Frist Center for the Visual Arts Reviews

This is a very small museum, but it s worth the admission price (and even better when you get the entrance with the Country Music Hall of Fame ticket). The Frida exhibit is excellent, and the monsters and myth is also very good. The cafeteria is so lovely to sit at and they have pretty good snacks.

As good as it gets. Very fortunate to have a museum of this quality.

Wonderful!! My daughter and I had a great day filled with Eric Carle!

Great exhibits in a beautifully converted historic art deco post office. Staff is friendly, parking close to the building and nice gift shop as well. Have season passes (definitely recommend).

Great medium-sized museum that will give you something to do for an afternoon in Nashville. Create some art upstairs too!

Love the vintage car exhibits! Week organized & well done events.

Very cool place! Loved the interactive area on the 2nd floor!

My family was doing a weekend trip to Nashville to visit a friend who was there for work. We went because they had a collection of samurai armor, swords, and other items there. We went on a Sunday. It was very busy. The line forms in the rear entrance corridor. We entered through the front. The staff was not particularly good about telling members that they didn't have to stand in the long line for non-members. The exhibit was nice. I don't know that we would have paid $12/adult for admission though. We found out that Millennium Maxwell House guests, as we were, gained free admission and that made our decision.

Always love the Frist. Very nice environment, lovely galleries, helpful staff.

The Paris 1900 exhibit was absolutely fantastic. This was the first time I had visited the museum, which is the old Nashville post office that was renovated for this purpose.

The museum itself is not as large as one might think, but the interactive children's area is spectacular. Wonderful afternoon for the family as children under 18 are free!

Enjoyed the Parisian 1900's art theme. Very interesting. Prices were affordable.

The actual exhibit was pretty small but the kids activity room was awesome

Really nice exhibits when we visited, especially "Paris 1900" with all of the various objects and media on display.

The Frist isn't just a museum, it's a hub for culture and the arts. Not only can you find some of the world's greatest artists like Renoir, Degas, and Van Gogh on display, you can find incredible works by lesser known artists as well. The onsite cafe features live music most evenings and is a nice place to grab a light snack. There's an auxiliary gallery on the second floor as well as hands on exhibits and activities for the children; and The Frist is always hosting interesting after hours adult events like PechaKucha and Frist Fridays. It's my favorite place to visit on a lazy Sunday afternoon...

Fabulous American Indian art and costumes. Very informative. The building is beautiful Art Deco.

Cool building, the exhibits we're good but overall not the kind of museum you can get lost in for the day, see it all in 3 hrs.

Fun exhibits. The VR piece is amazing. Would come again just for that. <3

Enjoyable, if small, exhibit. Good shop, good cafe. Where are the non-whites in this town, oh, the kitchen. Same can be said for the downtown area, segregation lives.

Great size museum to take kids to with an amazing interactive area to experience different types of art. Cafe a little slow but food is good.

This is a great place to go to see the fine arts. They have some very interesting exhibits, and some not so much. I just depends on your tastes. They also have a fun work shop that you and your family can enjoy. Defiantly a must to stop and check out while in Nashville.

The art space is so much fun!! So interactive!! They also have an area to store your bags while you walk around, which is so convenient.

I enjoyed the space and the exhibits were great, but the fee should be free for military like it is at most museums (including ones like the MoMA and the Whitney)
Also, expect the galleries to be noisy/hectic because there are MANY small children who come.

Very cool art deco building. Nice artwork. I was moved by the WWI exhibit.

We were in Nashville for less than 24 hours, but so glad we spent some time here. We'll be back

Had to come for the Frida Kahlo & Diego Rivera exhibit. Bonus that Monsters & Myths was upstairs.
A Must Visit for all art lovers.

Beautiful museum that sometimes has interesting displays.

Went to see the Roman displays for the first time this past weekend. It was great.

Great exhibition, for a small /mid size museum the are very good. Enjoyed the experience. Keep up the good / thoughtful work

Amazing museum with so many things to offer to visitants of all ages!

Great art, great people and even better food. Just off broad way this old Post office is like none other! Right now is 1900 Paris and it's absolutely amazing. Hardly no wait lines or times. And the conte hall has some of the best artwork from kids in highschool. Real amazing place!

Love the art exhibits, feature all types of artist.

Wonderful exhibits especially the latest from the Melon collection

This is another don't miss on your trip to Nashville. Just the architecture alone is amazing. Great spot upstairs for all ages to make their own art

Lucy, brought the past to life. Take the time and enjoy the tour. Look around at the history. Read everything you see. Listen to those around you offering there stories of times gone by. Lucy has a way of bringing it all together, and She has a lovely voice closing the tour with a ballot.

Great museum and the kids area at the top is a fun place for them to play and make art.

We really enjoyed the exhibits we saw: surrealist sound suits by Nick Cave, powerful photos of life at a Louisiana prison and news photos of the Civil Rights Movement in Nashville. Each was disconcerting in its own way, but all were really well presented.

I love art. There's a kid area I missed but it was nice

Very small, but important museum to pop-in. Currently they are under transition in their galleries (only one gallery opened) and they offered half-off of admission prices. They had a beautiful photography exhibit on the Civil Rights Movement and a gorgeous exhibit of Nick Cave s pieces.

The current exhibit on art by artists who are indigenous Australians is phenomenal.

Great Art Deco building inside and out. We came for the Bellissima Italian Automotive exhibit and really enjoyed it.

It's okay. Really weird rules with umbrella and backpack.

The museum was free for my 3 little ones who are all under 18 years old (the age for free admission). There was only an admission fee for me (for those with a Bank of America account, you can visit for free on the first weekend of the month). I was not sure my elementary aged kids would find the museum of much interest but after about the third exhibit room, they were coming along and finding different interests in each picture, painting, sculpture, and exhibit. To find at the end of the gallaries there is a children's experience room, my crew's visit went from being "okay" to "that was kinda fun".
It ended up being a good worthwhile trip for us.

For such a small place they put on amazing, world class exhibits. If you're a local, become a member and cash in on all the members only events too.

Would have been better if the exhibit upstairs wasn't being changed out at the time.

We saw the Eric Carl exhibit. The art deco architecture is amazing.

The exhibits this location draws in is pretty incredible. The building is chic in an art deco sort of vibe. I did the Italian car exhibit which was a smashing success and then the samurai exhibit which was educational. Also don't skip the upstairs as they have some more eccentric displays tucked away. I normally avoid gift shops but this one is EXTREMELY well run and has perfect memorabilia themed for each exhibit.

The Frist Museum is offering displays this month regarding Nick Cave and his Soundsuits, the Roman Empire, and a prison experience through photographs.

I'm sure it's a lovely gallery, but we weren't allowed into it. Came in on a free admission weekend, which apparently means that most of the exhibits are blocked off to the public.

An art deco treasure, the museum space itself is a destination. With no permanent collection, this art space changes with each traveling exhibit. Note the details in these photos.

Whoever thought of turning a post office into a museum is brilliant. You have 2 stories of art to explore, a gift shop, and a cafe. Parking is right across the street and they do validate. The staff is very friendly and always so helpful. There's not a whole lot to do during the day in Nashville so be sure to put this museum on your list.

Always love going to museums. This one didn't disappoint.

My family and I enjoy the variety of exhibits they have here. There is a fairly regular rotation of exhibits and small, ancillary rooms for modern art pieces. We particularly enjoys the Impressionist exhibit. Upstairs there is an interactive art room for children (and adults too).

The Frist is housed in a beautiful, Art Deco former post office. Check the visiting exhibits online beforehand as their is little in the way of a permanent collection. The upstairs kids' section is really fun.

Unfortunately, it was impossible to get in. I passed the first museum parking lot, where an attendant moved a sign reading "Lot Full" to let cars in. When I approached, he gave me a sour look, replaced the sign and waved me off. I continued across Demonbreun, where I found a janky-looking public lot with only machines in attendance. I had no desire to stand in the cold and figure out how the parking process worked, and anyway, no prices were visible. Moreover, the lot had a large sign posted at the entrance detailing all the reasons why only the foolhardy would leave a car there. If the lot operators themselves thought it was a bad idea to use their lot, who was I to argue? So I went back across Demonbreun, where I saw the same attendant remove a "Lot Full" sign and wave cars onto a second museum lot. Aha! I approached, only to see him replace the sign and wave me off again. At that point, I gave up and went home (a half-hour drive one-way). It took weeks to carve out the time for that trip, so I was sorely disappointed; I really wanted to see the Roman exhibit. Not much will get me into Nashville--it's a city I consider it much better to be out of than in, and the museum is in the most congested part. So, although I was highly motivated to make the attempt, it's doubtful I'll repeat it.

A great place to bring the kids! Truly had a wonderful time. As tip make sure that you get a parking pass reduction QRCode from the ticket office prices fall from $10 an hour to two dollars an hour.

Like this placw. Frequent the cafe. Good food. Menu online.

Best art museum in Nashville. Love the rotating exhibits. Must visit especially w wine

Good rotation of exhibits here, a great interactive art space for kids, all housed in an impressive converted 1930's post office. It's really impressive art deco architecture, and must be seen to be believed.

Lovely building very historic, generally a good museum experience

The art deco building was beautiful. Free coat check and free wheel chair rental (yes we had to use it) was even better! The exhibit.... not so great, and super small for the price we paid.

This is a great place to look at art. The staff is friendly and very helpful. There is a small cafe which has great food.

Informative and interesting to see traveling expositions with original pieces of art and culture.