Finding 69: Guggenheim Museum Archives

July 6, 2011

Thursday, June 30th, was the last day of the NHPRC grant-funded project Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, the First Fifty Years. Once a week throughout the project, the staff highlighted a finding, an object of interest found in the collections. Sixty-nine findings later, we've highlighted records within these collections that contain previously unseen documentation of Guggenheim directors' and curators' contributions to the development of modern and contemporary art. At the same time, the findings showcased records with broader appeal, such as visually striking artist correspondence, a quirky booklet of cartoons produced by the Turkish Information Office, a contact sheet documenting museum staff setting up shop in the Frank Lloyd Wright–designed building, and a sketch of the Connecticut residence of the museum's first director, Hilla Rebay.

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