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Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum: Exterior · Opened in 1959
1/8 · Exterior · Opened in 1959Photo: Bmzuckerman · CC BY 4.0 · source
Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum: Exterior · The Solomon R
2/8 · Exterior · The Solomon RPhoto: Epicgenius · CC BY-SA 4.0 · source
Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum: Exterior · Opened in 1959
3/8 · Exterior · Opened in 1959Photo: Bmzuckerman · CC BY 4.0 · source
Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum: Interior · Opened in 1959
4/8 · Interior · Opened in 1959Photo: Bmzuckerman · CC BY 4.0 · source
Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum: Interior · Opened in 1959
5/8 · Interior · Opened in 1959Photo: Bmzuckerman · CC BY 4.0 · source
Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum: Interior · Guggenheim Ceiling
6/8 · Interior · Guggenheim CeilingPhoto: Tony Hisgett from Birmingham, UK · CC BY 2.0 · source
Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum: Detail · Opened in 1959
7/8 · Detail · Opened in 1959Photo: Bmzuckerman · CC BY 4.0 · source
Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum: Model · Legoland California's Miniland features this model of the Guggenheim Museum
8/8 · Model · Legoland California's Miniland features this model of the Guggenheim MuseumPhoto: mliu92 from San Mateo · CC BY-SA 2.0 · source
Photo 1: Exterior · Opened in 1959Photo 2: Exterior · The Solomon RPhoto 3: Exterior · Opened in 1959Photo 4: Interior · Opened in 1959Photo 5: Interior · Opened in 1959Photo 6: Interior · Guggenheim CeilingPhoto 7: Detail · Opened in 1959Photo 8: Model · Legoland California's Miniland features this model of the Guggenheim Museum

Museum · Modernism

Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum

Frank Lloyd Wright · New York, United States · 1959

Key featuresOne continuous spiral ramp around a skylit atrium replaces floors and rooms.

Architect
Frank Lloyd Wright
Place
New York, United States
Year
1959
Typology
Museum
Movement
Modernism
Region
Americas
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