The museum is housed in a white marble building that was built in the 1930s to serve as Nashville's main post office.

When a new main post office was built near the airport in 1986, the historic old facility became a downtown branch using only a small portion of one floor.

Postal Service for the purpose of creating the Frist Center for the Visual Arts, paying $4.4 million.

[8] The post office branch remains open and has its own separate entrance on the western end of the building.

Martin ArtQuest (MAQ) is a permanent interactive gallery space at the Frist Art Museum.