Tate Britain
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art museum on Millbank, Westminster, London, UK
Key facts
- Established
- 1897 ; 129 years ago ( 1897 )
- Location
- Millbank , London, SW1
- Visitors
- 1,149,325 in 2025
- Director
- Alex Farquharson
- Public transit access
- Pimlico
- Website
- tate.org.uk
via Wikipedia infobox
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Encyclopedic overview
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. M. W. Turner, who bequeathed all his own collection to the nation. It is one of the largest museums in the country. In 2021, it ranked 50th on the list of most-visited art museums in the world.
History
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