A local employee of a small Seattle art museum that mostly shows contemporary art admitted this week that they keep mixing up whether they work for the Henry or the Frye.
“I work at a great little museum in central Seattle. Cool contemporary exhibits, great little café, never very busy,” said employee James Garrett. “It is the one that is free, or maybe it is just free for UW students? Anyway we have some great upcoming exhibits of mystifying sculptures and unsettling paintings.”
Further research revealed that Garrett works for a museum that is named after a wealthy Seattle business owner who was born in the mid-19th century and was inspired by the 1893 Chicago World’s Fair to start collecting art. It was founded sometime around the 1920s or 1950s.
“It is unfortunate to hear that there is confusion in the community between these two very different institutions,” said University of Washington marketing spokesperson Julia Fenway. “The Frye Art Museum is a jewel of the UW campus with a long history of contemporary scholarly exhibitions and a strong founding collection of European realism. I especially love that cute one with the fluffy ducks.”
In similar news, a new employee at MoPOP realized during orientation they had definitely been thinking of MOHAI when they applied.
