Tate Britain

Tate Britain is a London art museum devoted to British art from the sixteenth century to the present. Its collection includes the national collection of British art and major works by J. M. W. Turner.

Turner Collection: A major collection of works by British painter J. M. W. Turner, including paintings, watercolours, and drawings. Tate Britain holds the largest public collection of Turner's work.
Henry Tate: Henry Tate was a British sugar refiner and philanthropist who funded cultural institutions and donated his art collection to the nation. His gift and funding helped establish the museum that first bore his name.
British art: British art comprises visual works made in Britain or by artists connected with British culture and history. It is the broad tradition Tate Britain collects and interprets.
Turner Prize: The Turner Prize is an annual British visual-art award established by Tate in 1984. Tate Britain hosts the prize exhibition in selected years.
National Gallery of British Art: The National Gallery of British Art was the name used for the institution that opened as Tate Gallery in 1897. Its founding established a national home for British art on the Millbank site.
Ophelia (painting): John Everett Millais's 1851–52 painting depicts Ophelia floating in a river surrounded by flowers. This Pre-Raphaelite painting is among the best-known works displayed at Tate Britain.
Tate Gallery: Tate Gallery was the original name of the national British art museum founded in London in 1897. Tate Britain began as the Tate Gallery before the institution expanded into a network of museums.
J. M. W. Turner: J. M. W. Turner was a British painter and watercolourist known for atmospheric landscapes and seascapes. Turner's bequest anchors the museum's holdings of British art.
Duveen Galleries: The Duveen Galleries are a sequence of central sculpture galleries inside Tate Britain. They provide a large-scale setting for sculpture commissions and displays.
Tate Britain rehang: A Tate Britain rehang is a reorganization of the museum's collection displays around new themes or historical interpretations. Changing gallery narratives reveal how curators revise the story of British art.

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