Museums & galleries · Upper East Side

Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum

The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum is an art museum on Fifth Avenue in Manhattan's Upper East Side, holding a collection of modern and contemporary art. Its building, designed by Frank Lloyd Wright and completed in 1959, is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

Why it matters

Wright's spiral makes the circulation the exhibition: there is one continuous ramp rather than a sequence of rooms, which constrains how work can be hung and has been argued about ever since it opened.

Editorial context written by Global City Intelligence, not a statement from the venue.

Good for

Architecture & design — The building is the reason most people go, and it is best understood by walking the full ramp.
Rainy day — A single enclosed route, shorter and more contained than the larger museums nearby.

These are editorial judgements, not verified facts.

Sources & verification

coordinates.latitude: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission, Individual Landmark Sites (Primary) — checked 2026-09-07; Read from an authoritative geospatial publisher; see the coordinate's own status and role.
coordinates.longitude: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission, Individual Landmark Sites (Primary) — checked 2026-09-07
officialWebsite: Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum - official site (Primary) — checked 2026-09-07; URL retrieved and confirmed to belong to the named operator.
address.formatted: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission, Individual Landmark Sites (Primary) — checked 2026-09-07; Address as recorded by the authoritative gazetteer that supplied the coordinate.
operational.hoursText: Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum - published opening information (Primary) — checked 2026-09-07; Quoted from the operator's published opening information on the date read.

Operational details last checked 2026-09-07. Facts of this kind are treated as current for 120 days.

The address is taken from the NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission record rather than from the museum's own site, which is client-rendered and could not be read from the build environment.

Official information

Address: 1071 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10128
Access: ticketed
Setting: indoor
Admission: Not verified — see official website
Status: active

Official website →

Point: 40.78300, -73.95890 · centre of the building · known to about 20 m
Verified: Verified against an official geospatial source, 2026-09-07
Source: New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission

Replaced the Phase 1 discovery-tier point, 6.5 m away, with an authoritative one. Both describe the same place; the difference is a change of source and of recorded role, not a correction of a wrong location.

Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Visit information

Checked 2026-09-07

Hours: The museum is open today from 10:30 am to 5:30 pm; the store until 6 pm.
Booking: The operator recommends booking ahead
Access: ticketed · arrival point is the centre of the building
Worth knowing: The museum publishes hours per date rather than as a standing weekly pattern; the quoted line is what the site showed on the date read. The operator states: "We recommend reserving tickets online in advance, though tickets can also be purchased at the museum."

Checked against Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation on 2026-09-07. Operational details can change — confirm with the operator before travelling.

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