Tate Modern
Museum · Bankside, England
Tate Modern is at Bankside, SE1 9TG, in the former Bankside Power Station. It opens Sunday to Thursday 10.00 to 18.00 and Friday and Saturday 10.00 to 21.00. Tate states that entry to the collection is free for everyone.
History
Tate's own history records that Sir Giles Gilbert Scott's architectural plans for Bankside Power Station were unveiled with construction beginning the following year, that the building opened on 7 March 1962 and that the power station shut down on 31 October 1981 after oil price rises. It opened as Tate Modern on 11 May 2000. The Blavatnik Building extension, designed by Herzog & de Meuron, opened to the public on 17 June 2016 and increased display space by 60 per cent. Bankside Power Station does not appear on the National Heritage List for England.
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Bankside, London SE1 9TG
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