Guggenheim Museum Opens - 1959 | Today in History | 21 Oct 16

On October 21, 1959, the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, designed by Frank Lloyd Wright, opened to the public in New York.

"An inverted dish" - "a hot-cross bun" - "a washing machine". So say some critics of the Guggenheim Cylindrical Museum just opened in New York. It is the creation of the late Frank Lloyd Wright, who thrived on controversy throughout his life.