Tate

National art gallery group in the UK, with museums in London, Liverpool, and St Ives. The original Tate Gallery, endowed by the sugar merchant Henry Tate (1819–1899), opened at Millbank, London, in 1897. The museum was relaunched as Tate Britain in 2000, aiming to become a national gallery of British art – Tate's original intention. At the same time, the Tate Modern opened at the former Bankside power station in London, displaying the Tate collection of international 20th- and 21st-century art. Tate Liverpool opened in 1988, as the northern venue for the Tate collection, and Tate St Ives opened in Cornwall in 1993 to exhibit modern British art.

The original Tate Gallery housed British art from the late 16th century and international art from 1810, with unique collections of the work of J M W Turner and William Blake, and of the best collections of Pre-Raphaelite painting. The Clore Gallery extension for Turner's paintings was opened in 1987.