Often referred to as simply The Guggenheim, the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum is a premier art museum located in the Upper East Side neighborhood of Manhattan, New York City. It is the permanent home of a continuously expanding collection of Impressionist, Post-Impressionist, Early Modern, and contemporary art and also features special exhibitions throughout the year. The museum was established by the Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation in 1939 as the Museum of Non-Objective Painting and adopted its current name after the death of its founder in 1952.