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Opening times this week:
Monday
10 am - 5:30 pm
Open Monday of March Break
Tuesday
10 am - 5:30 pm
Wednesday
10 am - 8 pm
BMO Free Wednesdays 4 – 8 pm
Thursday
10 am - 5:30 pm
Friday
10 am - 5:30 pm
Saturday
10 am - 5:30 pm
Sunday
10 am - 5:30 pm
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Opening times this week:
Monday
10 am - 5:30 pm
Open Monday of March Break
Tuesday
10 am - 5:30 pm
Wednesday
10 am - 8 pm
BMO Free Wednesdays 4 – 8 pm
Thursday
10 am - 5:30 pm
Friday
10 am - 5:30 pm
Saturday
10 am - 5:30 pm
Sunday
10 am - 5:30 pm

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Peer Perspective: The First Joust of the Rooks

From the Shahnameh (Book of Kings) of Shah Tahmasp, the 16th-century painting Dr. Sheila Canby features illustrates the first of 11 jousts between champions or “rooks” from Iran and their foes, the Turanians. On the Iranian side of the first joust was Faribuz, son of Shah Kay Kavus, while the Turanians fielded Kalbad, the brother of the king.