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A topical example of this would be the british museum’s ‘hajj’ exhibition during the first quarter of 2012, the first major exhibition dedicated to the annual muslimpilgrimage to mecca. the exhibition examined the significance of the hajj as one of the five pillars of islam, exploring its importance for muslims, and looking at how this spiritual journey has evolved throughout history. it brought together a wealth of objects from a number of different collections and received a diverse audience of over 100,000 people.in similar vein, the fitzwilliam museum’s search for immortality exhibition brings together the most remarkable collection of ancient royal treasures ever totravel outside china.when the national museums of scotland teamed up with the state hermitage museum in st. petersburg, they produced ‘catherine the great, a uniqueexhibition of her life and works, showing only in edinburgh. further examples of the diversity of cultural expression can be found in the case studies in annex i, covering the work of asian led theatre company,tara arts: and also the multi-lingual shakespeare productions of globe to globe.international co-operation in the sectors of culture and heritage is reflected in those of film, television, and theatre where co-production agreements bring mutual benefits between the participating countries. the uk has nine existing co-production agreements, with australia, canada, france, india, israel, jamaica, new zealand, the occupied palestinian territories, and south africa. it is also a signatory to the european convention on cinematographic coproduction.