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Upcoming events

For an overview of prior events, see the events archive.

May 8, 2025

On Thursday 8 May, the opening takes place of _SIDELINED: A Space to Rethink Togetherness_, the official Dutch contribution to the 19th International Architecture Exhibition – La Biennale di Venezia.

May 8, 2025

Thursday Night Detour

Join the free Thursday Night Detour with a surprise Detour Guide and explore the museum from inside and out.

May 8, 2025

An Evening About: Louis Le Roy

In the 1970s, ‘ecotect’ Louis Le Roy became famous for his wild gardens. How are artists and designers building on his ideas today?

May 15, 2025

Thursday Night Detour

Join the free Thursday Night Detour with a surprise Detour Guide and explore the museum from inside and out.

May 16, 2025

Nieuwe Instituut cordially invites you to celebrate the opening of Ma Yansong: Architecture and Emotion.

May 21, 2025

What lives in the Museumpark? Which plants and animals do we usually overlook? In 2025, the Nieuwe Instituut Zoöp will also take part in the BioBlitz010.

May 21, 2025

Take your family on a mission to the future with a special Detour through the Future Makers! children’s exhibition.

May 22, 2025

Thursday Night Detour

Join the free Thursday Night Detour with a surprise Detour Guide and explore the museum from inside and out.

May 22, 2025

Book launch: Gert Dumbar, Gentleman Maverick of Dutch Design

How to condense the rich and varied life’s work of one of the Netherlands’ most famous graphic designers into a book?

May 25, 2025

Design Fair 2025

A new edition of the Design Fair – the outdoor market for tastemakers, with a wide range of unique design for every budget – will take place again this year under the Arcade of the Nieuwe Instituut.

May 25, 2025

Curator Lorraine Dunkley invites Members of the Nieuwe Instituut to a special tour of promising young designers at the Design Fair. Which young talents should you absolutely not miss?

May 29, 2025

Thursday Night Detour

Join the free Thursday Night Detour with a surprise Detour Guide and explore the museum from inside and out.

May 29, 2025

Rotterdam design studio SUSAN BIJL celebrates its 25th anniversary with the launch of the book Inside The New Shopping Bag and the opening of an exhibition about its iconic tote.

June 3, 2025

Transition-Scapes: Reimagining Energy Futures

Closing event of Transition-Scapes, a project that has explored how energy transition scenarios can be visualised through interactive exhibition formats.

June 5, 2025

Amanda T. McIntyre, this year’s Nieuwe Instituut/Tilting Axis Fellow, discusses her project _Present Continuous_, which explores Caribbean carnival culture.

June 5, 2025

Exclusive Detour: Explore the Archives

During Rotterdam Architecture Month, join the special Thursday Night Detour through the archive and get to know the National Collection in a unique way.

June 11, 2025

Take your family on a mission to the future with a special Detour through the Future Makers! children’s exhibition.

June 12, 2025

How do you archive living, changing things? This one-day symposium explores how regeneration plays an important role in creating future-proof archives.

June 12, 2025

Thursday Night Detour

Join the free Thursday Night Detour with a surprise Detour Guide and explore the museum from inside and out.

June 14, 2025

Build like MAD and create the city of the future during the Day and Night of Architecture on Saturday 14 June.

June 19, 2025

Exclusive Detour: Explore the Archives

During Rotterdam Architecture Month, join the special Thursday Night Detour through the archives and get to know the National Collection in a unique way.

June 25, 2025

Take your family on a mission to the future with a special Detour through the Future Makers! children’s exhibition.

June 26, 2025

Thursday Night Detour

Join the free Thursday Night Detour with a surprise Detour Guide and explore the museum from inside and out.

June 26, 2025

Meet Ma Yansong, the founder of MAD Architects, the practice he runs with Dang Qun and Yosuke Hayano. He discusses the exhibition about his work with Aric Chen, director of the Nieuwe Instituut.

June 26, 2025

Powered by imagination, artifice and creativity, role-playing has found a new place in contemporary culture. Spend an evening discovering how it creates new worlds.

July 3, 2025

Opening WASTELAND Festival 2025 – Out of Sight

Is waste boring? Absolutely not! Join us as we celebrate the opening of the WASTELAND Festival – Out of Sight, kicking off a month full of activities about how Rotterdam deals with waste.

July 3, 2025

Thursday Night Detour

Join the free Thursday Night Detour with a surprise Detour Guide and explore the museum from inside and out.

July 4, 2025

Dance of Freedom 2025: Nosagenda X Janilda Bartolomeu

Celebrate Cape Verde’s 50th Independence Day! Enjoy stories, music, workshops and a pop-up expo.

July 10, 2025

Thursday Night Detour

Join the free Thursday Night Detour with a surprise Detour Guide and explore the museum from inside and out.

July 17, 2025

Thursday Night Detour

Join the free Thursday Night Detour with a surprise Detour Guide and explore the museum from inside and out.

July 23, 2025

Help build the city of the future very Wednesday afternoon during the summer holidays and, just like the world-famous MAD Architects, let your feelings do the talking!

July 24, 2025

Thursday Night Detour

Join the free Thursday Night Detour with a surprise Detour Guide and explore the museum from inside and out.

July 30, 2025

Help build the city of the future very Wednesday afternoon during the summer holidays and, just like the world-famous MAD Architects, let your feelings do the talking!

July 31, 2025

Thursday Night Detour

Join the free Thursday Night Detour with a surprise Detour Guide and explore the museum from inside and out.

August 6, 2025

Help build the city of the future very Wednesday afternoon during the summer holidays and, just like the world-famous MAD Architects, let your feelings do the talking!

August 13, 2025

Help build the city of the future very Wednesday afternoon during the summer holidays and, just like the world-famous MAD Architects, let your feelings do the talking!

August 20, 2025

Help build the city of the future very Wednesday afternoon during the summer holidays and, just like the world-famous MAD Architects, let your feelings do the talking!

August 27, 2025

Help build the city of the future very Wednesday afternoon during the summer holidays and, just like the world-famous MAD Architects, let your feelings do the talking!

October 22, 2025

Bring out the Digibeast in you at FamilieFest!

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