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Frick Collection
The Frick Collection is a modest-sized art museum that boasts exceptional master paintings
and fine furnishings. The collection is housed in six galleries that can be found in what was
the mansion owned by Henry Clay Frick.
The house was designed and constructed between 1913 and 1914, at a point in time when
Fifth Avenue was largely comprised of private mansions. The Frick mansion was amongst
the most impressive and opulent of homes, including elegantly designed gardens, and an im-
pressive interior courtyard. The owner of the home had always intended that it be converted
into a museum in due course. During the 1930s the building was renovated and enlarged so
that it could then be used as Frick had intended.
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