Vist to the Tate Library & Archive Stores [Event Ref. No. TG2V/TL]

Tate Britain, Millbank, London SW1P 4RG.

This visit will include a tour of the Library and Archive stores, and then a display of material from both collections in the Archive and Special Reading Room.

The Tate Library collection contains 250,000 published books and exhibition catalogues, covering British art from 1500 and International art from 1900. It also houses an extensive journal, ephemera and artist book collection.

The Tate Archive collection contains a wealth of unpublished material on British artists and organisations since 1900. Major collections within the Tate Archive include Francis Bacon, the Bloomsbury group and Barbara Hepworth.

Meeting Details:
Please meet Kristy Widdicombe, the organiser of this visit, at 10.20am in the reception area of The Manton Entrance on Atterbury Street:
http://www.multimap.com/maps/?qs=Atterbury+Street%2C+london&countryCode=GB

Underground: Pimlico (Victoria Line, 600 metres approx.), Vauxhall (Victoria line, 850 metres approx.), Westminster (Jubilee, District and Circle Lines).

Details on how to get to the Tate Britain can be found at: http://www.tate.org.uk/britain/information/

This visit is free of charge.

To reserve a space please use our online booking form or email the administrator via cpd25@lse.ac.uk

Please note that there are limited places available for this visit.