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Blumenthal, Ralph and Vogel, Carol. "The Guggenheim Proposes a New Gehry Museum for New York." The New York Times. 28 Sept. 1997: B5+.
A description of the new museum proposed by the Guggenheim Museum for a site on a platform over four East River piers.

D'arcy, David. "A dream of ships and steel." The Art Newspaper. Oct., 1997: 14.
An interview with Thomas Krens, director of the Guggenheim Museum, on the design, future and importance of the new Gehry building in Bilbao, Spain.

Dobrynski, Judith. "They're Building a Lot More Than Their Collections." The New York Times. 21 April. 1999: 13.
In recent years a building boom has hit as museums remodel, renovate and construct new buildings in hope of finding more exhibition space.

Hopkins, Mary. "Transparent Democary." The Art Newspaper.May, 1999: 6.
"Norman Foster's dome lets light in on the politicians--and on the collection of international art housed in the renovated Reichstag, once again the seat of German Parliament."

Kimmelman, Michael. "All Too Often, the Art Itself Gets Lost in the Blueprints." The New York Times.21 April. 1999: 7.
Follows the evolution of modern museum architecture and raises questions about structures which seem to outshine the objects housed within them.

Kaufman, Jason. "A 75,000 square-foot expansion planned for the Chicago Art Institute." The Art News.Sept., 1999: 20.
An interview with Renzo Piano, the architect hired by the CAI to drastically enlarge the museum and grapple with problem presented by railroad tracks which divide the Art Institute and the School of the Art Institute .

Muschamp, Herbert. "Culture's Power Houses." The New York Times.21 April, 1999: G1+.
A look at how a building, such as the Bilbao Guggenheim, can help put a city on the map.

Schjeldahl, Peter. "Minimalism Depot." The New Yorker.Aug 2nd, 1999. 81-82.
A description and discussion of MASS MoCA, a new art museum housed in former factory buildings in North Adams, MA.

Strand, John. "Closed For Rejuvination." Museum News. Nov./Dec. 1997: 9,11.
Hillwood Museum and Gardens, Washington D.C., will be closing for a renovation project that not only includes new wiring, lighting and fire supression systems but also a revamping of the museum's visitor services and time for the employees to rejuvinate and "look at the collection in new and different ways."