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The National Collection is open to anyone interested in learning more about the designed environment. With around 4.5 million documents in hundreds of archives, it is one of the world’s largest collections of architecture and urban planning.

Two online platforms provide access to the collection. The Search Portal is for those who are looking for specific items in the collection, while the Collection Platform is for those who want to explore the collection in a more intuitive way. In the long term, these two search tools will be combined.

Search

Looking for a specific archive item? Then use the Search Portal. There you’ll find the inventories of all the archives managed by the Nieuwe Instituut. You can also use the Search Portal to search the library collection.

To the Search Portal

Explore

The new Collection Platform allows you to explore the National Collection in an intuitive and associative way through stories, objects and relationships.

To the Collection Platform

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