Guggenheim
Museum
December 7, 2003
![]() Guggenheim museum, a late Frank Lloyd Wright masterpiece. |
![]() Guggenheim at dusk |
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| the floors inside. The inside-outside connection is also made via ivy on both sides of the windows, which thematically ties the museum to Central Park. | |
![]() The bubbles let natural light into the interior. |
![]() View from the top floor, down to the fountain. |
![]() Wright designed the museum so that patrons would start at the top and wind their way down, moving with gravity. However, many visitors walk backwards/up the ramps instead. Some works are designed to be seen from different angles and distances. |
![]() The Guggenheim, from the lobby fountain to the skylight. |