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
Want a handy printed guide to what's on in the area each month?
Pick up a free copy of in SE1 at Tate Modern.
News & features about Tate Modern
- Lack of public toilets on South Bank highlighted in Commons report (22 Oct 2008)
- Tate Modern Turbine Hall becomes futuristic 200-bed shelter (13 Oct 2008)
- Street Geniuses celebrate Olympic spirit in South Bank and Bankside (9 Oct 2008)
- Blackfriars skyscraper inquiry closes: "sarcophagus" or "sculptural elegance"? (5 Oct 2008)
- DRIFT 08 brings accessible contemporary art to the Thames (30 Sep 2008)
- Jerwood Space celebrates its first ten years (17 Sep 2008)
- Tommy Penton's Tate to Tate at Menier Gallery (10 Sep 2008)
- Tate Modern extension: one year to raise the cash says Serota (5 Sep 2008)
- Cans Festival 2: street artists return to Leake Street (24 Aug 2008)
- Blackfriars: work begins on cross-Thames railway station (12 Aug 2008)
- Tate Modern extension swaps glass for brick (18 Jul 2008)
- InfoBikes to guide South Bank and Bankside visitors (17 Jul 2008)
- Tate Modern invites locals to learn about expansion plans (16 Jul 2008)
- Nick Clegg at Southwark Lido for poolside debate (8 Jul 2008)
- Winning portrait depicts Tate Modern manager (27 Jun 2008)
- Gordon Brown at Tate Modern for carbon conference (26 Jun 2008)
- Mountain biking on Bankside (28 May 2008)
- Brain injury clients 'graduate' at Tate Modern (17 May 2008)
- Construction workers hold Bankside health and safety rally (28 Apr 2008)
- Livingstone backs BFI film centre for South Bank (22 Apr 2008)
- Winchester Square 'street art' painted over by council (13 Apr 2008)
- 'Swiss Light' to be removed from Tate Modern chimney (8 Apr 2008)
- Southwark shuts its Tourist Information Centre (7 Apr 2008)
- Street artists to cover Tate Modern exterior (2 Apr 2008)
- Melting ice sculpture outside Tate Modern on Bankside (1 Apr 2008)
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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)
- Amano (146 yards)
- Crussh (180 yards)
- Viva Verdi (186 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)