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Emanuel · 20th June 2009, 02:04 PM

Hello Gents,

Went by the ROM yesterday and took some pics. The European arms and armour collection seems considerably smaller than I remember it. Same goes for what's grouped together as middle-eastern. A lot of money went into a much-publicized expansion of the museum, supposedly to accomodate the ROM's vast holdings that never see the light of daya nd rot/rust away in the vaults. Unfortunately, the goals were not met IMO. What is on exhibit is top quality, but there's little of it. You can't get much sense of variety. What the ROM is good at is showing a wide snapshot of cultures, including at least one example from most aspects of material culture.

That said, here are some goodies...not much mediaeval I'm afraid

Emanuel

20th June 2009, 02:04 PM	#7
Emanuel Member Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Toronto, Canada Posts: 1,242	Hello Gents, Went by the ROM yesterday and took some pics. The European arms and armour collection seems considerably smaller than I remember it. Same goes for what's grouped together as middle-eastern. A lot of money went into a much-publicized expansion of the museum, supposedly to accomodate the ROM's vast holdings that never see the light of daya nd rot/rust away in the vaults. Unfortunately, the goals were not met IMO. What is on exhibit is top quality, but there's little of it. You can't get much sense of variety. What the ROM is good at is showing a wide snapshot of cultures, including at least one example from most aspects of material culture. That said, here are some goodies...not much mediaeval I'm afraid Emanuel Attached Images