Frye Art Museum
Seattle, WA 98104
Phone: (206) 622-9250
Fax: (206) 223-1707
- Hours:
- Tue-Wed, Fri-Sat 10am-5pm, Thu 10am-8pm, Sun 12pm-5pm
Editorial Review for Frye Art Museum – by Judy Wagonfeld
In Short
The Frye's modernistic facade, where visitors dawdle alongside a burbling reflective pool, belies the classical interior. Founders Charles and Emma Frye still dominate from their larger-than-life portraits, as if enforcing the rules of their bequest: Art must be displayed in natural light and admission must always be free. The permanent collection focuses on the Munich School, but also includes American masters Mary Cassatt, Thomas Eakins, Winslow Homer, John Singer Sargent and Andrew Wyeth.
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Insider Tips
When to GoTuesday and Wednesday afternoons are the least crowded.
Look GoodThe bookstore carries a top-notch collection of representational art books.
User Reviews for Frye Art Museum
02/20/2008 Posted by xymotic
I can't get enough of this place... As a poor college student the Frye Art Museum is an inexpensive way to enjoy art. **When I say inexpensive, I mean FREE** I love to come here to enjoy the permanent collection as well as rotating exhibits. Exhibitions like Robert Crumb, Mark Ryden, Willie Cole and Amy Helfand keep me coming back. I can't articulate what a wonderful place this museum is, but this hidden gem is always worth the visit.
Pros: Free, peaceful, entertaining, educational and free parking
10/26/2006 Posted by danmayer
This is a nice free museum with a very small and ecclectic collection mostly German painters who worked between 1850 and 1915. However, there was a special exhibit on a painter named Darger, which is very innappropriate. It is TOTALLY INAPPROPRIATE to have children portrayed without any clothing on and as victims of torture (tied up to trees) in an art museum and then passing this off as art.
Pros: Free
Cons: Inappropriate exhibit
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