The contemporary trend of building new museums is an unprecedented architectural phenomenon that is documented in this text, which presents significant architects who have been involved in this highly specialized area, with a detailed critical analysis of each project used to describe the singular circumstances of its design, and its contribution to the genre. Contemporary museums by architects such as Gae Aulenti, Hans Hollein, Arata Isozaki, Kisho Kurokawa, Richard Meier, Renzo Piano, Robert Venturi and Denise Scott Brown are presented.