Tate Galleries

The four Tate galleries are, in order of opening: Tate Britain, Tate Liverpool, Tate Modern, and Tate St. Ives.

The original Tate Gallery was opened in 1897 on Millbank (on the northern bank of the Thames) as the National Gallery of British Art. It was renamed the Tate Gallery in 1932, after the sugar magnate Sir Henry Tate, who was instrumental in establishing the collection. The other three galleries opened in 1988, 1993 and 2000 respectively, and the Tate Gallery was renamed Tate Britain when Tate Modern opened. Both London galleries have art dating up to the present day, but the Tate Modern collection begins in 1900 while Tate Britain goes back to 1500.

The Tate Modern is housed in the former Bankside Power Station. Note that this is a different building from Battersea Power Station, which was sold to a Malaysian company in 2012 for redevelopment as offices and flats.

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