Treasures of the World's Cultures brings together more than 200 objects in the British Museum collection. Drawn from all of the Museum's curatorial departments, these works come from every part of the world and from all ages. Collectively they form an overview of 2 million years of human culture and history.

The range of the selected objects is unique. Audiences in Bonn will discover archaeological treasures from across the ancient world, magnificent Near East and Islamic artworks, masterpieces of non-Western cultures and much more. Every artefact displayed here is exceptional, and each has its own unique story to tell.

Shown only in Bonn, the exhibition continues the Art and Exhibition Hall's successful series of presentations devoted to the world's great collections. The exhibition will give audiences in Bonn a sense of the British Museum collection as it can be experienced in London. Comprising objects from the whole world, past and present, it will enable the visitor to compare and contrast the varied patterns of life of different peoples and societies. Moreover, it will reveal how made objects we consider to be 'treasures' can embody ideas and concerns common to all humanity.

The exhibition is presented by the British Museum in collaboration with the Art and Exhibition Hall of the Federal Republic of Germany.