Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum
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The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, often referred to as The Guggenheim, is an art museum at 1071 Fifth Avenue between 88th and 89th Streets on the Upper East Side of Manhattan in New York City. It is the permanent home of a continuously expanding collection of Impressionist, Post-Impressionist, early Modern, and contemporary art and also features special exhibitions throughout the year. It was established by the Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation in 1939 as the Museum of Non-Objective Painting, under the guidance of its first director, Hilla von Rebay. The museum adopted its current name in 1952, three years after the death of its founder Solomon R. Guggenheim.
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| Established | 1937 |
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| Location | 1071 Fifth Avenue at 89th Street Manhattan, New York City |
| Coordinates | 40°46′59″N 73°57′32″W |
| Type | Art museum |
| Visitors | 953,925 (2016)[1] |
| Director | Richard Armstrong |
| Public transit access | Subway:     trains at 86th StreetBus: M1, M2, M3, M4, M86 SBS |
| Website | www |
Historic site | |
| Built | 1956–1959 |
| Architect | Frank Lloyd Wright |
| Architectural style(s) | Modern |
| Criteria | Cultural: (ii) |
| Designated | 2019 (43rd session) |
| Part of | The 20th-Century Architecture of Frank Lloyd Wright |
| Reference no. | 1496-008 |
| Region | Europe and North America |
| Designated | May 19, 2005 (2005-05-19)[2] |
| Reference no. | 05000443[2] |
| Designated | October 6, 2008 (2008-10-06)[3] |
| Designated | March 25, 2005 (2005-03-25)[4] |
| Reference no. | 06101.008546[4] |
| Designated | August 14, 1990 (1990-08-14)[5][6] |
| Reference no. | 1774 (exterior), 1775 (interior) |
The museum's building, a landmark work of 20th-century architecture designed by Frank Lloyd Wright, drew controversy for the unusual shape of its display spaces and took 15 years to design and build; it was completed in 1959. It consists of a six-story, bowl-shaped main gallery to the south, a four-story "monitor" to the north, and a ten-story annex to the northeast. The main gallery contains a six-story helical ramp that extends along its perimeter, as well as a central ceiling skylight. The Thannhauser Collection is housed within the top three stories of the monitor, and there are additional galleries in the annex and a learning center in the basement. The building underwent expansion and extensive renovations from 1990 to 1992, when the annex was built, and it was renovated again from 2005 to 2008.
The museum's collection has grown over the decades and is founded upon several important private collections, beginning with that of Solomon R. Guggenheim. The collection, which includes around 8,000 works as of 2022[update], is shared with sister museums in the Spanish city of Bilbao and elsewhere. In 2013, nearly 1.2 million people visited the museum, and it hosted the most popular exhibition in New York City.[7]