ROM产生的背景(The Prehistory of the ROM)
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在安省皇家博物馆诞生之前，多伦多已经有一些博物馆的建筑和藏品。当时的省博物馆(The Provincial Museum，你可以从Ryerson 大学校园内的门面上还能看到)包含三个部分，即考古学、生物学和艺术。而在多伦多大学也有一些藏品：有的收藏在学院博物馆内，特别是地质学与矿物学方面。所有这些都有计划拓展。而当时，多伦多美术馆(The Art Gallery of Toronto)已在The Grange修建，多伦多的少部分贵族是收藏家与鉴赏家。把以上各个方面整合起来是需要非凡的远见、领导能力和常识的。(Before there was a ROM, there were museum buildings and collections in Toronto. The Provincial Museum (you can see its facade on the Ryerson University campus) had three parts: archaeology, biology and fine art. At the University of Toronto, there were several collections: some of the colleges had museums, especially geology and mineralogy. There were plans to expand these. The Art Gallery of Toronto had recently been established in The Grange. A few wealthy Torontonians were collectors and connoisseurs. It took extraordinary vision, leadership, and common sense to weave the multiple strands together.)
ROM的第一位职员(First ROM Employee)
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多伦多大学任命Charles Trick Currelly为收藏家，当时年薪为$500。他致力于埃及发掘。返回多伦多时，他会安排展览他的部分作品，让那些熟悉他的人被他的热情所感染，从而乐捐。那个时候，他自己既不知道能否在大学的博物馆工作，也不清楚这个大博物馆的计划是否可行。同时，他还在学习成为博物馆专业人士。(Charles Trick Currelly is appointed a collector for the University of Toronto at $500/year salary. He is working on excavations in Egypt and when back in Toronto, he arranges to display some of the material collected so that the people he is cultivating will be infected with enthusiasm and write cheques. He does not yet know whether he will be able to work at a college museum or whether plans for a big university museum will succeed. Meanwhile, he is learning to be a museum man.)
为大学而设的博物馆(A Museum for the University)
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对于大学的未来，皇家委员会推荐建立一个大学博物馆。这个想法Edmund Walker爵士已经拥有20年。他说，“一年又一年的延迟是一种不幸，不仅对学生的教育方面……甚至整个安省大众的教育与物质享受。”(A Royal Commission on the Future of the University recommends establishing a university museum. Sir Edmund Walker has had a concept in mind for at least 20 years. “Every year’s delay is a misfortune, not only to the education of the students…. but to the education and material welfare of the people of Ontario generally”.)
迁入(Moving In)
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当屋顶还没有建好时，Charles Trick Currelly就迫不及待地搬入了地下室，开始打开那些装满从欧洲与埃及收藏的宝物的箱子。(Currelly moves into basement even before the roof is completed and begins to unpack material he has collected in Europe and Egypt.)
批准修建算是最后决定(Approval to Begin is Secured)
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当大学与安省政府同意费用分摊时，基建就可以开始。作为保守党联合体的主席，Edmund Osler通过答应自己负担部分费用，促就总理同意。他成为创始董事，并是一个忠实的捐助者。(Approval for cost-sharing between the University and the Government of Ontario means that construction can begin. Edmund Osler who is Chairman of the Conservative caucus twists the Premier’s arm by offering to cover costs himself. He becomes an original Board member and is a faithful donor.)
早期集体照(Early Group Photo)
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在每天博物馆开放前，看护工作人员不得不先打扫卫生，清楚灰尘。由于部分是熟练的玻璃工和木匠工，他们不得不担任双重责任。众所周知的故事是，当年的Miss Hand特意写信申请，要求有一个午休时间。特别感谢记录这组为后人着想的集体的摄影师。(The guards had to dust the displays before opening the museums. Some of the men did double duty because they were skilled glaziers and fine carpenters. All we know of Miss Hand was that she wrote a letter asking to be allowed a lunch break. I am grateful to whoever had the idea of recording this group for posterity.)
