Museum of the Future hosts Dubai Future Week 18-21 November
Published on 11/07/2026 at 19:21 | Editorial responsibility: Rafael Müller, Editor-in-Chief AD HOC NEWSFuture Week programme and access
- Dubai Future Foundation runs Dubai Future Week from 18 to 21 November 2026 at the Museum of the Future and Emirates Towers.
- The Museum of the Future Auditorium hosts public Big Stage sessions during the temporary closure.
- Killa Design created the 77-metre building, which is being renewed for its 2027 reopening.
- Dubai Future Week includes the public STARS Experience and the Dubai Future Solutions exhibition.
Museum of the Future hosts Dubai Future Week from 18 to 21 November 2026 in Dubai, bringing a public programme to a building whose regular exhibitions are temporarily closed. The event is organised by Dubai Future Foundation across Emirates Towers and the museum.
Dubai Future Week brings public sessions to the museum
The four-day programme is built around talks, debates, workshops, challenges, competitions, exhibitions and interactive experiences. Its central theme is human life in a period of rapid change, with programme tracks covering how people will live, think, innovate, feel and do business.
The Big Stage is located in the Museum of the Future Auditorium. The official programme lists public sessions there on 18 November 2026, including A Big Welcome to Dubai Future Week, Why We Need to Think Outside the Box and The Future of Humankind and Our Entanglement with Technology. The programme for Dubai Future Week also identifies public activities elsewhere at Emirates Towers.
Dubai Future Foundation says the wider programme includes eight concepts: The Big Stage, The Prototype Floor, The Pitch, The Policy Room, The Challenge, Offstage, 500 Future Minds and The District. Some sessions are restricted, but the published programme separately marks public talks, experiences and exhibitions.
The auditorium links the programme to a changing museum
The event arrives while the museum is undergoing a substantial renewal. Its operator says the main exhibitions and experiences closed to visitors at the beginning of September 2026 and will be replaced by a new narrative, exhibitions, spaces and visitor journey.
The Auditorium remains available for event bookings during the temporary closure. That makes Dubai Future Week a specific exception to the usual visitor position: the main museum experience is unavailable, while selected activities can continue in designated spaces. The operator expects the renewed museum to reopen in the first quarter of 2027, around its fifth anniversary. The museum’s visitor information sets out the closure and the planned reopening period.
Killa Design designed the building, which rises 77 metres and occupies an overall area of 30,548 square metres. Its torus-shaped structure surrounds a central void, while the green hill beneath it forms a separate element. The building’s stainless-steel facade consists of 1,024 pieces. The contrast is practical as well as architectural: visitors can attend selected programme sessions inside, but cannot treat the event as a return of the former exhibitions.
Research, prototypes and public activity extend beyond the auditorium
Dubai Future Week also places the Museum of the Future within a larger network of venues. The Prototype Floor at Emirates Towers is scheduled to present Dubai Future Solutions - Prototypes for Humanity, with 100 student projects selected from submissions worldwide. The wider programme includes technology demonstrations, an AI Grandmaster competition and activities in The District.
STARS, the Science, Technology, Arts, and Research Summit, is another strand announced for the week. Its programme includes discussions, technology art installations and interactive research presentations. Together, the auditorium sessions and the adjacent venues give the museum a role as one part of a city-wide future-focused programme rather than as a standalone exhibition site. Dubai Future Foundation’s event outline describes the programme’s venues and formats.
Visiting Museum of the Future: what travellers from Western Europe should know
- Dubai Future Week runs from 18 to 21 November 2026 at Emirates Towers and the Museum of the Future, with the Big Stage in the museum Auditorium.
- The main exhibitions and experiences remain closed during the renewal, but selected activities and public event sessions can take place in designated spaces.
- The museum stands in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, and the programme uses both the museum and Emirates Towers as venues.
- The building is 77 metres tall and its public-facing form combines a green hill, a torus-shaped structure and a central void.
For visitors planning a November trip, the concrete opportunity is the event programme, not access to the former museum route. The scheduled public sessions and experiences should therefore be checked against the official programme before travelling.
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Frequently asked questions about Museum of the Future
When does Dubai Future Week take place at Museum of the Future?
Dubai Future Week takes place from 18 to 21 November 2026 across the museum and Emirates Towers.
What has changed at Museum of the Future?
The main exhibitions and experiences closed at the beginning of September 2026 and are being replaced for a planned first-quarter 2027 reopening.
Where is Museum of the Future and how do you get there?
The museum is in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, and Dubai Future Week uses the museum and Emirates Towers as its named venues.
