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2. 'Museums in the 21st Century' was on view at the Louisiana Museum, Humlebaek, Denmark, from 20 June until 14 September 2008. It is next on display at the
National Museum of Art, Architecture and Design, Oslo, Norway, from 10 October 2008 until 11 January 2009, and then goes on show at the University of Michigan Museum of Art, USA, from 6 February until 3 May 2009.
3. Spalding J. The Poetic Museum: Reviving Historical Collections. London, Munich and New York: Prestel, 2002: 8.
4. Heinrich Wagner, quoted in New Museums in the 21st Century: Concepts Projects Buildings. Berlin, London, Munich and New York: Prestel, 2008: 6.
5. King Frederick William IV, quoted in New Museums in the 21st Century: 150.
6. Renzo Piano and Richard Rogers, quoted in New Museums in the 21st Century: 54.
7. Greub T. Museums at the Beginning of the 21st Century: Speculations (catalogue): 11.
8. Jean Nouvel, quoted in New Museums in the 21st Century: 110.