The Maritime Museum Rotterdam has an important collection, dating back in part to 1852. The collection comprises some half a million maritime objects, classified into ship models, paintings, prints and drawings, a cartographic collection of atlases, ship’s charts and globes, shipbuilding blueprints, photos, films and videos, navigation instruments, nautical instruments, ship’s furnishings, numerous implements and utensils, and personal documents and clothing. The museum houses a number of semi-permanent exhibitions, including the completely updated interactive exhibit for children, Professor Plons.

The kubus or cube homes were designed by Piet Blom. He saw his design as a tree and the entire complex as a forest. Blom’s idea was to design a kind of village within a big city, a safe oasis where various functions could come to fruition. The KijkKubus is the fully furnished museum home in the Blaakse Bos. The interior was specially designed to give visitors an impression of how you can live in a cube home. Models, photo panels and screens offer additional information.

An exhibition hall that houses some 25 expositions annually. The Kunsthal displays culture in the broadest sense of the word: traditional art, new art, design, photography, from elitist to popular. The Kunsthal often experiments with themes that have never been used for an exhibition before. This approach produces a fascinating and widely varied repertoire. In total, the Kunsthal has 3300 m2 of exhibition space in a striking building

The Netherlands Architecture Institute (NAi) is more than just a museum. The NAi owns one of the world’s largest architectural collections, offers educational programmes, and has its own library and study hall, a bookshop with an extensive selection of books on architecture and a cosy museum café.

The museum, founded in 1849, houses a rich, broad collection that can be generally grouped into four wings: Old Art, with masterpieces such as Breughel’s Tower of Babel. The collection of Prints and Drawings and the collection of Applied Arts and Design with their international allure. And the Modern Art wing has an important collection of Surrealism, prominently featuring Margritte and Dali. The programme of exhibits changes periodically.