1. For an excellent treatment of this topic, particularly as it relates to the display and interpretation of religious artifacts, see Arthur (2000).
2. This is not to say that other kinds of museums of all sizes can't provoke a transcendent response. Natural history museums are crawling with ghosts, and even a ramshackle local history museum might stir one's recognition of eternal truths.
3. For a thorough discussion of this topic, See Duncan (1995).
4. Cited at http://www.quondam.com/19/1972a.htm (accessed June 10, 2011).
5. This rash of museum building is also the result of competition among museum patrons, for whom such buildings are emblems of their own power, prestige, and taste. See Filler (2005).