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This video shows a variety of works of art being installed in the New Galleries for the Art of the Arab Lands, Turkey, Iran, Central Asia, and Later South Asia, which opened November 1, 2011.
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Produced by the Digital Media Department
Camera and Editing Jessica Glass
Sound Robin Schwalb
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