The collection at M+ is focused on 20th–21st century visual culture, encompassing the disciplines of visual art, design and architecture, and moving image from Hong Kong, China, other regions of Asia and the rest of the world. The M+ collection will form the backbone of the museum, to be presented in constant dialogue with the museum’s temporary exhibitions and continually re-interpreted, reevaluated and re-written by its educational and public programmes. In addition to providing a historical reference to the contemporary, the M+ collection will shed light on the global movement of ideas across time and space and will strive to reflect the multi-centred, transcultural and transnational context of today's visual culture. Hong Kong's past and present place in the world is the important lens and core foundation of M+'s global collection.