Sunset at the Reservoir, Then Pay What You Wish at the Guggenheim
A five-minute walk connects the reservoir's west-facing shore with the Guggenheim's pay-what-you-wish hours.
The reservoir, then Fifth Avenue
🌇 Watch the light leave the water
Take the east side of the track, anywhere from 86th to 90th, and face west: about half a kilometre of open water runs to the El Dorado's twin towers on Central Park West. Sunset is 4:52 pm on November 1, 4:28 pm on December 6, 4:36 pm on December 29. Arrive fifteen minutes early and leave when the sun drops behind the skyline.
🎟 Book the pay-what-you-wish window
Pay-what-you-wish runs Tuesdays and Sundays, 4 to 5:30 pm. Advanced reservations are strongly recommended; a limited number of tickets are available on-site during pay-what-you-wish hours. Suggested contribution $10, minimum $1. Taryn Simon's Father Country I Do Love You fills the rotunda with 42 chapters. Closed November 10, Thanksgiving Day and Christmas Day.
🧭 Five minutes from water to door
From the east-shore track, walk out to Fifth Avenue and cross to the museum between 88th and 89th: about 300 metres, five minutes on foot. Leave when the sun touches the skyline and you are inside five minutes later, with half an hour on the earliest dates and closer to fifty by mid-December. December 28, a Monday, and December 30, a Wednesday, move pay-what-you-wish to 5-6:30 pm, which leaves time to watch the afterglow before you go in.
