Learn & Explore: Islamic Heritage Month
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Celebrate Islamic Heritage Month with guest speaker and lute player Fahimeh Ghorbani and explore the current installation Picnics and Pastimes.
Friday, October 31, 2025 at 12:15 PM
What makes for a delightful picnic? Food and drink? Poetry? Music? The Picnics and Pastimes installation at ROM offers a window into the pleasures, pastimes, and artistic heritage of Iran during the Safavid dynasty (1501-1736). A royal picnic, depicted on a large, treasured tile arch from the collections, is complemented by exceptional objects from the period.
This Learn & Explore session features Fahimeh Ghorbani, a PhD student in the Department of Art History at the University of Toronto. Fahimeh will share some history of the Safavid period and play music on the tanbur, a long-necked lute like the one displayed in the installation.
Fahimeh's bio: https://iranianstudies.utoronto.ca/people/ghorbani-fahimeh/
| Delivery Language | This lesson is only offered in English |
| Galleries/Location | Theatre |
| Format | Theatre Lesson |
| Pricing | $16/person |
| Minimum Group | 15 |
| Maximum Group | 35 |
Learning Goals
Learn about the Safavid period in Iran
Explore music from a cultural context
Explore music from a cultural context
Target Classes
| Grade 6 |
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| Grade 8 |
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