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ID: 700008658
Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/cona/700008658
Record Type: Built Work
Images: 1
Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum (art museum (building); Frank Lloyd Wright (American architect, 1867-1959), extensio...; 1956-1959)
Note: The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, often referred to as The Guggenheim, is an art museum located at the corner of 1071 Fifth Avenue and East 89th Street in the Upper East Side neighborhood of Manhattan, New York City. Its collection comprises Impressionist, Post-Impressionist, early Modern and contemporary art and also features special exhibitions throughout the year. Designed by Frank Lloyd Wright, the museum is considered an icon of 20th century architecture with its cylidrical gallery wider at the top than the bottom, the interior of which features unique ramp galleries extending up from ground level in a long, continuous spiral along the outer edges of the building, ending under a large skylight. The building underwent extensive expansion and renovations in 1992, again in 2005 to 2008. The collection is shared with the museum's sister institutions in Bilbao, Spain, and other locations.
Titles:
Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum (preferred,C,U,undetermined,U,U)
The Guggenheim (C,U,undetermined,U,U)
Guggenheim Museum (C,U,undetermined,U,U)
Catalog Level: item
Work Types:
art museum (building) [300264847] (preferred)
..... (Objects Facet, Built Environment (hierarchy name), Single Built Works (hierarchy name), single built works (built environment), <single built works by specific type>, <single built works by function>, exhibition buildings, museums (buildings), <museums buildings by subject>)

Classifications:
architecture (preferred)

Creation Date: 1956-1959

Creator Display:
Frank Lloyd Wright (American architect, 1867-1959), extension: Gwathmey Siegel & Associates (American architectural firm, founded 1968) [preferred,VP]
occupant Guggenheim Museum Soho (American museum, New York City, contemporary) [500260764]
occupant Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum (American repository, New York City, contemporary) [500303631]
architect Wright, Frank Lloyd (American architect, 1867-1959) Extent: design [500020307]
architectural firm Gwathmey Siegel & Associates (American architectural firm, founded 1968) Extent: addition [500121502]
Locations:
Manhattan [7022657] New York City (inhabited place), New York state (state), United States (nation), North and Central America (continent), World (facet) (Geographic)
Address Note: 1071 5th Avenue
Display Materials: reinforced concrete
reinforced concrete [300010775]
.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by composition>, inorganic material, concrete, <concrete by technique>)

Dimensions: various
Cultures:
American (preferred)

Style/Period/Group/Movement:
Modern (style or period) [300264736] (preferred,style)
.....(Styles and Periods Facet, Styles and Periods (hierarchy name), <styles| periods| and cultures by general era>)

General Subject:
architecture (preferred)

Specific Subjects:
art museums (buildings) [300264847]
.....(Objects Facet, Built Environment (hierarchy name), Single Built Works (hierarchy name), single built works (built environment), <single built works by specific type>, <single built works by function>, exhibition buildings, museums (buildings), <museums buildings by subject>) (AAT)

List/Hierarchical Position:
..... Built Works
.......... Built Works by class: institutional, public, commercial, and industrial buildings
Sources and Contributors:
Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum........ [VP]
........ Janberg, Stucturae [online] (1998-) Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum," accessed 22 May 2015
The Guggenheim........ [VP]
........ Guggenheim Museum [online] (2014) accessed 18 April 2017
Guggenheim Museum........ [VP]
........ Encyclopedia Britannica Online (1994-2001) "Guggenheim Museum," accessed 17 April 2017
Subject: ....... [VP]
....................... Janberg, Stucturae [online] (1998-) "Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum," accessed 22 May 2015
....................... Encyclopedia Britannica Online (1994-2001) "The Guggenheim Musuem," accesed 18 April 2018
Note:
English ..... [VP]
..... Encyclopedia Britannica Online (1994-2001) "The Guggenheim Musuem," accesed 18 April 2018
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