Tate Modern
Tate Modern turns a former power station into a gallery, and that origin shapes what you see. The museum occupies the converted Bankside Power Station, a steel-framed, brick-clad building designed by Sir Giles Gilbert Scott and built in two stages between 1947 and 1963. Its central chimney rose to 99 metres, and the main Turbine Hall—once the heart of electricity generation—became the vast space for modern and contemporary art. The power station closed in 1981, and since 2000 Tate Modern has lived in the redevelopment of that shell. Named after Sir Henry Tate, the gallery belongs to the wider Tate group and houses the UK’s national collection of international modern and contemporary art, created from or after 1900. It is one of the world’s largest museums of its kind, and in 2025 it drew 4,514,266 visitors—making it the most popular art gallery in the United Kingdom. …
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