Museums and galleries

Museums and Galleries of Great Britain.

• The National Gallery, London; • Tate Britain; • British Museum;• National Portrait Gallery;• National Museum Cardiff; • National Gallery of Ireland; • National Gallery of Scotland.

The National Gallery, London

The National Gallery

Established 1824

LocationTrafalgar Square, London

WC2, England, United Kingdom

Collection size 2,300 paintings

Museum area 46,396 m²

Visitor figures 4,600,000 (2006)

100 Pall Mall, the home of the National Gallery from 1824 to 1834.

Wilkins's façade, illuminated at night

Tate Britain

Tate Britain

Established1897 as National Gallery

of British Art; became Tate Britain in 2000

LocationMillbank, London SW1,

England, United Kingdom

Visitor figures 1,700,000 (2005)

Tate Liverpool opened in 1988

Tate St Ives (on right), opened 1993, overlooks Porthmeor Beach

Tate Modern opened in 2000

The logo of Tate, used in different colours for the 4 galleries.

British Museum

Sir Hans Sloane, founder of the British Museum

British Museum

Established 1753

LocationGreat Russell Street,

London WC1, England

Collection size 13+ million objects

Museum area13.5 acres/ 588,000 ft²/ 94

Galleries

Visitor figures 4,903,000 (2006–2007)

National Portrait Gallery (United Kingdom)

National Portrait Gallery (United Kingdom)

Established 1856

LocationSt Martin's Place, WC2,

England

Collection size 10,000 portraits

Museum area unknown

Visitor figures 1,500,000 (2005)

National Museum Cardiff

Established 1912

LocationCathays Park, Cardiff,

Wales

National Gallery of Ireland

National Gallery of Scotland

The National Gallery of Scotland, in Edinburgh, is the national art gallery of Scotland. An elaborate neoclassical edifice, it stands on The Mound, between the two sections of Edinburgh's Princes Street Gardens. The building, which was designed by William Henry Playfair, first opened to the public in 1859.

National Gallery of Scotland