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Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum
1071 Fifth Avenue
(at 89th Street)
New York, NY 10128-0173
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Museum Hours
Sun–Wed 10 am–5:45 pm
Fri 10 am–5:45 pm
Sat 10 am–7:45 pm
Closed Thurs, Thanksgiving, Christmas Day
Some galleries may close prior to 5:45 pm Sun–Wed and Fri (7:45 pm Sat)
Please note: All ramps and additional galleries of the museum are currently closed due to the installation of John Chamberlain: Choices, opening on February 24. The admission price is reduced at this time, and advance tickets are not available.
Adults $18
Students and Seniors (65 years +) with valid ID $15
Children under 12 Free
Members Free
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Audio tours are free with admission.
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Hilla von Rebay, ca. 1931. Hilla von Rebay Foundation Archive. M0007. Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum Archives, New York, NY
The Guggenheim Archives Wins a Grant from the Hilla von Rebay Foundation
The
Hilla von Rebay Foundation was established in 1967 with the aim of
fostering, promoting, and encouraging the interest of the public in
nonobjective art. In 2008, the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum Archives
received a grant from the Hilla von Rebay Foundation to arrange,
describe, and selectively digitize the Hilla von Rebay Foundation
Archive.
The
Hilla von Rebay Foundation Archive spans the years 1894–1997 and
consists of 101 cubic feet of records created or collected by Hilla
Rebay and/or the Hilla von Rebay Foundation. The collection reflects
Rebay’s work as an artist as well as her tenure as the first director
of the Museum of Non-Objective Painting, which became the Solomon R.
Guggenheim Museum in 1952. Highlights of the collection includes both
personal and professional correspondence, such as correspondence with
Frank Lloyd Wright; photographs of Rebay and her associates and
friends, including the Solomon R. Guggenheim family; and Rebay’s
scrapbooks, illustrating exhibition histories.
The collection listing
can be viewed online. Select records in the collection are digitized.
To view digitized records, scroll down to the bottom of the page and
use the toggle button to open the folder list. Items that have been
digitized will display as links. Digitized highlights include Rebay’s
Christmas cards and writings on nonobjective art.
Detail of a telegram from Harry Guggenheim to Frank Lloyd Wright regarding a meeting to demonstrate theory of presenting paintings, November 30, 1958, Frank Lloyd Wright correspondence. A0006. Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum Archives, New York, NY
Wright's Papers Go Digital
The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum Archives
recently received funding from the New York State Council on the Arts
to support the digitization of the Frank Lloyd Wright correspondence, a
collection that documents the construction of the museum between 1943
and 1959. The project will enable low-resolution images of records from
the collection to be publicly displayed through the Archives' website.
The Frank Lloyd Wright papers consist of correspondence between
Wright and trustees of the Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation, including
Solomon R. Guggenheim, Harry F. Guggenheim, and Albert E. Thiele; NYC
Building Commissioner, Robert Moses; and the museum's Directors, Hilla
Rebay and James Johnson Sweeney. The correspondence includes
discussions of the museum site, plans, models, building costs,
architect fees, contractors, name, and display of artwork. Ultimately,
the correspondence documents not only the construction of the permanent
museum building, but also a revolutionary turn in the conception of
American architecture and museum exhibition spaces.
View the digitized records in the folder list of the Frank Lloyd Wright correspondence. A0006.