Tate Britain
⭐ Highligts
Turner Collection
World’s largest Turner holdingsThe Clore Gallery opened in 1987 to house J. M. W. Turner’s bequest - hundreds of oils and thousands of works on paper.
📍 Clore Gallery
Ophelia
Millais’ 1851-52 masterpiecePainted from life with real river plants, Ophelia’s dress was soaked in a bath so it clung and shimmered like the river.
📍 Main floor, Pre-Raphaelites
Duveen Galleries
Grand classical enfiladeOpened in 1937, these long halls frame large-scale sculpture and installations beneath coffered ceilings.
📍 Central sculpture halls
British Icons
Constable to BaconFrom Constable’s skies to Francis Bacon’s raw portraits, galleries chart 500 years of British art and ideas.
📍 Permanent collection
Rotunda Entrance
Neo-classical statementOpened in 1897 as the National Gallery of British Art, the building sits on the former site of Millbank Prison.
📍 Millbank, central dome
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🤓 Fun Facts
Tate Britain opened in 1897, funded by sugar magnate Henry Tate.
The Clore Gallery (1987), designed by James Stirling, was purpose-built for Turner’s bequest.
The site once held Millbank Prison (opened 1816), demolished in the 1890s.
John Everett Millais reportedly kept model Elizabeth Siddal in a bath to paint Ophelia’s water effects.
Tate Britain holds the largest collection of works by J. M. W. Turner anywhere.
