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The Best Museum in New York City.
You know the Metropolitan Museum of Art, The Musuem of Modern Art, The Guggenheim, but have you considered The Frick Collection?
The Frick is housed in the palatial former home of US Steel Founder and art patron Henry Clay Frick. The collection; dominated by old masters and pre-20th century fine and decorative arts, was in fact Henry Frick's personal collection.
Instead of the cavernous galleries of the Met, or the sterile modern galleries typical in modern museums, the Frick collection is displayed in a uniquely domestic setting. You get a real feel for how one the pre-eminent art collectors of the 19th century lived with his collection. You see Hans Holbein portaits hanging in Frick's study just as they did during his life. All the public rooms on the main floor are largely as they were when Frick lived here.
The smaller more intimate size of the museum often means smaller crowds than at the larger more famous museums. And you will be sacrificing anything in quality. Frick's collecting instincts and taste were superb. You'll find Valazquez, Ingres, Bellini, El Greco, and De Goya among others.
