Advantages: Amazing building Disadvantages: Art is secondary to the building
...family which later formed the Solomon R Guggenheim Foundation. First established in 1937, the following 60 years has seen the collection grow from one solitary gallery housed in someone else’s space to five galleries spanning Europe and America, three of which have buildings designed especially for Guggenheim group.
The founder of the group was a humanitarian by the name of Solomon Guggenheim. Soloman and artist Hilla Rebay had established an interest ... ...to 89 street. Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum
1071 5th Avenue (at 89th Street)
New York
NY 10128-0173
Tel: 212 423 3500
Opening Hours – Entrance Fees
Well opening hours are really not a reason to miss it. The Guggenheim is open all year everyday except for Sundays, Thursday and Christmas Day. So unless you are very unlucky you will find a day to visit.
From Sat to Wed the galleries are open from 10am – 5.45pm. Friday is the museum’s late opening ...
Lush1 11.03.2005
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...to explain.... The Solomon R Guggenheim Museum has a slightly unusual structure to say the least. It is basically coil shaped, like an ice cream cone, getting wider as you go up. Note the up - the pathways are slanted slightly so as you go round you also change level so you can go on forever, or at least until the building runs out. This is where the top down approach comes in. Most people go in and pay, and then start walking upwards. By the time ... ...and realise they should have done what I and a few others (who had probably read the same guide book that recommended doing so) did - take the lift to the top floor and start there, letting gravity give you a helping hand on the way down. Now you know the best way to see the works on display, so all that's left now is to let you know whether or not it's worth bothering going in the first place. There are two Guggenheims in New York, but he one I, ...
zoe_page 23.11.2001
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Advantages: Looks good from the outside. Fine in you like art this much. Disadvantages: Boring.. Boring.. Boring.. (sorry but it was)
The Guggenheim museum in NYC is situated by the east side of Central Park, that is 5th Ave, on 89th st.
When I went to new york last year, we arrived late on saturday, so Sunday was the first day in which to explore the city. After picking up lots of leaflets and a virgin city guide book, we decided to head to central park first, then bloomingdales, then onto the Guggenheim museum. These were all situated relatively near to each other.
The museum ... ...building being the main part of this modern architectural building. It is more of an Art gallery than a museum.
For those Art lovers out there I'm sure you would have a great time looking at all the picasso and other artists (none I've heard of!). But for me it was so boring... a complete waste of a couple of hours.
We paid about $10 each to get in so we had to try and get something out of the visit. I recommend getting the elevator to the top ...
kenny8 11.03.2001
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