Nieuwe Instituut
Nieuwe Instituut

Sonneveld House

Upcoming events

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

May 14, 2026

Thursday Night Detour

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

May 21, 2026

–1 Digital Lab’s Desire&Technology reading group continues with a public conversation with philosopher Milan Stürmer.

May 21, 2026

Thursday Night Detour

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

May 21, 2026

The English edition of Fungi Tools: Join Saskia Boer of Outsiders Foraging for a hands-on identification session.

May 21, 2026

Design for Change: Mapping Life Under Occupation

Palestinian-Dutch guest speakers reflect on how creative practices such as architecture and artistic research give meaning to places of residence and landscapes shaped by displacement, boundaries, and resilience.

May 22, 2026

Visit Zoöp Nieuwe Instituut during Biodiversity Day 2026. Count along with us during BioBlitz010, go on a scavenger hunt, experience ecological garden design and anarchist fungal design, go on a Detour and exit through the gift shop!

May 28, 2026

Join Pollyanna Moss and Minne Zeijdner at the New Store for their Wool Planter Prototype Workshop, and make your own felted pots to take home!

May 28, 2026

Thursday Night Detour

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

May 28, 2026

A roundtable on ecological listening, climate change and the politics of sound. With Through Sounds, ALMARE, KMRU, Katía Truijen (Loom), and Martina Raponi.

May 28, 2026

Anthropologist Anna Tsing will discuss the ‘Patchy Anthropocene’: a world of fragmented landscapes, shaped by extraction, capitalist logic and ecological crises.

June 3, 2026

What if we stop viewing decay as failure and start seeing it as a basic design principle? We ask experts in the field of bio-based materials.

June 4, 2026

How can you find, prepare for and make the most of a residency abroad? In this practical session, the International Clinic will explore international residency opportunities for creative professionals.

June 6, 2026

This workshop by Janilda Bartolomeu invites Cape Verdeans in Rotterdam to co-create a symbolic time capsule.

June 11, 2026

Archive Live! #3: Exceptionally Safe!

Who decides what is safe, and who are our cities actually designed for? Join us as we explore ways to improve the design of public spaces, looking at historical ideas in the process.

June 18, 2026

We examine how craft, archiving, remembrance and resistance converge in contemporary creation and archival practices.

June 21, 2026

Have you always wondered what you can see and do at our neighbours? The annual Friends’ Day for Members is back on June 21.

June 25, 2026

Take part in this edition of Portfolio Sessions, which is all about architecture during Rotterdam Architecture Month.

July 4, 2026

Through film clips, reflections and performances, Cape Verdean filmmakers and artists explore the idea of creating together as a community.

Nieuwsbrief

Ontvang als eerste uitnodigingen voor onze events en blijf op de hoogte van komende tentoonstellingen.