Crossroads of Civilizations is a tripartite exhibition spanning a millennium of contact between the Philippines and the great cultures of Asia and Europe from the ninth through nineteenth century, materially expressed in trade ceramics, textiles, and archaeological gold recovered in the Philippines.

Gold of Ancestors: Pre-colonial Treasures in the Philippines features exquisite golden treasures recovered in association with tenth to thirteenth-century Chinese export ceramics.

Embroidered Multiples: 18th to 19th Century Philippine Costumes exhibits rare garments that show the evolution of Philippine dress and the convergence of cultures evident in Philippine colonial society.

A Millennium of Contact: Chinese and Southeast Asian Trade Ceramics in the Philippines traces transnational relationships between China and its neighbors through trade wares from the ninth through the nineteenth-century recovered in the Philippines.