Guggenheim Museum
The Guggenheim Museum is a modern art museum, housing many paintings collected by the 19th Century multi-millionaire Solomon Guggenheim, and designed by the famous architect Frank Lloyd Wright.
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History
In 1996, when King Arthur Pendragon and Griff were first brought to New York City by the Stone of Destiny, they arrived upon its roof, encountered both Macbeth and the gargoyles soon after. ("Pendragon")
Real World Background
Before the location on Fifth Avenue was built, Solomon Guggenheim considered building a museum at Rockefeller Center. Franklin Lloyd Wright's designs were first announced in 1945, but construction was delayed due to a shortage of materials from the recent World War. Construction ultimately began in 1956 and was completed in 1959. It opened on October 20th, 1959 – six months after Frank Lloyd Wright died. The Guggenheim would be his last project.
The museum today displays a rotating selection of its collection of over eight thousand works of art. The Guggenheim has sister museums in Venice, Italy (since 1951) and Bibao, Spain (since 1997), with a third planned in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.
See Also
- Guggenheim Museum at Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
