Fenix Museum

The major new migration museum opening in Rotterdam in 2025. A building of iconic design by leading architects MAD.

The 16,000 sqm building, dating from 1923, is being transformed in a radical design by Ma Yansong of MAD Architects, the internationally acclaimed Beijing-based architecture practice. Located on the south bank of the River Maas in Rotterdam's historic port district, the warehouse served as an important building for storage and shipping for the Holland-Amenca Line - a Dutch cargo and passenger line The Holland-America Line facilitated the journeys of millions of migrants in the 19th and 20th centuries who arrived and departed from the surrounding docks.

Visitors will immediately see its architectural masterpiece, the Tornado, an organic, dynarnic structure evocative of rising air that climbs from the ground floor and flows up and out of the rooftop onto a platform hovering above the city - an uplifting symbol for the journeys experienced by migrants globally.

FENIX explores the timeless story of human migration in a changing world through a series of encounters with art, architecture, photography and history, setting out to redefine the role of a museum for the next generation.