Home > Tourist Attractions  > United Kingdom  > England   Select from the following attraction(s).   Albert Dock Alton Towers Big Ben and the Houses of Parliament Blackpool Pleasure Beach British Airways London Eye British Museum Buckingham Palace Cambridge University Camden Market Canterbury Cathedral Chessington World of Adventures Durham Castle and Cathedral Eden Project Greenwich Hadrian's Wall Hampton Court Palace Harrods Leeds Castle Legoland ® Windsor London Dungeon London Zoo Madame Tussaud’s and Tussaud’s London Planetarium National Gallery National Museum of Photography, Film and Television Natural History Museum Oxford University Portsmouth Historic Dockyard Roman Baths and Pumproom Royal Armouries Leeds Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew Royal Pavilion Science Museum Shakespeare Houses St Paul’s Cathedral Stonehenge Tate Britain Tate Modern Tintagel Castle Tower of London Victoria & Albert Museum Warwick Castle Westminster Abbey Windsor Castle York Minster       Tate Modern Description: Tate Modern, housed in the former Bankside Power Station on the south bank of the River Thames, is Britain’s new national museum of modern art, opened in 2000. It showcases international modern art from 1900 to the present day and, like its sister museum, Tate Britain, it presents visitors with a themed, rather than a chronological, tour of art. Each theme is set in its own set of galleries where a variety of media, including photography, film, sculpture and painting are displayed. The themes are Nude/Action/Body, History/Memory/Society, Still Life/Object/Real Life and Landscape/Matter/Environment, and feature works by artists such as Dalí, Picasso, Matisse, Warhol, Rothko and Gilbert & George. One of the most provocative displays is Tracey Emin’s video booth, in which the avant-garde British artist provides a candid account of her personal life experiences as a metaphor for common humanity. More subtle and thought-provoking is an exhibition entitled ‘1985: Shape of a Year’, which explores the similarities and differences in art from around the world in a single year, and the ways in which art reflected global fashions and events of the time. ‘Ways of Seeing’ uses paintings, photographs, sculpture and audiovisual art to look into the relationship between art and reality and how the advent of photography changed the way artists portrayed the world. Contact Addresses: Tate Modern, Bankside, London SE1 9TG, UK Tel: (020) 7887 8000 or 7887 8008 (recorded information). Fax: (020) 7401 5052. E-mail: information@tate.org.uk Website: www.tate.org.uk Transportation: Air: London Heathrow Airport, London Gatwick Airport, London Stansted Airport, London Luton Airport. Rail: Train: London Blackfriars Station or London Bridge Station. Underground: Southwark (Jubilee Line) or Blackfriars (Circle or District lines). Road: Bus: 45, 63, 100, 344 or 381. Car: M1 (from Leeds); A1 (M) (from Newcastle or Edinburgh); M4 (from Bristol, Reading or South Wales); M3 (from Southampton). Tate Modern is situated on the south bank of the River Thames, near Blackfriars Bridge. Opening Times: Sun-Thurs 1000-1800, Fri and Sat 1000-2200. Closed 24-26 Dec. Admission Fees: Free.     Copyright © 2005 Highbury Columbus Travel Publishing Ltd.  Terms and Conditions apply.