The Frick Pittsburgh Museums & Gardens

Such an iconic Pittsburgh venue. The current draw to the Frick is the current art exhibit slated to close 7/14 -- Vermeer, Monet, Rembrandt -- a collection from both the NYC and Pittsburgh collection.It was well worth the visit. To see both Henry Clay Frick and Helen Frick pieces they collected on view.Then, it was a pretty day, so I walked the grounds and entered the Greenhouse. So many healthy green plants and in bloom.Then I had lunch at the Cafe, a delightful experience and its own review.Oh, and the gift shop. Let's not forget the gift shop. A few purchases made for some cards. They have a nice selection of jewelry, cards, books.

A must stop for any history or art buff. Not only one of the most impressive private art collections known, but also an informative and honest space dedicated to helping us understand one of country's most famous and controversial industrialists. If you live within or have ever visited Pittsburgh and have a desire to understand one of its biggest movers and shakers during Pittsburgh's golden age, these exhibits greatly lend to that. It's far beyond what you can gain from any book or Wikipedia page. The car and carriage museum is not to be missed, either, especially if you're automotively inclined. The staff here are incredibly knowledgeable and nice - you can tell they truly care for the place.

Lovely museum. Rather small collections includes several by the masters. Much of the museum and grounds is free, and there's a special collection for around $25. Easy parking. We enjoyed a 90min visit, and the special exhibit was very nice, but we felt that the admission price was high.

The art museum and part of the car garage a free, but if you'd like to tour the Frick House (Clayton) it was pretty cheap and there was a second part of the car garage that had a paid exhibit. It's also a very nice property to stroll around.The house tour is a high recommend and can be scheduled in advance, but I don't think most the tours sell out. Because the house was last owned by Frick's daughter before being opened to the public, everything inside is original, and we got to learn more about the objects and the inhabitants. There was a lot of good information about the couple, their deceased daughter, their living children, their servants, and the costs of their treasures vs. a regular person's salary. A scene in the bedroom is staged as if it's right after Frick's assassination attempt, so there was good information on the worker's strike and how Frick handled it. The house has a lot of beautiful and original objects that the tour guide gave a lot of information for. No pics allowed inside unfortunately.The car garage had cool old cars, but I don't think any of them were personally owned by Frick but were time period appropriate. The art part was a lot smaller than I expected and does pale in comparison to the one in NYC. This doesn't really take more than a half hour to get through, and only part of the gallery was for Frick's collection and there was some focus on new/contemporary art instead. There is a greenhouse that's nice to walk through.The visitor's center had a great seating area and a cafe. The gift shop was pretty disappointing and more local artists instead of Frick-branded souvenirs. The parking is plentiful. Overall, it was a few hours well-spent to learn more about a steel magnate that helped to shape Pittsburgh.

We came to specifically check out the carriage museum, which is free. It has a nice selection of 100+ year old cars and even older horse drawn carriages. They're all in a good state of repair and are mostly brands not commonly seen. The grounds and green house are also nice and parking is free too. They also have an art museum and mansion tour that is not free. I believe the art work, or some of it, rotates from the Frick in NYC. I plan to return in a few weeks for that. Also across the street from the parking entrance is Frick Park.

I returned a week later to tour the house (Clayton). It was a great tour, with much of the focus giving a lot of light to the early 20th c. history of PGH and the tycoons who lived here (Frick, Carnegie, and Mellon, of course!). It is very neat to see all of the period items displayed in the house and the tour guide was exceptionally knowledgeable. I also returned to the gift shop and bought more great things. They feature a lot of items from local and independent artists, so I like that you can support the museum, the artists, and walk away with some very unique items for yourself that you probably won't find elsewhere. This is one of the best gift shops I have seen in the city.

I had a great time at the Frick Art and Historical Center. I am new to Pittsburgh and kept seeing the Frick on guides, so I thought I'd give it a go. The grounds are open for free and are stunning. Sort of like a park, but so quiet and calm. This would be a great place to bring a picnic or a book. The grounds wind through the properties, which contain plaques explaining what the building did. The best part was the greenhouse, which was SO PRETTY!! AND free to enter. I didn't do the tour, because I thought it was a bit too pricey for me, but I really appreciated how much they let us access for free. I still don't know who Frick is or what he did, which I may have learned from the tour, but a little sign explaining what he did and why they could buy such a fancy house would be useful! The giftshop contains a library and nursing space and is attached to a cafe. This looked like a great brunch spot!

I visited the Frick art museum complex for the first time last weekend! I wanted to see an exhibit there and I was pleasantly surprised that the exhibit ticket price was free! There are other exhibits there that you have to pay for, but being able to see some art and to walk around the premises for free is such a steal! I will say that you will probably be able to get through the art museum fairly quick, but I think there's also a car museum, a gift shop, gardens, and other neat things to check out while you're there. I would definitely come back here in the future!

This is my review just for the Art and Historical Center.I liked the cars and the stories on each one.I however did not like so much the art museum.I did not think it was anything special.I might not be a fair judge as I have vert particular taste when it comes to art and there was none on exhibit there.Overall the Frick grounds are beautiful and defiantly a must see.The car museum and art museum are free.There is one exhibit in the art museum that cost money and we did not do it.The cars for me where the best part.I probably would not go again.

i Visited with 2 friends on May 26, 2024The frick house has been allowed to degrade to a horrible state. Exterior paint is peeling. Beautiful ornate soffit and facia is rotting. Inside, Mrs Fricks bedroom has tens of thousands of dollars worth of plaster damage from roof leaks. The blue bedroom is closed because the ceiling fell. The main staircase has significant long term water damage from leaking roof. All while you enter through a multi million dollar modern visitor center that is totally out of place and no Better functionally than the old one. The tour included comments about how mr fricks workers were living in horrible conditions and were all victims of abuse by the wealth. It was basically a huge push for socialism vs a tour about the house and family. the price of the orchestrion in the entry was defined as the amount needed to feed several famlilies for a few years, painting frick as a glutinous monster. Millions were spent on a child care center that has nothing to do with the purpose of the facility. The staff at the cafe were inattentive Leaving us stand outside for 20 minutes without checking us in so we left. This place has fallen victim to absolutely incompetent activist managemen the frick family needs to step in and replace them all and restore order and it's original purpose