the tate gallery
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The Tate Gallery
Is an art museum with the richest collection of British Art in the world
The number of its masterpieces is more than 60 thousand
The Tate Gallery consists of 4 branches
The Tate Britain
The Tate Modern
The Tate Liverpool
The Tate St. Ives
The Tate Britain
Henry Tate – a sugar magnate and a major collector of Victorian Art, who laid the foundation stone in 1897
The building
The director of the Tate is Nicholas Serota
Is a notable example of transformation from industrial behemoth to cultural superstar in the shape of the Tate Modern
The Tate Modern was opened in 2000, 11th of May by the Queen Elizabeth II
The space is divided into two parts:
* The right side – 7 levels of exhibition halls + staff rooms
* The left side – empty and spacious
The latest news!!!
The development is priced in 215 millions of poundsThe new building will be started in 2010 and will have been finished by 2012The creation of its web-site is expected
Working hours: Sun-Thur:10 am-6pm
Fr-Sat: 10 am-10pm
The admission is free except for special exhibitions
The ways to get to:
A Tate Boat - every 40 minutes
By the underground railway – stations Southwark (the line Jubilee) and Blackfriars ( the lines District and Circle)
By bus : RV1, 45, 63, 100, 381, 344
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