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 hosts a … See more

The Guggenheim has about 8,000 works in its collection as of 2022 . About 1,700 are part of its online collection. The museum building has a relatively small capacity; according to See more

The Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation operates and owns the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum. The foundation's art and museum committee is responsible for proposing acquisitions and deaccessions from the foundation's collection, while the … See more

Early years and Hilla Rebay
Solomon R. Guggenheim, a member of a wealthy mining family, began collecting works of the old masters in the 1890s. In 1926, he met artist See more

Wright's design for the Guggenheim Museum incorporated geometric motifs, such as squares, circles, rectangles, triangles and See more

In 2007, the heirs of Berlin banker Paul von Mendelssohn-Bartholdy requested the restitution of the Picasso painting "Le Moulin de la Galette" … See more

Contemporary views
Even before the building opened, the design polarized architecture critics and was controversial … See more