Happy St. Patrick’s Day!! Today is also the last Friday of the March Break here in Toronto so I thought I would share all about the ROM Blue Whale Exhibit. Checking out this exhibit would be a great way to end the break!
The Blue Whale Exhibit at the ROM tells the story of one of the largest animals ever!
In 2014, nine rare blue whales became trapped in the ice off the coast of Newfoundland and died. It was a tragic event. Especially when you realize that this loss represents 1/3 of the Northwest Atlantic’s Blue Whale population. Typically blue whales sink to the bottom of the ocean when they die but this time they washed ashore. This presented the ROM with an excellent research opportunity and they worked to recover the bones.
The blue whale exhibit
As a member of the YPC I was able to attend a cocktail party and a few days before the official opening to get a sneak peek at the exhibit. It’s just one of the perks of being a patron. Plus it gave me the opportunity to wear this great dress that I got in Galway and meet up with my YPC friends!
The story of these blue whales is pretty sad. It’s great that the ROM was able to work with other recovery groups to preserve these bones. At least this way something good could come out of something so tragic.
It took 2 years of hard work before the bones were ready to be displayed.
Blue, as the ROM has come to call her, is on display at the ROM before she will eventually move on to visit other museums. The Blue Whale exhibit tells the story about the tragic event in 2014 and the work that went into the recovery and preservation of the bones.
You will be able to come face to face with the 80 foot skeleton of Blue while you learn more about the blue whale species.
To celebrate the exhibit, J Crew created this beautiful blue whale striped tee. Because you can never have too many striped shirts!! 😉
If you are in Toronto I definitely recommend taking a trip down to the ROM and checking out this exhibit.
I love this! The skeleton on this whale is magnificent and absolutely facinating. I wish I were in Toronto to go visit. I’m going to have to live vicariously through your photos! That j.crew shirt is actually pretty amazing, though. Going to have to see where I can find my own.
xoxo,
Dannie
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Thank you so much Dannie!! The exhibit is pretty amazing and I heard that Blue will eventually tour to other museums so maybe he will come to your area one day!!
What an interesting exhibit. Hubby and I would love it but I’m afraid it might scare the little guy.
The ROM has lots of exhibits that are perfect for children if you ever do visit Toronto.
This is so neat! Whale watching has been at the top of my bucket list lately. My husband and I are planning on going out to Seattle this summer to go whale watching.
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Amanda || http://www.fortheloveofglitter.com
Sounds like so much fun Amanda!! Whale watching is on my bucket list too
This looks so interesting! I have always wanted to go whale watching, but have never really been to a place to do so.
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Steph
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I’ve never been whale watching either but it is on my bucket list! Glad you liked this post 🙂
One of my coworker friends is a member and I saw her pictures and was blown away. They’re so humongous eh? And also sad that they were trapped and died in the ice. 🙁
It’s such a sad and unusual story. They’re massive!! I really enjoyed getting to learn more about them
Toronto is one of my favorite cities, can’t wait to visit again. Thanks for putting the royal Ontario museum on my radar!
No problem Dasha!! If you do make it back out to Toronto let me know, it would be nice to meet IRL
Exhibits like these are so stunning. I love your outfit and need that cute whale tee!!
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Brenda
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Thank you so much Brenda!! It’s such a great exhibit