Tate

The Tate is the United Kingdom's national museum of British and Modern Art. It is a group of four art galleries in England: Tate Britain (opened in 1897 and renamed in 2000), Tate Liverpool (1988), Tate St Ives (1993) and Tate Modern (2000), with a website, Tate Online (1998). It is a administered as a quango (a non-departmental public body).

Tate is used as the name for the corporation which was started as The Board of Trustees of the Tate Gallery.

The gallery was started in 1897, as the National Gallery of British Art. When its role was changed to include Modern Art it was renamed the Tate Gallery after Henry Tate. The Tate Gallery was first started in a building at Millbank, London on the Embankment. In 2000, the Tate Gallery split its collection into four museums:

  • Tate Britain (in the original building) displays the collection of British art from 1500 to the present day;
  • Tate Modern, also in London, houses the Tate's collection of British and International Modern and Contemporary art from 1900 to the present day.
  • Tate Liverpool, in Liverpool has the same purpose as Tate Modern but on a smaller scale, and
  • Tate St Ives displays modern and contemporary art by artists who have a connection with the local area. All four museums share the Tate Collection.

One of the Tate's most publicised art events is the awarding of the annual Turner Prize, which takes place at Tate Britain.

Tate Online

Tate Online is the Tate's web site. Since its launch in 1998, the site has had information on all four Tate galleries (Tate Britain, Tate St Ives, Tate Liverpool and Tate Modern) in the same website. Tate Online helps visitors with get ready to visit the galleries, but is also a gallery as well. Other resources include information on all works in Tate's Collection of British and Modern International art, e-learning for all visitors, over 400 hours of webcasts, all articles from the magazine Tate Etc., and a series of Internet art works. BT has sponsored Tate Online since 2001.

How its run

The Tate gets money every year from the Department for Culture, Media & Sport. It is run by a board of trustees. Under the Charities Act 1993, the Tate is an exempt charity.

Other pages

  • Tate Etc.
  • Turner Prize

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Aaron
22 December 2015
Often overlooked for the higher profile Tate Modern -- which is sad, because this collection and its building is tremendous. 20th century British section is an ongoing education for me.
Sasha S
15 September 2014
Try to view the pieces in chronological order. In the end there is a room with computers showing nice video guide about the museum. It really helps to understand what you just have seen. Free wifi
Yeliz Atici
22 December 2014
the building it self is amazing!tate britain is really great! turner hall is amazing! especially queen elizabeth 1's portrait is a must see!spend half a day at least!
Ksenia V.
7 December 2018
Edward Burnes Jones exhibition was very good. The permanent exhibition is less robustly laid out/narrated and it’s harder to make sense of it. However, the collection is really strong.
Łukasz Tyrała
29 March 2018
On the -1 floor there are different types of restaurants and cafes. Beautiful interior and nice exhibitions.
Alastair Hilton
12 September 2015
Not the Tate Modern! A rather overlooked museum which is a shame because well worth a visit. And a beautiful staircase!
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