The article studies the role of connections and partnerships in four Danish cultural organizations. Cultural orgnaizations face a legitimacy crisis and as a response they must display openness to society. The article discusses how cultural organizations in Denmark connect with the society today. Furthermore the article uses Boltanski and Chiapellos work on the New Spirit of Capitalism in order to find out what role order of worth the projective city, play in the legitimation work performed by cultural organizations. The article conclude that openness and many differentiated connections are necessary to maintain legitimacy for cultural organizations. The cultural organizations frame their tasks as meetings and facilitation of connections, and they plan and carry out many activities in collaboration with partners. If an organization has too few connections with others, the organisation appears isolated, unattractive. Showing openness, willingness to open up ones organization, engaging in partnerships and networks has become a legitimization strategy for private as well as public organizations today