Tate Britain

The Tate was in fact the Tate modern of its day when it opened in 1897. This was because it originally housed only British modern art of the day – namely, Victorian

art, which of course now have become historical pieces.

It was Henry Tate, a big-time sugar trader, who also happened to be a major collector of Victorian art, who offered to fund the building of an art Gallery in collaboration with the State. He donated his extensive collection to the gallery, and the Tate was born. It was then called the National Gallery of British Art.

4,121 paintings1,300 sculptures3,495 works on paper38,000 works on paper in the Turner Bequest9,441 prints348 miscellaneous items.

As of the count made in 1994, the Tate Gallery's collection comprised:

The Tate was awarded fifty million pounds from the British National Lottery, this was used to open a new gallery inside the old Bankside Power Station on the South Bank, once known as the Cathedral of Power. The Tate Modern opened there in 2000 to mark the Millennium.

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