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Attraction >Museum
| Frick Collection |
Address:
1 East 70th Street
| New York City | 10021
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Midtown
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Phone: 212-288-0700
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 Step inside what was once Henry Frick's (1849-1919) private residence and you'll be treated to the rich collection of art known as The Frick Collection. You'll find some of the most distinguished works of Western art, from the early Renaissance through the late-19th century, including masterpieces by Bellini, El Greco, Rembrandt, Titian, Turner, Vermeer, Whistler and many more.
In addition to the resplendent paintings that hang on the walls here, the museum boasts one of the world's finest collections of Renaissance bronzes, as well as some of the great French sculpture of the 18th century. Furniture and decorative artwork from the ateliers of Reisener, Lacroix, Boulle, Carlin, Gouthiere and Sevres surround these treasures.
The Frick collection opened to the public in 1935. More than 275,000 visitors from around the world stop at this museum each year, located at 1 East 70th Street. The mansion itself was designed by Thomas Hastings of Carrere and Hastings and was constructed from 1913 to 1914. The architect John Russell Pope added to and altered the structure after Mrs. Frick's death in 1931. John Barrington Bayley, Harry van Dyke and G. Frederick Poehler designed the mansion’s Reception Hall, built in 1977, in addition to two more temporary exhibition galleries.
The Frick Collection also operates the Frick Art Reference Library at 10 East 71st Street, one of the world's great repositories for the documentation and study of Western art. The Library is both a research center and a photo archive and has served the international art world for more than 75 years.
Please note that children under ten are not admitted to the Collection and children under 16 must be accompanied by an adult. There are few ropes or cases guarding these fragile objects and visitors are requested to observe several regulations necessary for protecting these works of art and their domestic setting. |
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