In which city is the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum located?

The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum is located in New York City. Its distinctive building stands at 1071 Fifth Avenue, between 88th and 89th Streets, on Manhattan’s Upper East Side.

The museum was established in 1939 as the Museum of Non-Objective Painting, presenting the modern-art collection assembled by Solomon R. Guggenheim under the guidance of director Hilla von Rebay. It adopted its present name in 1952, three years after Guggenheim’s death.

Frank Lloyd Wright designed the building, which opened in 1959 after 15 years of planning and construction. Its most famous feature is a six-story spiral ramp wrapped around a central atrium and skylight. Visitors sometimes confuse the Guggenheim with the city’s other major museums, but this Wright landmark is specifically in Manhattan, not Chicago, Los Angeles, or San Francisco.

The museum became a National Historic Landmark in 2008 and joined UNESCO’s World Heritage listing of Wright buildings in 2019.