Tate Britain

Tate Britain is an art museum on Millbank in the City of Westminster in London, England. It was formerly known as the National Gallery of British Art from 1897 to 1932 and as the Tate Gallery from 1932 to 2000. Along with Tate Modern, Tate Liverpool, and Tate St. Ives, it is a component of the English Tate network of art galleries.

Due to its 1897 opening, it is the network's oldest gallery. It holds a substantial collection of British art dating back to the Tudor era, with a focus on the works of J. M. W. Turner, who left the country his entire personal collection. Due to COVID-19 pandemic shutdown, the museum saw 391,595 visitors in 2020, a 78% decrease from 2019. Despite this, the museum was still ranked 52nd among the most popular art museums in the world.

The national gallery of British art from 1500 to the present day is called Tate Britain. As a result, it is the world's largest collection of its sort (only the Yale Center for British Art can claim similar expansiveness, but with less depth). David Hockney, Peter Blake, and Francis Bacon are more recent artists. The permanent Tate collection includes works that might be on display at Tate Britain.

Established: 1897; 125 years ago
Location: Millbank London, SW1