for General Purposes, enabling a water landscape. The excavation of extensive areas surrounding the gallery aimed to recognise the museum's characteristic maritime architecture and the surrounding landscape as an "Island of Art." The museum was moved to an island instead of the original plan of a beach-side placement due to environmental conservation factors that relate to the ecological balance and heritage. This extension provides maritime landscape of three road bridges, two pedestrian bridges, lagoons, native plantations and an architectural sculptural park. The refurbishment and extension were managed by Schul Landskabsarkitekter in conjunction with Møller and Grønborg, as a "transition from nature to culture." The two pedestrian bridges were formally reconstructed diagonally on the museum's main axis to create a transitional causeway from the maritime landscape to the gallery. Collections The Museum is a home to significant international cultural pieces and notable displays from a collective assemble of over 400 artists. The collection spans from World War IIin 1945 to the present day, incorporating permanent caches by Damien Hirst, Olafur Eliasson, Ai Wei Wei, Ingar Dragset and Michael Elmgreen and Asger Jorn. The Museum's collection incorporates two underpinning themes: (1) the human condition of modernistic man and (2) about art that questions the essential definition of art itself, via new media, mixed-materials and sculptural forms. Situated on the left of the entrance on Arken's forecourt is a sculpture of a child riding a rocking horse, labelled Powerless Structures by Ingar Dragset and Michael Elmgreen . The equestrian statue aims to honour the heroism of humanism.The image of a young boy astride his rocking horse encourages viewers to consider the less spectacular events in their lives, which are often the most important. The sculpture invokes life’s everyday activities and questions the tradition of monuments predicated on military victory or defeat. Arken's archives hold a permanent display of British artist, Damien Hirst. Notable displays include: Love’s Paradox, 2007, Beautiful Strummerville Spin, 2010 and 2-Amino-5-Bromobenzotrifluoride, 2011 which measures 4.57 by 14.32 metres and is curated size-specific to fit in Arken. These donations were by Dennis and Jytte Merla Dresing of the Merla Foundation. The collection of Damien Hirst works were assembled in a "Hirst Room", a gallery space dedicated to showcase his works. Other installations were a 2.5 metre bronzed statue entitled Saint Bartholomew, 2006 and a diamond entrusted skull titled, For the love of God. For the Love of God stretched all boundaries