The Frick Collection.
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The Best Museums in New York City
Currently housed in the former Whitney building on Madison Avenue while its Gilded Age mansion is under renovation, the Frick Madison offers a stark, modernist setting for masterpieces by the likes of Rembrandt, Vermeer, and Goya.
Go for: Old Master paintings in a surprisingly modern context.
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The Best Small Museums in New York City
After a multi-year renovation, the Frick is back in its original home, the Gilded Age mansion of industrialist Henry Clay Frick.
Go for: Seeing Vermeer's "Girl with a Pearl Necklace" in a room that feels like a living room, not a warehouse.
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Things to Do Alone in NYC
The reopened Frick is the most rewarding museum in the city to see alone, because it is small enough to finish and quiet enough to think in.
Go for: the Fragonard Room and the garden court.
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Things to Do in NYC as a Couple (Beyond Dinner)
The Frick's free First Fridays run from 5:30 to 9 p.m.
Go for: a First Friday evening.