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View of the museum from outside showing the Neoclassical building from one corner. The building is a tan-colored stone with an arched doorway, long vertical windows, and detailed molding around the roof.
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5 Fast Facts: Celebrating Nowruz
Posted: March 20, 2026
Category: Sheida Soleimani
Celebrate the spring equinox and Nowruz, the Persian New Year, with facts about five NMWA collection artists whose work is rooted in Persian traditions and experiences.
Close-up, black-and-white photograph of a woman's hands with fingers interlaced around a silver, vintage microphone. Lines of poetry inscribed in Farsi form a three-leaf shape on her left hand.