- 6 November | Public Conversation: 2026 Culture for the Planet Summit invites Hong Kong audiences to reflect on the role of culture in shaping a more sustainable future
- 7–8 November | Anniversary Weekend Programmes Across M+: Special tours, pop-up chats, creative workshops, screenings, and the Hong Kong debut of The Recycled Orchestra of Cateura
- 8 November | Free Admission Day: Designated M+ exhibitions and public programmes open to all visitors
- Special anniversary offers throughout November: Birthday rewards, membership offers, and limited-edition anniversary merchandise
M+, Asia’s global museum of contemporary visual culture in Hong Kong’s West Kowloon Cultural District (WestK), is celebrating its fifth anniversary with a week-long celebration of performances, film screenings, workshops and tours running through 8 November. The festivities culminate in free admission for all visitors to designated exhibitions and public programmes on Sunday, 8 November 2026. Visitors can also enjoy a range of anniversary offers and special merchandise throughout November.
Free admission to designated exhibitions on Sunday, 8 November 2026
As part of the fifth anniversary celebrations, M+ will offer free admission to designated exhibitions and public programmes on Sunday, 8 November 2026, to thank the public for their support over the past five years. M+ will open from 10:00 to 20:00, with no pre-registration required for free admission to designated exhibitions. Visitors who wish to visit free exhibitions should enter M+ through Artist Square Entrance, while some of the entrances and exits of the museum will be closed on the day. M+ Members, Patrons and up and their accompanying guests, ticketholders or ticket buyers on the day for Special Exhibition Design Ah! Experience the Wonder of Everyday Design and Myths and Monsters: The Art of Fantasy in Asia can enter the museum via Art Park Entrance. The museum will stop newcomers from joining the queue outside the museum at 19:00 to ensure that visitors will have sufficient time to explore the museum.
Designated exhibitions include M+ Sigg Collection: Inner Worlds; Things, Spaces, Interactions; Making It Matters; Shanshui: Echoes and Signals; and Herzog & de Meuron: In Focus located on L2. Danh Vo In Situ: Akari by Noguchi at Found Space, B2 and Janet Cardiff: The Forty Part Motet at The Studio, B2; and the Mediatheque located at LG will remain free to enter as usual. Visitors can also enjoy free screening programmes at the Mediatheque and Grand Stair on the day. The offer excludes the Special Exhibitions Design Ah! Experience the Wonder of Everyday Design and Myths and Monsters: The Art of Fantasy in Asia.
A week of special programmes to celebrate M+’s fifth anniversary
From film and live music to sustainability conversations, creative workshops, tours, and family-friendly activities, M+ invites visitors of all ages to take part in the anniversary celebrations across the museum and create new memories with M+.
- M+ Restored Festival 2026 | from 1 November
The inaugural M+ Restored Festival began on Sunday, 1 November and continues on selected weekends in November and December. Supported by CHANEL, marking the culmination of the three-year M+ Restored film restoration initiative, the Festival presents all nine M+ Restored titles in 4K for the first time: The Arch (1968), The Butterfly Murders (1979), The System (1979), Love Massacre (1981), The Story of Woo Viet (1981), Homecoming (1984), Just Like Weather (1986), Cageman (1992), and Durian Durian (2000). The programme also features filmmakers’ conversations, panel discussions, and workshops, inviting audiences to explore Hong Kong’s rich cinematic heritage. - Public Conversation: 2026 Culture for the Planet Summit | 6 November
Public Conversation: 2026 Culture for the Planet Summit brings leading international voices from the arts and cultural sector to discuss how cultural organisations are translating sustainability ambitions into practice. The conversation invites Hong Kong audiences to reflect on the role of culture in shaping a more sustainable future. - M+ at Night: Five with Us | 6 November
M+ at Night: Five with Us marks the museum’s fifth anniversary with an after-dark celebration of live performances and interactive cultural experiences. The evening brings together Hong Kong Iconic band RubberBand, indie band Goodnight Lillie, and The Recycled Orchestra of Cateura from Paraguay, which will make its Hong Kong debut performing with instruments crafted from landfill materials. Some of these instruments are held in the M+ Collection and are currently featured in the exhibition Making It Matters. The evening also features Hong Kong locking crew The Quickies leading freestyle cyphers and collective dance moments a boundary crossing DJ performance by INK and Ballshing that fuses Cantopop with global hits through creative mashups, and the Oh My Ink Tattoo AI try-on photobooth and temporary tattoos. - Public programmes across M+ | 7–8 November
A wide range of programmes will take place across the museum throughout the anniversary weekend. Visitors of all ages can join special tours and pop-up chats, the Pinhole Cinema and Make Your Own Recycled Instrument workshops, family-friendly Pixel Monster drop-in activities, screenings, and performances by The Recycled Orchestra of Cateura from Paraguay. The programmes invite visitors to explore M+ through creative participation and exchanges with the museum’s teams.
Further details on the fifth anniversary programme, please refer to M+ website.
Special anniversary offers throughout November
The fifth anniversary celebrations extend throughout November with special offers for visitors and M+ Members. From 1 to 30 November 2026, visitors whose birthdays fall in November can redeem a complimentary M+ ‘Very Hong Kong’ Series Plush Keychain Blind Box* worth HKD98 by presenting a valid same-day paid admission ticket and proof of their birth date at the museum. The offer is open to both local and overseas visitors on a first-come, first-served basis while complimentary stock lasts.
From now until 30 November 2026, visitors who purchase or renew an M+ membership or gift membership with the redemption code ‘BDAY13M2026’, will receive an extra one-month membership extension, and redeem a member-exclusive limited-edition M+ building miniature* between 1 and 30 November 2026. The offer is available on a first-come, first-served basis, while stocks last.
*Both offers are subject to stock availability and the museums redemption arrangements.
Anniversary collaborations bring art into everyday life
M+ is also marking its fifth anniversary with a specially curated collection of anniversary merchandise that celebrates the museum’s unique intersection of art, design, and popular culture. Inspired in part by the exhibition Myths and Monsters: The Art of Fantasy in Asia, the fifth-anniversary celebration collection features exclusive Godzilla designs created for M+. Highlights include a design that combines traditional Chinese calligraphy with the words ‘Since 2021’ to commemorate the museum’s opening, and another that places the iconic character against the backdrop of the M+ Building. Extending the museum’s creativity into sports and leisure, the collection also includes a Godzilla-themed pickleball paddle, bringing art into everyday recreation and offering visitors a unique way to express their passion for culture both on and off the court.
Other highlights of the anniversary collection include a special-edition TWEMCO clock, as well as a M+ exclusive silver-grey special edition ECHO chair created in collaboration by ZHA and Nagami, with a global limited run of only 55 pieces, thematic M+ building miniatures, collaborative products with international artists and brands, and a mahjong collection that reinterprets traditional auspicious motifs through a contemporary design lens. Together, these pieces offer visitors a variety of ways to celebrate the milestone and take home a lasting reminder of M+’s fifth anniversary.
