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The library collection on open display is available for consultation during the museum’s opening hours.

If you wish to speak with a member of staff or consult archival materials, please visit on days when services are available. In April and May 2026, these are:

• April: Tuesday and Thursday from 10:00 to 14:00
• May: Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday from 10:00 to 14:00

To consult archival materials, we ask that you make an appointment in advance for one of these time slots at collection@nieuweinstituut.nl.

• Please make your reservation at least 72 hours in advance. We would like to receive an application for Tuesday at least Thursday the week before. You can do this by sending an email with the inventory numbers you want to view to collection@nieuweinstituut.nl. You can choose archive material in our inventory via our Search Portal.
• In addition to the documents you want to view, you should include the following details in your email: desired date of visit and a second option, desired time slot(s) and any other comments.
• You will receive a confirmation of your appointment. Without this confirmation, your reservation is not valid.

If you have any questions, please contact the Re-Centre by sending an email to collection@nieuweinstituut.nl.

The library collection is not available for loan and can only be consulted on site. While you can make an appointment in advance, this is not required.

• Publications that are kept in the depot will be collected for you to peruse at the Re-Centre, after you complete an application form.
• If you wish to view a large number of publications from the depot, we recommend sending an email to collection@nieuweinstituut.nl in advance.

Re-Centre is freely accessible. To consult archive material, order books from the depot or speak to a member of staff, you will need to complete a one-time registration form. It is necessary to show valid proof of identity when you register.

There are various possibilities to reproduce material from the collections of the Nieuwe Instituut. In the Re-Centre, you can copy, scan and (digitally) photograph documents yourself. However, archival material can only be copied by making a request to our Reproduction Service.

If you want to scan pages from our library collection you'll be able to use the book scanners available. The files can be sent to the computers in the Re-Centre or saved on a USB stick.

Groups are welcome at the Re-Centre. However, we do ask you to register a group (more than two people) in advance by mailing collection@nieuweinstituut.nl. The general rules for reserving archival materials apply.

If you have any questions about the collection, please contact the Re-Centre by phone +31 (0)10 440 1270 (during office hours), or send an e-mail to collection@nieuweinstituut.nl