Second floor landing in the former frick residence.
The frick collection second floor.
The frick collection renovation includes a new passageway linking the museum and the library.
Michael bodycomb beyond the grand staircase rope since the museum opened in 1935 nearly every visitor has stood at the bottom of the magnificent marble staircase gazing past the rope and imagining what lies beyond.
The grand staircase at the frick collection photo by michael bodycomb the second floor rooms are set to be converted into galleries providing a home for those members of the museum s 1 200.
The painted panels and decorative elements on view were moved to their present location from mrs.
Frick s private boudoir on the second floor when the home was converted into a museum in the 1930s.
The frick collection has new plans to open up the second floor of the museum formerly the private quarters of the frick family.
More intimate than the grand galleries of the main floor these second floor spaces are particularly well suited for the display of the frick s collection of smaller scale decorative arts sculpture drawings and cabinet pictures many of which are rarely displayed.
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This new construction will create much needed new educational rooms on its first floor and a cafe with views of central park on the second floor.
The footprint of the room was created by combining the former ladies dressing room part of the butler s pantry and the adjoining silver safe.
They now reside in the ground floor boucher room where they coexist with luxurious french decorative arts.