Email     Print     Bookmark & Share

The Guggenheim Museum, New York City

City Guide

Weather:

Directory

Time

<< Back to New York City Attractions
Guggenheim Museum
Guggenheim Museum © Guggenheim

The Guggenheim Museum

The Solomon R Guggenheim Museum was designed by US architect Frank Lloyd Wright and was completed shortly after his death in 1959. It is well worth a visit just to see this icon of Modernist architecture, which was designed specifically to showcase the modern art within. Inside, it features a highly commended collection of late 19th- and 20th-century art works, as well as touring exhibitions. From beneath the huge glass dome, a quarter-of-a-mile-long ramp spirals down the inside of the building, past the collection of art, including works by Camille Pissarro, Vasily Kandinsky, Paul Klee, Pablo Picasso, Toulouse-Lautrec, Cézanne, Robert Mapplethorpe and Robert Gober.

Address: 1071 Fifth Avenue, at 89th Street
Website: www.guggenheim.org
Telephone: (212) 423 3500
Transport: Subway 4, 5 or 6 to 86th Street; bus M1, M2, M3, or M4 on Madison or Fifth Avenue
Opening time: Saturday to Wednesday 10am to 5.45pm; Friday 10am to 7.45; closed Thursdays and Christmas Day
Admission: $18 (adults), free for children under 12. Rates differ during special exhibitions