Tate Modern ( www.tate.org.uk ) is on the south bank of the Thames between the National Theatre and Shakespeare’s Globe theatre near to London Bridge. You can approach it from the Millenium Bridge which is a new footbridge from the north bank of the Thames not far to St Paul’s cathedral. Otherwise the nearest tubes are: Southwark, Waterloo or London Bridge. Open 10 am to 6 pm Mon - Thu & Sunday. Friday & Saturday 10 am 10 pm. Admission free except to special exhbitions.
The Tate Modern was converted from an electricity generaling station and so has vast proportions particularly in the entrance hall. `It is London’s leading museum of modern and contemporary art including post-impresssionism, abstract expressionism.
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