How did visitors move through Frank Lloyd Wright’s Guggenheim Museum design?

In Frank Lloyd Wright’s design for the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, the visitor experience is defined by a continuous, spiraling movement through the space.12

To navigate the museum, visitors are typically transported by elevator to the top of the rotunda. From there, they descend by walking down a long, continuous spiral ramp that encircles an open central space. This ramp serves as the primary promenade, where art is displayed along the curved walls, allowing for a seamless viewing experience as visitors move downward toward the ground level. This design reflects Wright’s ideal of creating a continuous, flowing space, departing from the traditional museum layout of distinct, separate floor levels.132