The Frick Collection announced yesterday that it reopens to the public on 17 April 2025. The reopening follows a multi-year renovation and enhancement of its historic Fifth Avenue home, the most comprehensive upgrade since the institution’s opening in 1935.
Designed by Selldorf Architects, with executive architect Beyer Blinder Belle, the project has restored the Frick’s historic first-floor galleries and created a new suite of galleries on the second floor of the original Frick family home, welcoming the public to experience these spaces for the first time. Through the repurposing of existing space and a modest addition, the renovation and enhancement significantly expands exhibition and programmatic spaces, including new special exhibition galleries on the museum’s first floor, the Frick’s first dedicated education rooms, and a new 220-seat auditorium. The project also included the restoration of the 70th Street Garden, now visible from multiple new vantage points throughout the building. Major infrastructure upgrades, improvements to overall accessibility, and new public amenities and back-of-house facilities—notable among them, the creation of advanced art and library conservation facilities—will ensure the Frick’s vibrancy for decades to come. The Frick Art Research Library and its refurbished reading rooms will reopen concurrently with the museum, with new entry points that enable a seamless integration of the institution’s two branches.
The reopening of the Frick invites visitors to experience the museum’s collection anew, with its iconic masterworks reinstalled in restored galleries on the first floor and smaller-scale paintings, sculptures, and decorative objects on view throughout its newly opened second floor. In addition, the Frick’s inaugural season features a slate of special installations and public programs, including Vermeer’s Love Letters, which will debut in the new first-floor special exhibition galleries