With the introduction of a new search portal - search.hetnieuweinstituut.nl - Het Nieuwe Instituut gives the public direct online access to one of the world's largest architecture collections. The State Archive of Dutch Architecture contains 1.4 million drawings; 300,000 photographs; 2,500 models and 70,000 books and magazines, which together document the history of Dutch architecture and urbanism. Among other features, the search portal allows professional researchers and others to consult 130,000 images in detail via a special viewer.