Tate Modern
A free gallery of international modern and contemporary art, housed in a former power station on the south bank of the Thames.
- Museum
- Price: Free
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Did you know
The building was originally Bankside Power Station, designed by Sir Giles Gilbert Scott, the same architect behind the red telephone box, and its 99-metre chimney and vast Turbine Hall were kept intact when the gallery converted the site in 2000.
Local tip
Go up to the free viewing level on the Blavatnik Building for a skyline view over St Paul's without paying for a ticketed viewpoint, and visit on a weekday to see the Turbine Hall installation without the weekend crowds.
Finding it
- Address
- Bankside, Borough Market, Southwark, London Borough of Southwark, Greater London, England, SE1 9TG
- Nearest station
- Southwark (Tube), 534 m away
Details change, so check with the place before you set off.
More places nearby
- Shakespeare's GlobeA reconstruction of the open-air Elizabethan playhouse where Shakespeare's company performed, standing near the site of the original theatre on Bankside.
- Kirkaldy Testing MuseumA small Grade II* listed museum in a former Victorian materials-testing works, built around David Kirkaldy's enormous 1866 hydraulic testing machine used to test the strength of metals and building materials.
- Uber Boat by Thames ClippersA fast, scheduled river bus along the Thames that doubles as a genuine sightseeing trip, running to 24 piers between Putney and Woolwich.
- Bankside Sandwich BarA family run sandwich counter near Tate Modern serving made to order rolls and full English breakfasts to the local office crowd.