Nieuwe Instituut
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Sonneveld House

Upcoming events

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

April 16, 2026

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

April 16, 2026

Thursday Night Detour

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

April 16, 2026

Join Saskia Boer of Outsiders Foraging for a hands-on identification session to celebrate the exhibition FUNGI: Anarchist Designers.

April 16, 2026

This Research Night explores how objects, buildings and rituals form part of diplomatic codes, and how we can understand these codes in all their complexity.

April 16, 2026

Detail Makes the Difference

Guest editor and architect Aurélie Hachez will speak with architect Job Floris (Monadnock) about details as a possible key to “making a difference” in Europe’s increasingly uniform architecture.

April 20, 2026

Learn how to organise your own archive in this workshop for garden and landscape architects.

April 22, 2026

CIVICITY Talk: Reimagining the Design Week Platform

During Milan Design Week, this public talk brings together CIVICITY and Milan-based designers to discuss the impact of such events on their host cities.

April 23, 2026

Sign up for Mixing Minds – a new experience outside your comfort zone!

April 23, 2026

Thursday Night Detour

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

April 23, 2026

The Future of Collecting

Nieuwe Instituut presents its new collection policy. The focus is not only on what we collect, but also on how we do it.

April 29, 2026

During FamilieFest: I-Land, children discover that everyone has their own island of memories, dreams, and stories. A creative day full of imagination, music, and connection.

April 30, 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

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

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.

Nieuwsbrief

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