The Frist Art Museum is a fun, welcoming space for families to explore, create, and imagine together!


Located in the heart of downtown Nashville, the Frist is a world-class art museum presenting an ever-changing schedule of exhibitions and offering something for everyone—from toddlers to teens and grown-ups too.

Families especially love the award-winning Martin ArtQuest, a hands-on creative space filled with interactive art-making stations where you can make your own masterpieces.

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The Frist also offers a full calendar of events and programs. Take a break at Café Cheeserie, featuring fresh salads, sandwiches, and a kid-approved menu with local and organic ingredients. Don’t forget to stop by the gift shop to pick up a fun and creative souvenir.


ArtQuest is a creative space for everyone!

Martin ArtQuest® is the Frist’s interactive art-making space where guests of all ages get creative with activities that delight and inspire.

Visitors can draw, animate, paint, make prints, and more! All activity stations are accessibility friendly and change periodically to correlate with one of our current exhibitions. Have fun discovering your inner artist in ArtQuest!


Featured Exhibition


In Her Place: Nashville Artists in the Twenty-First Century
February 1, 2026–April 26, 2026

Women have long been at the center of Nashville’s vibrant visual arts community. Especially now, during the city’s current period of growth, an outsized number of local women artists are showing their work across the globe and receiving prestigious grants, residencies, awards, and critical acclaim. Many have also dedicated years, even decades, to teaching or building impactful community organizations.

This exhibition highlights this prominent position of women artists here in Music City and beyond through nearly one hundred artworks spanning painting, sculpture, textile, and installation. Selected works by this intergenerational group of Nashville-based women relate broadly to place—whether conceived of as the view of a garden outside a studio window, the influence of being raised in the American South, a moment in time, or the evocation of an ancestral homeland outside of the United States.



General Admission

General admission tickets may be purchased onsite at the museum or online.

  • Frist Art Museum members: FREE
  • Guests 18 and younger: FREE
  • Adults: $20
  • Seniors (65+): $16*
  • Military (w/ID): $16*
  • College students (w/ID): $16*
  • EBT/SNAP/WIC Card: $0 per adult with photo ID for up to 4 adults
  • Groups of 10 or more: $16 with advance reservations

*Discount only available when purchasing tickets in person.
Tickets purchased online are non-refundable.
College students receive free admission on Thursdays from 5:00–8:00 p.m.

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