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Cyrus Cylinder: Close to a quarter of a million visitors, heading to California
Posted on  August 7, 2013 by IHF America

The display of the exhibition Cyrus Cylinder and Ancient Persia in New York Citys Metropolitan Museum of Art is now concluded, and the exhibition is traveling to the west coast. This touring exhibition, which is organized by the British Museum in partnership with the Iran Heritage Foundation (IHF America), has been on display since March of this year and has been viewed by close to 250,000 visitors in three major cities so far for photos click on the images below.

Here is a recap of some of the key articles and content about the the tour, and the significance of the Cyrus Cylinder itself:

• Lecture by Dr. John Curtis, Keeper of the Special Middle East Projects and the curator of the exhibition, at the Metropolitan Museum of Art (video, one hour)
• The Cyrus Cylinder U.S. Tour: Culture Transcending Politics  Published by the USC Center for Public Diplomacy, on why touring this 2600-year object is so important today.
• Cyrus and Jefferson: Did they speak the same language?
• Cyrus Cylinder US Tour: Seven Years in the making  How the tour came about and was organized.
• CNNs Christian Amanpour interviews Neil MacGregor, the Director of the British Museum (20-min video and transcript)
• Roger Cohen: Finding the Missing Word
• Press conference keynotes during the launch of the tour  Very informative videos about the history of Cyrus and his cylinder, and the significance of the Cyrus Cylinder today, including Q&A

You can find more articles, complete archive of the videos, and the most recent coverage on the official website of the tour (cyruscylinder2013.com) and on the tour's facebook page.

The exhibition will now be on display at the Asian Art Museum in San Francisco (Aug 9 Sep 22, see below for details), followed by the Paul J. Getty Museum, the Getty Villa, in Los Angeles (Oct 2 Dec 2).

Photos from the New York display of the exhibition, at the Metropolitan Museum of Art:

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Photos from the Houston display of the exhibition, Museum of Fine Arts

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Photos from the DC display of the exhibition, Smithsonians Arthur M. Sackler Gallery:

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The Special issue of the FEZANA Journal, which was published in celebration of the Cyrus Cylinder Tour of the U.S., includes a series of articles from foundations, scholars, journalists, etc focused on Cyrus and the Cyrus Cylinder. The issue is an invaluable resource to anybody who is interested in the subject:

CURRENT PROGRAM

IHF America proudly presents the Cyrus Cylinder US Tour, in partnership with the British Museum and the Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, Smithsonian Institution: cyruscylinder2013.com

PRESS

• 19 Oct 2013 - LA Weekly: What the Cyrus Cylinder at the Getty Villa Means to L.A.’s Iranian Community

 

• 02 Oct 2013 - A.J. Cave: Cyrus Cylinder Goes West

 

• 08 Aug 2013 - SF Examiner: Persian Cyrus Cylinder is artifact of human rights


• 01 Aug 2013 - Asia Society: 10 Facts about the Cyrus Cylinder

 

• 22 Jun 2013 - The Cyrus Cylinder, now at the Metropolitan Museum of Art

LATEST NEWS

• Final Stop of the Cyrus Cylinder: Los Angeles
• The Cyrus Cylinder, on display at the Asian Art Museum San Francisco
• Cyrus Cylinder: Close to a quarter of a million visitors, heading to California
• Mayor Bloombergs Letter for the Arrival of the Cyrus Cylinder in NYC

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