The Frick Collection, before long, will head back to its renovated, original location at the Henry Clay Frick House at 1 E. 70th St., at Fifth Avenue. 

Since 2021, the acclaimed museum and library has temporarily operated from the Whitney Museum of American Art’s nearby old location, the eye-catching brutalist Breuer Building on 75th Street and Madison Avenue. 

On March 3, 2024, though, that temporary location will close in advance of the reopening of its Fifth Avenue home in “late 2024,” according to a recent announcement regarding “its final year” at Frick Madison, as the current location has been dubbed. 

“Our residency at Frick Madison has been rewarding and productive, and we look forward to the remaining months of our time at 945 Madison Avenue, as we continue to gain new insights into our collection by seeing it reframed in this unprecedented way,” said Frick director Ian Wardropper in a press release. “We’re delighted about our plans for the coming months while our renovation on East 70th Street continues apace.” 

Despite being just five blocks north of the Upper East Side mansion it usually occupies, the Frick Madison has welcomed “new audiences,” Wardropper noted. 

Back at the Frick’s first ranch — a 1914 Gilded Age stunner — the space has been expanded to include new second-floor galleries, upgraded visitor amenities and overall accessibility. 

As well, the garden will soon be restored. 

Before becoming a world-class museum, the property belonged to Henry Clay Frick, who bequeathed both his extensive array of European paintings, sculptures and decorative arts — as well as his glamorous residence — to the public. 

Adjacent to the collection is the Frick Art Reference Library, founded by Frick’s daughter, Helen Clay Frick, “and recognized as one of the top resources of its kind in the world,” as the release puts it. 

In the years it’s taken to complete the renovation, it has not been without its controversies: A number of Frick descendants took major issue with certain elements of the expansion plan. Former mayor Bill de Blasio at one point became embroiled in a conflict of interest issue regarding the fact that a law firm to which he owed $300,000 was also representing the museum, The Post previously reported.