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
Wikidata facts
- Part of
- Tate
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Located in
- City of Westminster
- Founded by
- Sir Henry Tate
- Location
- Millbank
- Official website
- www.tate.org.uk/visit/tate-britain
- Image
- Tate Britain, Millbank - panoramio (1).jpg
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- Commons gallery
- Tate Britain
- native label
- Tate Britain
- P13249
- Tate Britain
- replaces
- Millbank Prison
- Commons category
- Tate Britain
- inception
- 1897-01-01
- visitors per year
- 525144
- Commons Institution page
- Tate Britain
- date of official opening
- 1897-00-00
- ground level 360 degree view URL
- artsandculture.google.com/streetview/tate-britain/0QGuXwBoan0jSg?sv_lng=-0.1279911&sv_lat=51.4909844&sv_h=179.83643540198676&sv_p=0&sv_pid=79ihhBIrD9vfFmQQumJC7Q&sv_z=1.0000000000000002
- historic county
- Middlesex
- OS grid reference
- TQ3007178570
- social media followers
- 4704882
- has works in the collection
- Tate
- phone number
- +44 20 7887 8888
- street address
- Millbank, London SW1P 4RG
- postal code
- SW1P 4RG
- has facility
- accessible toilet
- associated electoral district
- Cities of London and Westminster
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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
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Tate Britain” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.