Tickets: Free; limited availability, advance registration is required.
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Explore the museum from home with a live interactive tour. Each program will take a closer look at objects in the Morgan’s Collection Online, ranging from ancient to modern. Families will receive a creative prompt with each experience, for inspiration to write, read, or craft at home. This program is designed for children and caregivers to enjoy together. Appropriate for children ages 6-12. Program materials: pencil and paper.
Sunday, December 6: In this session, the family virtual tour will be taught entirely in the Farsi language by Morgan Educator Azi Amiri. The Morgan Library & Museum’s remarkable collection of objects from the Middle East, including cylinder seals from ancient Mesopotamia and Persian illuminated manuscripts, will be available to Farsi speakers who have a shared history with many of these objects.
Please note that the program will take place online. After registering, participants will receive a confirmation e-mail with instructions on how to participate using Zoom. We ask that you download the app in advance for the best user experience.
Detail: Bahrām Gūr is offered a bowl of pomegranates. Fol. 63 of Niẓāmī Ganjavī's Khamsah. Iran, probably Shīrāz, ca. 1585. MS M.847.3 Gift of the Estate of Belle da Costa Greene, 1951.