Based in Rotterdam, a global centre for design innovation, the institute’s mission is to embrace the power and potential of new thinking, exploring past, present and future ideas in order to imagine, test and build a better tomorrow.  Encouraging visitors of all ages to question, rethink and contribute, the institute’s exhibitions, public programmes, research, and far-reaching national and international initiatives provide a testing ground for collaborations with leading designers, thinkers and diverse audiences, critically addressing the urgent questions of our time.

In addition to housing the National Collection for Dutch Architecture and Urban Planning, the institute manages the 1933 Sonneveld House, a leading example of Dutch Functionalist architecture, as part of its campus in Rotterdam’s Museumpark.

Nieuwe Instituut is the world’s first Zoöp, a groundbreaking model through which all areas of the museum’s operations and programmes are informed by its impact and benefit to other forms of life. The institute also serves as the curator of the Dutch pavilion at the 18th International Architecture Exhibition – La Biennale di Venezia in 2023, and, will act as the Artistic Director for the fourth edition of London Design Biennale at Somerset House (1-25 June 2023).