Museum of Non-Objective Painting, 1071 Fifth Avenue, New York, 1949.   Formally established in 1973, the archives traces the development of Solomon R. Guggenheim's private collection, contains historic collections about the Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation, and actively collects materials on the history of its museum in New York from the inception in 1939 as the Museum of Non-Objective Painting on East 54th Street to the present as the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum on 1071 Fifth Avenue. The mission of the archives is to preserve, organize, and provide access to all historical documentation of the Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum , and the personalities that have shaped them. Collections in the archives include comprehensive exhibition files, administrative papers of previous museum directors and curators, materials surrounding the construction and opening of the Frank Lloyd Wright–designed museum in 1959, and personal papers of the museum's first director, Hilla Rebay. Researchers can conduct preliminary research in the Guggenheim’s archives collections by consulting finding aids for the collections. An alphabetical list of collections with finding aids can be found on the Finding Aid Index. Access: The archives are open to qualified scholars and researchers by advance appointment only on Mondays, Tuesdays, and Wednesdays, 9:30 AM to 5:30 PM. To schedule an appointment, please contact archives@guggenheim.org. It is recommended that appointment requests are made at least two weeks prior to the visit. The archives are located within the Guggenheim Offices at 345 Hudson Street, 12th floor, New York.