Timeline Wednesday 21 October 1959

Events on Wednesday 21 October 1959 1

• 1959 Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum opens in New York Frank Lloyd Wright's final major work debuts The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum opened on Fifth Avenue in New York, its spiraling concrete form designed by architect Frank Lloyd Wright. The building opened six months after Wright's death and became one of the most recognizable museum buildings in the world. It houses a major collection of modern and contemporary art.