where is it? it’ s in new york city on the 5th avenue

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Page 1: Where is it? It’ s in New York City On the 5th avenue
Page 2: Where is it? It’ s in New York City On the 5th avenue

Where is it?

It’ s in New York City

On the 5th avenue

Page 3: Where is it? It’ s in New York City On the 5th avenue

It is a museum of modern art.A monument to modernism, the unique

architecture of the space, with its spiral ramp riding to a domed skylight, continues to thrill visitors and provide a unique forum for the

presentation of contemporary art.

What is it?

Page 4: Where is it? It’ s in New York City On the 5th avenue

Frank Lloyd Wright's masterpiece opened to the public on October 21, 1959. The Solomon R. Guggenheim

Museum is the most important building of Wright's late career. The museum is dedicated to Solomon R. He donated many paintings to the

museum.

Who built it?

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Guggenheim’ s collections

It houses some 600 artworks that were donated to the museum by its founder. It also houses paintings

by artists like Pablo Picasso, Amedeo Modigliani, Vasily Kandinsky, Marc Chagall, Fernand Leger, Robert Delaunay, Piet Mondrian , Franz Marc, Georges

Seurat, Pierre Bonnard, Gleizes Albert, László Moholy-Nagy, Henri Rousseaue . It also houses special

collections.