Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum

About Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum

The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum sits on Fifth Avenue on Manhattan’s Upper East Side, at 1071 5th Ave. Founded in 1939 by the Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation, it began as a home for non-objective painting before expanding its scope. Today its program centers on modern and contemporary art, with a rotating schedule of special exhibitions alongside works from its permanent holdings. The building’s spiral rotunda shapes how visitors move through shows, turning the act of looking into a slow ascent.