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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...
citysearch.com - expert review - 07/14/2004
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5.0 of 5 stars.
The Frye Art Museum continues to provide the most eclectic, quality programming of art in Seattle. While the Henry focuses on cutting edge contemporary art (much of it, frankly boring) and the…
yelp.com - user review - 09/21/2008
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4.0 of 5 stars.
You can't beat free. However, since Frye's Art Museum has a revolving display of exhibits, the quality can vary. My brother and I checked out August's latest offering and it was uneven. Some cool…
yelp.com - user review - 08/27/2008
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5.0 of 5 stars.
It's a dreary Sunday afternoon, what is a hungover broke art student to do? Why go to the Frye of course! It's awesome. I've been there too many times to count. I love the mix of super realism and…
yelp.com - user review - 08/05/2008
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4.0 of 5 stars.
What's not to like about a FREE museum? It's a quaint museum with some odd collections and they don't have pieces by well-known artists, but they do have art. In every form and in every media, they…
yelp.com - user review - 07/24/2008
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Um.. It's an art museum and it's free. Duh.
yelp.com - user review - 07/17/2008
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5.0 of 5 stars.
this place is weird. its the kind of weird that makes you think, what is up with the person who thought up creating art out of shredded audio tapes of the married couple holding the record for longest…
yelp.com - user review - 07/15/2008
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5.0 of 5 stars.
The Frye is free, yes people FREE meaning you can see art in Seattle and pay nothing, gratis, zilch, nada! The Frye always has something interesting. One rainy Sunday afternoon I headed up to the Frye…
yelp.com - user review - 07/09/2008
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4.0 of 5 stars.
Lots of oil paintings (my favorite art!) in the front half of the musuem. Not terribly old paintings; I don't think any date back to further than the late 1800's. Traditional subjects: landscapes,…
yelp.com - user review - 07/01/2008
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Free. Awesome. Worth a visit. (Keeping this brief 'cause I can't add it to my list of recommended art galleries without writing a review, but I'll update this with a more useful review later.)
yelp.com - user review - 06/13/2008
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3.0 of 5 stars.
decent food, but way expensive and portions are way small.
yelp.com - user review - 06/04/2008
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Great free museum! Always have interesting stuff and hey it's free with free parking, what's not to like.
yelp.com - user review - 06/04/2008
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4.0 of 5 stars.
I agree with the poster that declared this to be one of the hidden gems of First Hill. I stumbled in here on an accident one day when I arrived at the Frye in a ravenous state, and I was not…
yelp.com - user review - 05/26/2008
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5.0 of 5 stars.
The BEST small arts museum I've been to. It's got a great atmosphere, and some really special pieces. Definitely worth the price...oh and by price I mean it's FREE.
yelp.com - user review - 04/22/2008
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5.0 of 5 stars.
FREE!! And awesome to boot.... I am a fan of free things, my couch was free, my haircuts are free, the air I breath is free, and so is the Frye Art Museum!!!
yelp.com - user review - 04/18/2008
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5.0 of 5 stars.
This museum is free, and therefore, a very good place to spend an afternoon when you have to board a plane in the early evening of that same day. You wouldn't want to spend money on a museum…
yelp.com - user review - 04/18/2008
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5.0 of 5 stars.
How can you not like an art Museum with free admission and parking?! This leaves no excuse to not go and see the different exhibits. There is also a small but inviting cafe for before or after…
yelp.com - user review - 04/09/2008
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Mmmmm... the Frye is tasty (or as tasty as a museum can be)! Free admission... free parking and the stuff on the walls (and the floor) ain't bad either ;-) Seriously, apart from the permanent…
yelp.com - user review - 04/04/2008
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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...
citysearch.com - user review - 02/20/2008
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Two favorites that have been there both times I've been over the past year: - The big ass Venice port one. The water is very pretty. Take a few steps away from it and shut out the world. I stood…
yelp.com - user review - 02/07/2008
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Gallery Cafe is the hidden gem on 1st hill. It is sooooo nice to go there when the weather is nice because they have outdoor seating in the courtyard patio area, but it's also nice during the winter…
yelp.com - user review - 01/30/2008
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Frye! in F's: Free, Fabulous, Freaky, Fun, Film, Food
yelp.com - user review - 01/28/2008
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5.0 of 5 stars.
I find myself being pulled to the Frye. I will be taking the bus home and then suddenly realize I can get off and walk a couple blocks to see what the latest show at the Frye is all about. Why not? So…
yelp.com - user review - 01/13/2008
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Free parking dedicated for Frye visitors. Admission Price? Free!
yelp.com - user review - 01/05/2008
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4.0 of 5 stars.
"Free Parking", the sign proclaimed. "For Frye Museum visitors." "Score!", I said to myself. The permanent collection features an impressive collection of Realism. Images so perfect that they seem to…
yelp.com - user review - 12/21/2007
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4.0 of 5 stars.
OK...It pains me that it doesn't show up on a restaurant map, so I'm putting the cafe on the map. This is my favorite place to eat lunch, for reasons enumerated herein: - short, reasonable walk from…
yelp.com - user review - 12/11/2007
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5.0 of 5 stars.
I don't know why everyone says this place is free, it's cost me more then a little in hospital and astrologist bills? Perhaps I should explain...
yelp.com - user review - 11/25/2007
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5.0 of 5 stars.
I've only been here once to see the Henry Darger exhibit which was amazing. I love how they had the artwork set up. Really nice and welcoming unpretentious place. Free parking? Free admission?…
yelp.com - user review - 10/20/2007
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While the collections are usually limited to realist & figurative works the visiting shows are often quite interesting. Free admission and parking. A pleasant place to spend an afternoon.
kudzu.com - user review - 10/10/2007
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5.0 of 5 stars.
I love this museum. LOVE IT! And not just because it's free, either! I have been 3 times now, and have been consistently impressed by the diversity of it's collections and rotating exhibitions. We…
yelp.com - user review - 10/03/2007
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Dark and brooding, a place where the art will observe the spectator as much as the spectator will observe the art. It's hushed and cool, quiet and pensive. The Frye Art Museum will go there, oh yes it…
yelp.com - user review - 07/05/2007
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Even though I once worked very close to the Frye, I have only been there once when the Mark Ryden exhibit was in town. That, however, is enough for me to shower it with praise (and not water since…
yelp.com - user review - 06/27/2007
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Charming private museum with pretensions in inverse proportion to the uniqueness of its programming...
judysbook.com - user review - 05/22/2007
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5.0 of 5 stars.
5 stars - it's frickin' free, dude. If you knock it down a star, why?? It's free!! Although you should always donate, but that's just me. I always overtip, and always donate to free things.
yelp.com - user review - 05/19/2007
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4.0 of 5 stars.
The Frye is a beautiful little museum. Free admission and free parking are wonderful. There's a lovely cafe as well. The permanent collection is nice and they bring in some pretty unusual special…
yelp.com - user review - 04/27/2007
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5.0 of 5 stars.
The Frye is an interesting place. Around the families core collection of classical art are interesting distractions of assorted modern art, mixed media, and photography. There is also a pleasant…
yelp.com - user review - 02/13/2007
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4.0 of 5 stars.
The Frye is an awkward teenager of a museum trying very hard to grow up. The museum formed after the Seattle Art Museum turned down a bequest from meat-packer and art collector Charles Frye. His will…
yelp.com - user review - 01/31/2007
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5.0 of 5 stars.
You get what you pay for, right? WRONG! At the Frye Art Museum you don't pay a cent (well, you really should donate) and you get to see all sorts of interesting works from around the globe. Generally…
yelp.com - user review - 01/03/2007
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5.0 of 5 stars.
The Frye is definitely worthy of repeated visits. It is an excellent place to go when you're hungover.
yelp.com - user review - 12/28/2006
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5.0 of 5 stars.
The Frye is perfect for one or couple hours. It is small and the temporary exhibits are wonderful, contemporary and innovations artists. The permanent is interesting but I love more the temporary. The…
yelp.com - user review - 11/13/2006
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Ashamed to admit how long I've lived here and NEVER visited until recently. Awesome museum and I love that it is small. Who cares if you have limited time...you can go back...for FREE!
yelp.com - user review - 11/10/2006
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4.0 of 5 stars.
I've never been to an art museum that had as many different paintings clustered together as the Frye Art Museum. When I say clustered, I mean the paintings of the main gallery look like a type of…
yelp.com - user review - 11/08/2006
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5.0 of 5 stars.
I admit, when I worked close by to the Frye, and was craving one of their salads, I used to get a little irritated about the fact that the cafe would never let you take anything to go at lunch.…
yelp.com - user review - 10/30/2006
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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...
citysearch.com - user review - 10/26/2006
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Charming private museum with pretensions in inverse proportion to the uniqueness of its programming. I recall with pleasure the exhibitions devoted to the costumes of Nijinsky, the oeuvre of…
yelp.com - user review - 10/22/2006
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I came upon the Frye Museum by accident. I was happened to walk by it on a day that it had already closed. I had no idea that it was even in that area and Ive lived near by for over a year. I finally got a...
citysearch.com - user review - 09/22/2006
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5.0 of 5 stars.
The Frye, next to the Henry Art Gallery, cosistently provides Seattle with its most interesting art shows. The permanent collection is remarkable and the museum's layout provides an intimate…
yelp.com - user review - 04/15/2006
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5.0 of 5 stars.
a great place for mondern art lovers! and the best part is that it's free!
yelp.com - user review - 04/02/2006
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5.0 of 5 stars.
First Thursdays? Who needs 'em? The Frye is free 7 days a week! The permanent collection is terrific, and I saw a badass Mark Ryden exhibition here last year. For the love of God, don't just sit…
yelp.com - user review - 03/02/2006
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4.0 of 5 stars.
A hidden gem, the Frye is generally uncrowded, has a lovely feel to it, and is always free to the public.
yelp.com - user review - 01/12/2006
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Art is good. Free admission is good. The marriage of the two is the Frye, but the whole is more than the sum of its parts in this case. This intimate space houses the lovely and old and the new and…
yelp.com - user review - 11/08/2005
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5.0 of 5 stars.
The Frye brings in great artists and exhibits, and houses them in an intimate atmosphere that invites you to get up close and personal with the art, or sit and meditate on it as long as you'd like.…
yelp.com - user review - 11/02/2005
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4.0 of 5 stars.
The Frye brings in some wonderful displays and showings and all for the price of air. One of the best free museums in Seattle. Come play in the fountain! Parking is a bit tough sometimes so I…
yelp.com - user review - 10/27/2005
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5.0 of 5 stars.
The Frye is one of my favorite museums--free, well-designed, and uncrowded. It's very small and mostly contains works by lesser-known artists, contemporary and otherwise, in both the permanent…
yelp.com - user review - 10/19/2005
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Rooms of modern paintings and renaissance paintings, no admission fee to get in, and the security gu...
judysbook.com - user review - 09/16/2005
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A nice mid-sized museum, in an architecturally interesting space. For when you have an hour or so to...
judysbook.com - user review - 08/20/2005
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5.0 of 5 stars.
The FRYE! Such a great place to take a friend who doesn't explore Seattle much. Wonderful eccentric exhibits, great docents, guaranteed educational experience.
yelp.com - user review - 08/10/2005
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Frye Art Museum is a great place. First of all, it's free!! There is ample parking across the museum, as well. It's conveniently located right off of I-5, too. It's not a big museum, but is clean…
yelp.com - user review - 07/26/2005
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The Frye is a gift to the people of Seattle. The museum has a clear idea of what is trying to do and is refreshingly diverse at the same time. The permanent collection is really a jumping off...
citysearch.com - user review - 10/18/2002
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This is a beautiful little museum. I have only been here once, a couple of years ago and was impressed by their special exhibit (I think it was English art) and their permanent collection. It's the perfect...
citysearch.com - user review - 07/30/2002
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If you haven't been there, go. It's useless for this reviewer to attmept describing the museo in his neighborhood. Just get there, and you'll see why (in a good sense, of course). I think Museums are not to be...
citysearch.com - user review - 07/23/2002
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