NXT Museum

In a large black industrial building in Amsterdam-Noord, NXT Museum is the Netherlands' first museum dedicated entirely to new media art — large-scale, immersive installations where art meets technology and science. It's a deliberately futuristic, multi-sensory experience that's a world away from the city's classical museums.

Opened in 2021, it commissions and presents ground-breaking works by living artists, using light, sound, projection and interactive systems that respond to your presence and movement.

What you'll see

Rather than a fixed collection, NXT runs changing exhibitions exploring how technology shapes the way we see and live — from immersive light-and-sound rooms to interactive installations, avatars, AI and digital worlds. The works are large in scale and designed to be walked through and engaged with, often reacting to the people in the room.

Good to know

Plan around an hour to ninety minutes. It's in Amsterdam-Noord, reached by a free ferry across the IJ plus a short walk or bus, in an area full of waterfront cafés. Check the current exhibition before you go, as the programme changes.

A useful way to approach NXT is to leave the usual museum checklist behind. Rather than looking for a single object or a familiar artist’s name, give yourself time to notice how each work unfolds. Moving images and sound reward a different kind of attention from a painting on a wall: the experience can shift while you stay in place. You don’t need a technical background to engage with it; your own impressions are a good starting point.

Make room to explore Noord beyond the museum, too. The nearby Van der Pekbuurt offers a contrast to the exhibition spaces, with residential streets, independent shops and places to eat around Van der Pekstraat. If you’re heading back towards the ferry at Buiksloterweg, you can combine the outing with Tolhuistuin or the Eye Filmmuseum on the IJ waterfront. That route brings together different sides of Noord, from its everyday neighbourhood life to its prominent cultural venues.