Tate Britain
United Kingdom · founded 1897
Tate Britain, known from 1897 to 1932 as the National Gallery of British Art and from 1932 to 2000 as the Tate Gallery, is an art museum on Millbank in the City of Westminster in London, England. It is part of the Tate network of galleries in England, with Tate Modern, Tate Liverpool and Tate St Ives. Founded by Sir Henry Tate, it houses a substantial collection of the art of the United Kingdom since Tudor times, and in particular has large holdings of the works of J.
- Visitors a year
- 1.2MVisitors a year
- Founded
- 1897Founded
What to see
Proserpine
Dante Gabriel Rossetti, 1874.
At the museum · Public domain via Wikimedia Commons
The Awakening Conscience
William Holman Hunt, 1853.
At the museum · Public domain via Wikimedia Commons
Beata Beatrix
Dante Gabriel Rossetti, 1872.
At the museum · Public domain via Wikimedia Commons
The Bath of Psyche
Frederic Leighton, 1890.
At the museum · Public domain via Wikimedia Commons
The Golden Stairs
Edward Burne-Jones, 1876.
At the museum · Public domain via Wikimedia Commons
The Battle of the Nile
Philip James de Loutherbourg, 1800.
At the museum · Public domain via Wikimedia Commons
Plan your visit
Hours
Published on the museum’s own site. Confirm on www.tate.org.uk/visit/tate-britain before you travel.
Getting there
Millbank, London SW1P 4RG.
On their own site
Opening hours, tickets and current exhibitions are on the museum’s own site.
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