28–29, 30, 31, 32, 33, AVP, PR & Publishing 43 (inset), 44 (top left, right), 54–55, 58, 59 (top), 77 (bottom), 78 (bottom), 89, 102 Sheeza Sarfraz Manager, Publishing Isak Pretorius: 15 (centre) Tara Winterhalt Raghubir Singh: 15 (left) Senior Designer iStock: 16 (centre) Mark Dillon Bart Oomes: 17 (right) Editor Tara Winterhalt: 18 (right), 47, 81, 110 Laziz Hamani: 19 (top) Ronald Stoops: 22 Darryl Pitt: 35 Lisa Milosavljevic: 36–37, 40 (top right) Sophena Kwon: 40 (top left) Zoe Whitley: 40 (bottom left) Maryam Akrami: 40 (bottom right) Silvia Forni: 41 Craig Cipolla: 43 Fahmida Shuleman: 44 (bottom left) Burton Lim: 44 (bottom right) Rachel Irwin: 45 Vincent Luk: 50–51, 56–57, 66–67 Jesse Milns: 58–59, 74–75 Printed and bound in Canada. ElectriCity: 60–61, 63 (top left, top right, bottom right) Mark Bernards: 63 (bottom left), 64 The Royal Ontario Museum is an agency CBC Media Centre: 65 of the Government of Ontario. George Pimentel: 76, 77 (top left, right) Scott Ramsay: 86-87 Alice Sun: 92 Cover: Avril (Spring / Summer 1955), Emily Higgins: 97 Christian Dior, Gift of Mrs. Philippe Hecht, ROM 962.18.A–B David Coulson: 108