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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