Tate St Ives
Modern art gallery in St Ives, Cornwall, England / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Tate St Ives is an art gallery in St Ives, Cornwall, England, exhibiting work by modern British artists with links to the St Ives area. The Tate also took over management of another museum in the town, the Barbara Hepworth Museum and Sculpture Garden, in 1980.
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Established | 1993 |
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Location | St Ives, Cornwall, England, UK |
Coordinates | 50°12′53″N 5°28′57″W |
Visitors | 278,747 (2019)[1] |
Website | www.tate.org.uk/stives |
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The Tate St Ives was built between 1988 and 1993 on the site of an old gasworks and looks over Porthmeor beach. In 2015, it received funding for an expansion, doubling the size of the gallery, and closed in October 2015 for refurbishment. The gallery re-opened in October 2017 and is among the most visited attractions in the UK.[1]