New kinds of museums in the 19th century - the cathedrals of urban modernity; state politics of art patronage in Paris - the Luxembourg museum; London galleries founded by private sponsors of Victorian art; galleries of (greater) nationalism - the German countries, the Slavonic nations and Italy; the expanding wave - parallel endeavours in other western cities; epilogue - the "coming of age" of museums of contemporary art and the weight of the museological legacy.
