Frye Art Museum

Located on Seattle’s First Hill since 1952, the Frye is the city’s only free art museum. The Founding Collection of primarily late-nineteenth and early-twentieth-century German art was gifted in perpetuity to the people of Seattle by prominent early-twentieth-century Seattle business leaders and art collectors Charles and Emma Frye. In addition, the Museum owns an extensive collection of artworks purchased or gifted to the Museum since its opening. Today, the Frye reflects Seattle's evolving identity through exhibitions, programs, and outreach, showcasing local and global artists who are exploring the issues of our time as well as contemporary scholarship on historical subject matter.

THINGS YOU CAN DO

• See what’s on view at the Frye and visit for FREE every day we are open
• Free daily public tours or schedule a free private tour
• Frye Community Days
• Sketch in the galleries (pencils only, please!) or pick up a self-guided activity at the front desk
• Use #FryeArtMuseum on social media and tag the Frye in your photos (note our photography policy)
• Grab lunch or coffee at Café Frieda and learn about one of the Frye’s most passionate supporters
• Attend a lecture or music performance
• Become a student member