Whitney Museum of American Art

Museum New York, New York

Founded in 1930 by millionaire sculptor and collector Gertrude Vandelbilt Whitney, the Whitney Museum of American Art houses the largest collection of 20th-century American art.

An imposing building of reinforced concrete and gray granite houses the 5 floors of this museum. Structure designed by the Hungarian architect Marcel Breuer and inaugurated in 1966. Only one of the 5 floors of the museum displays a permanent exhibition, including the famous works of Edward Hopper and various paintings by Kooning, Demuth and Andy Warhol.