Talk:Guggenheim Museum

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what is the numerical slope of the ramp at the nyc guggenheim?

  • 5% grade or
  • 1:20 (1 unit of vertical change for every 20 units of horizontal change)

"The ramp is one-quarter of a mile long and rises at a grade of five percent; it is 25’ wide at the bottom but increases in depth to 32’ as it climbs. The gallery walls are 9’-6” tall and slope slightly outwards at ninety-seven degrees from the floor.

"Designed to hold paintings, the tilt of the gallery walls was intended to replicate the slope of an easel."

Source: NATIONAL HISTORIC LANDMARK NOMINATION: SOLOMON R. GUGGENHEIM MUSEUM, page 6.

Good luck!

--Dowen 23:34, 7 December 2008 (UTC)

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