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Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum
The
Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum
, often referred to as
The Guggenheim
, is an art museum located at 1071
Fifth Avenue
on the corner of
East 89th Street
in the
Upper East Side
neighborhood of
Manhattan
,
New York City
. It is the permanent home of a continuously expanding collection of
Impressionist
,
Post-Impressionist
, early
Modern
and
contemporary art
and also features special exhibitions throughout the year. The museum was established by the
Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation
in 1939 as the Museum of Non-Objective Painting, under the guidance of its first director, the artist
Hilla von Rebay
. It adopted its current name after the death of its founder,
Solomon R. Guggenheim
, in 1952.
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