Editing Groningen (section)

===Museums===
[[File:Groninger Museum 2.jpg|left|thumb|[[Groninger Museum]] (2006)]]
[[File:Groninger_Forum.jpg|right|thumb|Forum Groningen]]
Groningen is home to the [[Groninger Museum]].<ref name="Vries2010">{{cite book |author=Marietta de Vries |title=Present |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=c1-r9WXOUggC&pg=PA278 |year=2010 |publisher=010 Publishers |isbn=978-90-6450-708-3 |page=278}}</ref> Its new building designed by [[Alessandro Mendini]] in 1994 echoes the Italian post-modern concepts and is notable for its futuristic and colourful style.<ref name="Maidment2000">{{cite book |author=Fred Maidment |title=International Business: 01/02 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=UajkWiB4j1sC |date=November 2000 |publisher=McGraw-Hill/Dushkin |isbn=978-0-07-243344-9 |page=201}}</ref><ref name="Ashworth2017" /> The city has a [[maritime museum]], a [[university museum]], a comics museum and a graphics museum.<ref>{{cite book |title=The north and the Frisian Islands Rough Guides Snapshot Netherlands (includes Leeuwarden, Harlingen, Hindeloopen, Makkum, Sneek and Groningen) |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=vrfiqM00FIwC&pg=PT31 |date=25 April 2013 |publisher=Rough Guides Limited |isbn=978-1-4093-3543-6 |pages=29–36}}</ref> Groningen is also the home of [[Noorderlicht]], an international photographic platform that runs a photo gallery and organizes an international photo festival.<ref name="Karatzogianni2013">{{cite book |author=Athina Karatzogianni |title=Violence and War in Culture and the Media: Five Disciplinary Lenses |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=5K_t15wRTNEC&pg=PA75 |date=17 June 2013 |publisher=Routledge |isbn=978-1-136-50021-3 |page=75}}</ref> The [[Forum Groningen]] that opened in 2019 is a cultural center consisting of a museum, art cinema, library, bars, rooftop terrace and tourist information office.<ref name="Guides2019">{{cite book |author=Rough Guides |title=The Rough Guide to the Netherlands (Travel Guide eBook) |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=g0OWDwAAQBAJ&pg=PT355 |date=1 March 2019 |publisher=Apa Publications (UK) Limited |isbn=978-1-78919-527-9 |page=355}}</ref>