Nieuwe Instituut
Nieuwe Instituut

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Upcoming events

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

September 17, 2025

Design the future with your family and go on a mission through the children's exhibition Future Makers!

September 18, 2025

We kick off the second edition of the After Summer School with classes by Rosi Braidotti, Afrikaanderwijk Coöperatie, Miriam Rasch, Journal Safar, Shay Kreuger, DRIFT and more.

September 18, 2025

Book Launch Sarojini Lewis – A Shift of Identity: Visuals of Migrant Women

Join us for the launch of A Shift of Identity: Visuals of Migrant Women. Situating the Archive Through a Contemporary Lens by Sarojini Lewis.

September 18, 2025

Want to spend an evening exploring protest and design? The next Design for Change event presents two new publications.

September 18, 2025

Thursday Night Detour

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

September 19, 2025

Day two of the After Summer School features classes by Loom, Verhalenhuis Belvédère, Varia, OMI, Stadspark West, Convivium and Zoöp.

September 20, 2025

On the third day of After Summer School 2025, attend classes by Di Fang & Colette Aliman, Niels Spaans, (A)Wake x Learning Palestine, WaterSchool, James Parnell, Willemijn Lofvers and more.

September 21, 2025

We conclude the After Summer School 2025 with WaterSchool, Emer Beamer, AMPFEMININE and a closing picknick at the Nieuwe Instituut.

September 25, 2025

Hackers & Designers and artist and researcher Ren Loren Britton explore ways of working that deviate from the sleek, detached style often associated with digital design.

September 25, 2025

Thursday Night Detour

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

September 25, 2025

De Zwarte Hond Debate: Thinking Bigger

Join a debate with design agency De Zwarte Hond on 'ensemble urbanism', the theme of the latest edition of their bookazine OutThere.

September 26, 2025

Moving Materials, Territorial Transformations

This afternoon, we discuss how infrastructure projects and resource extraction transform landscapes in the colonial context.

October 1, 2025

Design the future with your family and go on a mission through the children's exhibition Future Makers!

October 2, 2025

Design For Change: Resisting Erasure

This evening is dedicated to preserving archives and stories that could otherwise be lost. Special attention will be given to the genocide in Gaza and the ongoing violence and oppression in the region.

October 2, 2025

Thursday Night Detour

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

October 8, 2025 - October 12, 2025

Dutch Sustainable Fashion Week 2025

The main venue for the Rotterdam edition of DSFW 2025 is the Nieuwe Instituut, which hosts several events and workshops.

October 9, 2025

Regenerative Curating: Expert Meeting

In what ways can museums contribute to a sustainable future through their collections and exhibitions? Join experts from the field as they discuss regenerative museum practices.

October 9, 2025

AFFR and Nieuwe Instituut cordially invite you to celebrate the opening of Realitiesⁿ, AFFR’s inaugural immersive media programme.

October 9, 2025 - October 11, 2025

Following its success in Milan and at Rotterdam Art Week, New Store 2.0 is back in Rotterdam. Get your hair cut during Dutch Sustainable Fashion Week and donate the clippings as a new raw material.

October 9, 2025

Thursday Night Detour

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

October 9, 2025

Research Night: Re-wriggling the Museum

Join us for a conversation with Oliver Klimpel (Bauhaus Dessau Foundation) about how today’s cultural institutions are rethinking their modernist heritage.

October 10, 2025

As part of Dutch Sustainable Fashion Week, the New Store is inviting designer and weaver Pollyanna Moss to lead the Intertwined workshop.

October 15, 2025

Design the future with your family and go on a mission through the children's exhibition Future Makers!

October 16, 2025

Thursday Night Detour

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

October 22, 2025

Bring out the Digibeast in you at FamilieFest!

October 23, 2025

Thursday Night Detour

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

October 23, 2025

Archive Live! #1: Building for Everyone!

This first edition of Archive Live! focuses on current housing challenges in the Netherlands. Find out how architecture and urban planning can provide solutions and inspiration.

October 29, 2025

Design the future with your family and go on a mission through the children's exhibition _Future Makers!_

October 30, 2025

Book Launch: Herman Hertzberger’s Shaping Freedom

The 93-year-old architect will discuss the future of architecture and the architect’s role with young, recently qualified architects.

October 30, 2025

Thursday Night Detour

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

November 26, 2025 - November 27, 2025

XII. Networks of (Ex)Change, Global Disseminations of Architectural Knowledge

The 12th Jaap Bakema Study Centre conference focuses on international knowledge exchange within architecture and urban planning.

November 27, 2025

You are invited to join us for an inspiring evening exploring the role of copies in creative practice, as we celebrate the publication of the book Invented from Copies.

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