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Tate Gallery Description

An acclaimed branch of the Tate Gallery in London has been established in the Albert Dock. As chance would have it the London Tate Gallery, which was founded at the end of the 19th C with a legacy from the sugar magnate Sir Henry Tate, found new accommodation in the warehouses where Tate stored the raw sugar before it was refined. The last connection with the inventor of the sugar cube ended in 1981 with the closure of the Tate & Lyle sugar refineries in Liverpool, a fate, which is only too familiar to this once thriving port.

Restoration was the work of Liverpool architect James Stirling who also extended the Tate Gallery on the bank of the Thames for the Turner Museum. The ground floor of the "Tate of the North" has three

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Hobbies & Activities category: Significant work of art; Paintings, art collections

Address

Tate Gallery Liverpool
Albert Dock
Liverpool L3 4BB
United Kingdom

http://www.tate.org.uk/liverpool/

Hours

October 1 to March 31

Open	Closed	10:00	10:00	10:00	10:00	10:00	10:00
Closed		17:50	17:50	17:50	17:50	17:50	17:50

April 1 to September 30

Open	10:00	10:00	10:00	10:00	10:00	10:00	10:00
Closed	17:50	17:50	17:50	17:50	17:50	17:50	17:50

Always open, even if weekly hours indicate otherwise
Spring Bank Holiday - Britain (Last Monday, May) Summer Bank Holiday - Britain outside Scotland (Last Monday, August)

Always closed on:
New Year's Day (January 1) Good Friday - Christian Christmas - Christian (December 25) Christmas Eve - Christian (December 24) Day after Christmas, St Stephen's Day, Boxing Day (December 26)