Collection
The collection of the Nieuwe Instituut offers an insight into 130 years of development in Dutch architecture and urbanism.
Nieuwe Instituut manages 700 archives and collections of Dutch architects, urban planners, professional associations and educational institutions, comprising a total of some 4,000,000 documents. Besides museum quality drawings, these archives include sketches, preliminary designs, working drawings, business and personal correspondence, photographs, models, posters, press clippings and published articles.
Alongside analogue material, the collection also consists of born digital material; material that is originally produced in digital format, such as 3D-models to images, video footage, animations, renderings and computer code.
The library collects and manages information about Dutch and international architecture, urban design, and related fields such as spatial planning, landscape architecture, interior architecture, art, digital culture and design.
