Civilisations AR is the BBC’s first augmented reality app, created to accompany landmark BBC Two series Civilisations, is currently on air around the world and on BBC iPlayer. This enables the audience to learn about the history of artefacts through interaction.

The app showcases more than 40 historic artefacts from across the globe including an ancient Egyptian mummy from the Torquay Museum, Rodin’s The Kiss from the National Museum of Wales, iconic sculptures by Henry Moore and Barbara Hepworth and masterpieces by Tintoretto, Bellini and Turner.

Find out more about this Apple App Store ‘App of the Day’ and download here.