Curator Tour | Celebrating the Persian New Year

Name: Curator Tour | Celebrating the Persian New Year
Start: 2025-03-19T12:00:00-04:00
End: 2025-03-19T13:00:00-04:00
Location: 1050 Independence Ave SW, Washington D.C., DC, United States, Washington, District of Columbia 20560

Schedule

Wed Mar 19 2025 at 12:00 pm to 01:00 pm

UTC-04:00

Location

1050 Independence Ave SW, Washington D.C., DC, United States, Washington, District of Columbia 20560 | Washington, DC

Cost: free; registration in advance recommended
Celebrate Nowruz by joining curator Massumeh Farhad on a tour of Engaging the Senses: Arts of the Islamic World. Nowruz, the Persian New Year, marks the spring equinox and is celebrated by people in many regions represented in this exhibition. As the spring begins to reawaken our senses, learn how diverse artistic traditions addressed sound, sight, taste, touch, and smell.
Please meet at the entrance to gallery 3 for the tour.
Image credit: Plate, Shamsuddin al-Hasani Abu Zayd, Iran, December 1210 (AH Jumadi II 607), stone-paste painted over glaze with luster, National Museum of Asian Art, Smithsonian Institution, Freer Collection, Purchase—Charles Lang Freer Endowment, F1941.11