The John Adams Institute

Welcoming the best and brightest of American thinking

Upcoming events

Beyond the Water’s Edge: Charting a New Course for America?

Townhall on U.S. Domestic Division & International Influence

Please note: this event starts at 7.30pm. The visiting address of the venue is located at Kruithuisstraat 25 (see map below), which is not the regular entrance to the museum. Join the John Adams Institute and Room for Discussion to dive headfirst into the implications of a second Trump administration. Themes like “restoring America’s greatness” …...

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Timothy Snyder: On Freedom

Imagining and Designing a Better America

Please note: this event starts at 7.30pm. Doors open at 7pm. “Americans are told that we were given freedom by our Founding Fathers, our national character, our capitalist economy. None of this is true. Freedom cannot be given. It is not an inheritance… The moment you believe that freedom is given, it is gone.” After …...

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200 Years of American Photography

American Photographers in conversation. In collaboration with the Rijksmuseum

Join the Rijksmuseum and the John Adams Institute in welcoming photographers from the United States whose work is on view in the major exhibition on American photography. Their collective works invite us to investigate what America is, not only in the present, but also what it has been in pivotal moments since the invention of …...

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The New Anthology

The New Anthology is a community-led, multi-year project that gives new voice to aspects of our shared Dutch-American history by connecting stories and perspectives that have often been overlooked or purposefully ignored. Visit the online collection to find out more!

Get acquainted with the John Adams by watching recordings of our lectures or listening to our podcast ‘Bright Minds’.

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About The John Adams Institute

The John Adams Institute provides an independent podium for American culture in the Netherlands. For three decades, we have brought the best and the brightest of American thinking from the fields of literature, politics, history, and technology.

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American Avant-Garde at Eye

Up to January 5th, Eye Filmmuseum highlights the American avant-garde cinema of the 1960s. The exhibition and film programme feature both iconic and lesser-known works, showcasing the era’s vibrant experimental spirit. Highlights include films by pivotal avant-garde figures such as Jonas Mekas, Maya Deren and Stan Brakhage, as well as contributions from prominent visual artists like Bruce Conner, Yayoi Kusama, Yoko Ono, and Andy Warhol. This exploration of cinematic innovation is set against the backdrop of a changing society.

'The Story of Travis' at ITA

The Story of Travis is a new play inspired by Lorraine Hansberry’s 1959 Broadway classic A Raisin in the Sun. As a teenager, American-born Travis leaves his native Chicago to lead a nomadic life. He reaches the Netherlands where he falls in love, starts a family and builds a new life for himself. Then at 78, Travis embarks on one last big trip and returns to Chicago. Standing at his family grave he looks back upon his life (in Dutch). Click here for dates and more info.

‘Go on and improve in everything worthy.’

John Adams