The museum landscape of the North Rhine-Westphalian state capital Düsseldorf includes a wide range of collections in the areas of Lower Rhine and Düsseldorf cultural and regional history, as well as the North Rhine-Westphalian, national and international art scene. The contemporary art museums in particular have an international reputation and are an integral part of the city's diverse cultural and creative industries . Ten Düsseldorf art museums were involved in the last Düsseldorf Quadriennale 2010–2011.
Friedrich Schaarschmidt: On the history of Düsseldorf art, especially in the XIX. Century , Verl. D. Art Association for the Rhineland and Westphalia, 1902
Ulrich Kurth, Werner Lippert : 50 years of advertising in Germany: an event of the German Advertising Museum as part of the project '45ff of the city of Düsseldorf and the Foundation for Art and Culture of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia , Westermann, 1995
Volkmar Essers: Insights: the 20th Century in the Art Collection North Rhine-Westphalia, Düsseldorf , H. Cantz, 2000
Frank Maier-Solgk: The new museums , DuMont, 2002
Rolf Hosfeld : Düsseldorf Kulturverführer , Helmut Metz Verlag, 2005
Marion Ackermann , Volkmar Essers: Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen , Prestel, 2010