Tate Modern

If you are planning on a trip to Britain to see art then Tate modern is a place that you must stop by. The Tate modern is a part of the group that is most commonly known as Tate. This group is famous through out the world for their collections of paintings and art and other such important pieces that preserve the culture of the world. The Tate museums attract people from all over the world to the UK every year.

If you love art and you are planning on a visit to London then Tate modern must be most defiantly on your list. If you are travelling on a budget plan then you should consider taking a package tour. This will help you save on the money that you would spend otherwise travelling in London. Also having a package tour means that you can also have benefits of facilities like guided tour etc. Therefore when you are taking on a package tour make sure that you have all the Tate galleries on your list. This gallery was actually a power station. It was transformed into a gallery in the year of 1947 and 1963. The multiple dates are because the gallery was converted in two phases. The documentary of the gallery is very interesting and is also available to public where it lists the various events that took place while conversion of the gallery as well as sneak peaks into lives of people who are responsible for the conversion of the gallery. The gallery is very popular among the people in London as well as the tourists who are visiting London. This would mean that you would not have too much trouble in finding the gallery even if you were visiting alone. Also the entry to the gallery is free for most of the permanent exhibits and also some of the temporary exhibits.

The collection in the gallery is quite remarkable with beautiful pieces of modern art from the year of 1900 onwards. Also it features some of the most contemporary art forms. There are about five floors of the museum. The second level has a collection of contemporary artists. The third and the fifth level specialize in displaying the selected collections of the Tate galleries. These are the galleries that you defiantly must visit if you are a lover of modern art. These galleries contain perhaps some of the best contemporary art of our times. The fourth floor is a huge area of space where temporary exhibitions are put up. Some of the most famous exhibitions of the world are put up here attracting tourists and art lovers from all over the world to the Tate gallery. The collections in the art gallery are not arranged in a chronological order. Instead they are arranged in a thematic order in which each painting belongs to a particular category or theme. The Tate gallery is also planning to expand by the year of 2012 where in more themes and more works of modern art from all over the world will be added.