The Frick Collection announced that, after nearly twenty-five years of service on its Board of Trustees, President Helen Clay Chace will retire this fall. She first joined the Board in May of 1981, and as of December 1998 was Vice President. Since April of 2000, she has served as President. During her years of involvement, she sat on numerous committees, among them Executive, Art Acquisitions, Publications (Chair beginning in 1988), House and Garden (Chair beginning in 1982), Public Support (Chair beginning in 1990), Library, Nominating, and Finance. Her term will end at the Board meeting on December 13, 2005, when that body will elect a successor.
Basic Information
1 East 70th Street, near Fifth Avenue
Open six days a week: 10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. on Tuesdays through Saturdays; 11:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. on Sundays. Closed Mondays, New Year’s Day, Independence Day, Thanksgiving, and Christmas Day. Limited hours (11:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.) on Lincoln’s Birthday, Election Day, and Veterans Day.
PLEASE NOTE TO YOUR READERS: Children under ten are not admitted to the Collection.
$22; senior citizens $17; students $12; “pay what you wish” on Sundays from 11:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.
#6 local (on Lexington Avenue) to 68th Street station; Bus: M1, M2, M3, and M4 southbound on Fifth Avenue to 72nd Street and northbound on Madison Avenue to 70th Street.
Included in the price of admission is an Acoustiguide Audio Tour of the permanent collection. The tour is offered in six languages: English, French, German, Italian, Japanese, and Spanish.
The shop is open the same days as the Museum, closing fifteen minutes before the institution.
Please call 212.288.0700 for details and to make reservations.
A calendar of events is published regularly and is available upon request.