00:09Tate Britain, known from 1897 to 1932 as the National Gallery of British Art,
00:16and later the Tate Gallery from 1932 to 2000, is an art museum located in the Milbank district.
00:21in the City of Westminster, London, England.
00:24Tate Britain is one of the museums in the Tate network, along with Tate Modern,
00:28Tate Liverpool and Tate Saint-Yves.
00:30History. In 1892, the site of the National Gallery of British Art,
00:35which at the time was under the jurisdiction of the National Gallery, was chosen from that of the former Milbank prison.
00:39demolished two years earlier.
00:41The building's facade is by Sidney R. G. Smith, with a classical portico and a dome at the rear.
00:46The central sculpture is by John Russell Popp.
00:49Construction began in 1893 and the museum opened on July 21, 1897.
00:54under the name National Gallery of British Art.
00:56At that time, it presented 245 works by artists created after 1790.
01:02Since that date, the building has undergone seven successive extensions.
01:06In 1932, the gallery officially adopted the name Tate Gallery.
01:09which he had already been wearing previously, since its opening.
01:12In 1955, the Tate Gallery became entirely independent of the National Gallery.
01:17The establishment is named after its patron, the industrialist Henry Tate.
01:21who donated his collection when the gallery was created,
01:24as well as funding for future acquisitions.
01:27Other funds have been collected over the years to expand the collection.
01:31The museum was renamed Tate Britain in March 2000 before the launch of Tate Modern.
01:35It has since then housed collections of British art
01:38which span from the Renaissance period to the contemporary era.
01:41It also includes the "Chlor Gallery" from 1987,
01:44conceived by James Sterling,
01:46which features works by Joseph Mallor William Turner.
01:53which extend from the Tate Modern.
