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VOA Ancient Symbol of Human Rights Visits US

March 11, 2013 by IHF America

Julie Taboh reports for Voice of America. The video is embedded below and the article includes full text as well:

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Cyrus Cylinder is here!

Through a partnership between IHF America, the British Museum, and the Smithsonian's Sackler Gallery, the Cyrus Cylinder is now touring the United States for the first time: Washington DC to Houston, NYC, San Francisco, and Los Angeles. See dates and venues.

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For press inquiries and museum relations please contact:

Hannah Boulton
The British Museum
+44 207 323 8522
hboulton(@)britishmuseum.org

For questions and/or contributions around the tour, public programming,
community efforts, and supporting the project please contact:

Nasser Manesh
General Manager, IHF America
+1 650-299-9552
nasser(@)ihfamerica.org

About

The Cyrus Cylinder touring exhibition (2013, United States) is organized by the British Museum in partnership with IHF America and the Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, Smithsonian Institution. The exhibition is supported by an indemnity from the Federal Council on the Arts and the Humanities.

IHF America is a US-based 501(c)(3) non-profit organization with a mission to promote and preserve the Persian culture, history, languages, and art. IHF America is the principal sponsor and underwriter of the tour. The tour will be hosted by five major museums across the country, and will take place during March-December of 2013. Find out more about the tour.

Cyrus Cylinder images, images of the objects from the British Museum, and the British Museum press release are © Trustees of the British Museum, and are used with permission. All other content is © IHF America, and can be used with permission and attribution. IHF America is a 501(C)(3) US registered public charity.