Guggenheim Museum
Arts & Culture · New York, NY
About
The Guggenheim Museum is a must for architecture fans and modern art lovers alike. Its iconic Frank Lloyd Wright building, with a spiral ramp winding around a skylit atrium, is as much a draw as the works inside. You'll find pieces by Chagall, Picasso, and Kandinsky alongside rotating exhibitions like "Haunted: Contemporary Photography/Video/Performance." It's manageable in size, so you won't feel overwhelmed.
The museum is on Museum Mile in the Upper East Side, near 89th Street. Advance tickets are recommended and available on their website. Free wifi is confirmed. If you're in the area, the Metropolitan Museum of Art is also nearby. The Guggenheim is mixed gay-straight in crowd and offers a standard price tier. It's open daily from 10:30am to 5:30pm.
Features
- ✓Explore Frank Lloyd Wright's iconic spiral building
- ✓See works by Chagall, Kandinsky, and Picasso
- ✓Catch rotating exhibitions like Haunted
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What people say
Rated from 1,154 reviews. 156 community ratings. View this venue on Yelp
From the community
“divine”
The Guggenheim has the best shows in town.
A visitor · Over a year ago
“Fabulous”
Everything about the Guggenheim is fabulous. Their current exhibition on contemporary photography, video, and performance is really outstanding. Definitely worth a trip uptown.
A guest · Over a year ago
“Distinctive 5th Avenue Building”
This distinctive Upper East Side building was designed by Frank Lloyd Wright, and that fact alone is reason enough to visit. The building's look is familiar to many—a stacked cylinder wider at the top than the bottom. When I first visited the Guggenheim, my interest was in seeing this architectural masterpiece rather than the artwork inside. Since I am not a huge fan of contemporary art, I assumed the paintings would be of secondary interest. I was wrong. There is an interesting variety of art displayed in the Guggenheim, and in an ingenious way. A large skylight provides natural light for the interior atrium. Visitors wind their way up or down the easy-to-walk spiral to enjoy impressionist, post-impressionist, and modern paintings and sculptures. This is a very interesting, manageable-sized museum.
A recent visitor · Over a year ago
Frequently Asked Questions
Do I need to buy tickets in advance? +
Advance tickets are recommended and can be purchased at guggenheim.org/tickets.
Is the Guggenheim LGBTQ+-focused or friendly? +
It's considered mixed gay-straight, meaning it's welcoming to everyone but not specifically LGBTQ+-focused.
What are the museum's hours? +
Open daily from 10:30am to 5:30pm, confirmed on Yelp.
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