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Frye Art Museum

A free museum built around a founding collection of late-19th and early-20th-century painting, with a rotating exhibitions program focused on regional and international contemporary creative practice.

Founded in 1952, the Frye brings together art and new ideas within a stunning Olson Sundberg Kundig-designed building in historic First Hill. The museum connects Seattle with the art and artists of our time. We collect, exhibit, program, and build community around a wide range of modern and contemporary art, with a special focus on amplifying the voices of living artists. Admission to the Frye is always free.

Image Captions

1. Photo: Andrew van Leeuwen 2. Beau Dick. Hamat’sa Bear Headdress, 1998. Yellow cedar, acrylic paint, cedar bark, copper. 15 x 7 x 20 1/2 in. Gochman Family Collection. Courtesy of the estate of the artist and Andrew Kreps Gallery, New York 3. Installation view of Frye Salon, Frye Art Museum, Seattle. Photo: Jueqian Fang 4. Camille Trautman. The North American LCD no. 23, 2024. Archival pigment print. 30 x 30 in. Courtesy of the artist 5. Priscilla Dobler Dzul. Turtle and vulture gathered the bones to awaken margay, tapirus and human iguana, from The guardians remind us of what we have forgotten, 2025. Oregon red clay with grog. 36 1/2 x 18 x 9 1/2 in. Courtesy of the artist. Photo: Jueqian Fang 6. Jonathan Lasker. Study for Fake Freak, 1988. Oil, pen, ink, and graphite on paper. 5 x 6 3/4 in. Courtesy of the artist, Greene Naftali, Thaddaeus Ropac, and Timothy Taylor