Great museums of Europe : the dream of the universal museum
/ introduction by Antonio Paolucci
- New York : Rizzoli International , 2002
- 255 p. : illus. ; 31 cm
Includes bibliographical references
Vatican museums -- The Hermitage Museum -- Musée du Louvre -- British Museum -- Museumsinsel, the Island of Museums -- Prado Museum -- Rijksmuseum -- Kunsthistorisches Museum
Covers the collections of eight emblematic institutions that carry on the original ideal of the museum.