Past exhibitions[edit]
2011-2012
Patterns of Trade: Indian Textiles For Export, 1400–1900
2010
Treasury of the World: Jewelled Arts of India in the Age of the Mughals
The Egawa Donation: A Collection of Japanese and Chinese Inspired Ceramics
2009
Land of the Morning: The Philippines and its People
Seeing The Invisible: An Insight to Conservation
The Kangxi Emperor: Treasures from the Forbidden City
Fantastic Creatures!
Neither East Nor West: Asians in Monochrome
Seeing Red: Propaganda and Material Culture in China (1966 – 1976)
Hunters and Collectors: The Origins of the Southeast Asian Collection
The Unguarded Moment by Steve McCurry
2008
Neither East Nor West: Asians in Monochrome
Seeing Red: Propaganda and Material Culture in China (1966 – 1976)
Viet Nam! From Myth To Modernity
2007
Many Traditions, One Strand – Textiles of the ASEAN Countries
On The Nalanda Trail: Buddhism in India, China and Southeast Asia
Chinese Snuff Bottles from the Sanctum of Enlightened Respect III
Beauty in Asia: 200 BCE to Today
Trade Ceramics in Southeast Asia
Mystery Men: Finds from China's Lost Age
2006
The Xiang Xue Zhuang Collection: Latest Donations to the Asian Civilisations Museum
Mobile Homes: Tents and Shelters for People on the Move
Hidden Faces: The Art of Japanese Masks
2005
Power Dressing: Textiles for Rulers and Priests from the Chris Hall Collection