Frye Art Museum - free and friendly museum

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The Frye Art Museum is Seattle’s first free art museum. Located near downtown in Seattle’s First Hill neighborhood, the museum emphasizes painting and sculpture from the nineteenth century to the present. As early settlers, Charles and Emma Frye arrived in Seattle in 1888. For a 25-year period, they actively collected more than 230 pieces of fine art painted by both American and European artists, mostly from the 19th and 20th centuries. Upon his death in 1940, a trust in Charles Frye's will made provisions for Seattle’s first free public art museum, and today anyone can view the collection at no charge.. Charles, owner of a local meatpacking plant, set aside money in his will for a museum to house the Fryes' collection on terms that he stipulated. For example Charles Frye's will required that the majority of the Fryes' own collection continue always to be on view in rooms of a certain size; stipulations were also made about lighting conditions. Free parking is available across from the main entrance.

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Located in 704 Terry Ave. Seattle,WA

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