Guggenheim Museum, NYC
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Guggenheim Museum, NYC - by Geoge Ranalli on Google
Description
The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum houses a collection of Impressionist, Post-Impressionist, early Modern, and contemporary art that it shares with its sister museums in Bilbao (Spain) and elsewhere. The cylindrical building was designed by Frank Lloyd Wright and is known for its continuous ramp gallery spiralling all the way to the top floor and the glass ceiling crowning the atrium. There are many world-renown artists featured in the permanent collection or during temporary exhibitions, such as Kandinsky, Cezanne, Chagall or Paul Klee.
Access & Transport
The museum is located along 'Museum Mile' in Manhattan's Upper East Side, across Fifth Avenue from Central Park. Buses M1, M2, M3 and M4 stop next to it and underground station '86h Street' (4, 5, 6) is 600m away (<10mins walk). Accessibility info: https://www.guggenheim.org/accessibility
Instructions & Recommendations
The Metropolitan Museum of Art is very close to the Guggenheim but, in our opinion, time would be too short to squeeze both in one day and that would be an art overload.
Environmental & Social
Some verbose on the website but no data. Museums do consume a fair amount of electricity. Helps spread the arts.
Conclusion
New York's Guggenheim is actually a great museum, blending original architecture and a lot of interesting art but other venues in the city are putting the bar very high so that it compares moderately well with the Met and even MoMA (subjective opinion, of course). Go if you already have been to the others and/or some of your favourite artists are exhibited there.
Key positive
Great building architecture
many well-known artists exhibited
Key negative
Not very large considering the admission price
Suitability
Accessible for visitors with reduced mobility. Children under 14 may not find the collection very interesting
About this Rating
TYPE
Onsite
RESEARCHED IN
August 2024
PROVIDER
Koreval
av. transport time:0h 30m
est. visit time:2h
Monday10:30 - 17:30
Tuesday10:30 - 17:30
Wednesday10:30 - 17:30
Thursday10:30 - 17:30
Friday10:30 - 17:30
Saturday10:30 - 17:30
Sunday10:30 - 17:30