Festivals and Films

A Passage to Asia: 25 Centuries of Exchange between Asia and Europe

From 24 Jun 2010 to 09 Oct 2010

25 June - 10 October 2010. Organised to coincide with the 2010 Asia-Europe summit, this exhibition highlights the 2,500 years of collaboration and exchange between Asia and Europe.

Ferocious leaders such as Alexander the Great, Attila and Genghis Khan sought to conquer new lands, while explorers like Marco Polo and Zheng He concerned themselves with discovering new cultures.

Trade routes quickly paved the way for huge interaction between the two continents. This exhibition presents, for the first time in Europe, a selection of over 300 decorative objects, including cargoes recently recovered from sunken shipwrecks.