Upcoming events
For an overview of prior events, see the events archive.
August 28, 2025
Thursday Night Detour
Join the free Thursday Night Detour with a surprise Detour Guide and explore the museum from inside and out.
September 4, 2025
Thursday Night Detour
Join the free Thursday Night Detour with a surprise Detour Guide and explore the museum from inside and out.
September 11, 2025
Thursday Night Detour
Join the free Thursday Night Detour with a surprise Detour Guide and explore the museum from inside and out.
September 13, 2025 - September 14, 2025
Model Storage Depot open during Open Monument Days
One of the Van Nelle warehouses (Schiehallen) is now used to store around 700 architectural models from the architecture collection of the Nieuwe Instituut.
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 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 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 26, 2025
Seminar JBSC: Moving Materials, Territorial Transformations
This afternoon, we discuss how infrastructure projects and resource extraction transform landscapes in the colonial context.
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 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 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
During this edition of Research Night, Olivier Klimpel will be our guest for a discussion on how the Bauhaus Dessau Foundation addresses environmental issues and social sustainability.
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 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 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.