Tate Modern
Gallery of international modern art situated on Bankside. Opened May 2000.
Tate Modern displays the Tate collection of international modern and contemporary art from 1900 to the present day.
Tate Modern is more than just an art gallery. The amazing space of the Turbine Hall - has housed a succession of installations which have caught the imagination of the public.
The arrival of Tate Modern has had a huge impact on the locality, and Tate has worked hard to forge good relations with the Bankside community.
Web: www.tate.org.uk/modern
Open: Sun-Thu 10am-6pm; Fri & Sat 10am-10pm
Admission FREE
Open: Sun-Thu 10am-6pm; Fri & Sat 10am-10pm
Admission FREE
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Pick up a free copy of in SE1 at Tate Modern.
News & features about Tate Modern
- Tate Modern's oil tanks to open for 15-week summer festival (23 Apr 2012)
- 29-storey development planned for Waterloo's Elizabeth House site (3 Apr 2012)
- Simon Hughes joins 'Lorries for Savvy Cyclists' event at Bankside (18 Jan 2012)
- LSE gets go-ahead for rooftop extension at Bankside House (30 Dec 2011)
- Cityscapes plans pop-up gardens across SE1 during 2012 (20 Dec 2011)
- Blackfriars Station's Bankside entrance now open (5 Dec 2011)
- November 30 strikes in SE1 (30 Nov 2011)
- Blackfriars station signs to include 'Bankside and South Bank' (14 Nov 2011)
- Tacita Dean's homage to analogue film in Tate Modern turbine hall (10 Oct 2011)
- Art and photography inspired by 400th anniversary of King James Bible (28 Sep 2011)
- Dozens of scrolling advert panels to appear on Southwark streets (18 Sep 2011)
- Thames Clippers extends Tate to Tate boat service to Vauxhall (13 Sep 2011)
- The Mayor's Thames Festival 2011 (11 Sep 2011)
- Tate Modern to open Bankside Power Station oil tanks in summer 2012 (8 Sep 2011)
- Better Bankside launches secure cycle park in Hopton Street (7 Sep 2011)
- National Lottery's London 2012 hot air balloon comes to Bankside (24 Aug 2011)
- Mint Street Adventure Playground celebrates 40 years (1 Aug 2011)
- Bankside affordable housing cash could be spent on Aylesbury Estate (13 Jul 2011)
- Southwark Cathedral puts dean's £6 million Bankside house up for sale (8 Jul 2011)
- New-look Flat Iron Square officially opened (24 Jun 2011)
- Council permits Neo Bankside developers to drop on-site affordable homes (19 Jun 2011)
- Studio at the Elephant brings art to the shopping centre (7 May 2011)
- Party celebrates four years of Brookwood Triangle community garden (5 May 2011)
- Royal Wedding celebrated on riverside (29 Apr 2011)
- 'Art not Oil' anti-BP flashmob protest in Tate Modern Turbine Hall (17 Apr 2011)
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Restaurants, pubs & bars close to Tate Modern
- Tate Modern Restaurant (52 yards)
- Leon (122 yards)
- Starbucks (132 yards)
- Del'Aziz (138 yards)
- Caffe Fratelli (146 yards)
- Crussh (180 yards)
- Swan at the Globe (188 yards)
- Starbucks (192 yards)
- Tsuru (210 yards)
- The Refinery (216 yards)
- Tas Pide (218 yards)
- Starbucks (220 yards)
- Pret a Manger (234 yards)
- Tortilla (238 yards)
- Founders Arms (240 yards)
- Theo's Cafe (254 yards)