Frist Art Museum

919 Broadway, Nashville, TN 37203

In the 1930s, when traffic through Union Station was at its peak, the city of Nashville built a main post office building adjacent to the station for convenient mail distribution. The large white marble building was designed by Marr & Holman Architects and displayed the time period’s most prominent architectural styles of Stripped Classicism and Art Deco. In 1986, a new post office was constructed near the airport and the building became a secondary branch. In the 1990s, Thomas F. Frist and the city of Nashville dedicated the building as the location for a downtown art museum. In April of 2001, the Frist Center for the Visual Arts was opened and in 2018, it was renamed as The Frist Art Museum.

The museum houses 24,000 square feet of gallery space and is the residence of many traveling exhibitions every year. Not only is the art within the building a centerpiece of Nashville, but the architecture and interior of the building has a fascinating history. For information on the current exhibitions displayed for your visit, museum hours, and other general information, visit here.