Collection
The National Collection is for anyone interested in learning more about the designed environment. The collection offers an insight into 130 years of Dutch architecture and urban planning, based on the archives of the most important architects and urban planners.
Nieuwe Instituut is responsible for collecting, managing, releasing, researching and making this collection available to the public, in the Research Centre, online and through exhibitions and public activities.
The National Collection for Dutch Architecture and Urban Planning contains around 700 archives of Dutch designers dating from 1850 onwards. In addition to museum-quality drawings, these include sketches and working drawings, correspondence, photographs, models, posters and objects. In addition to analogue material, the collection also includes born-digital material –archive material originally produced in digital format, such as 3D models, images, videos, animations, renderings and computer code.
In the Research Centre you can consult archive documents, as well as books and journals on art, interior design, architecture, urban planning and design.
