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Tate Modern Audio Tours & Guided Tours
Couple looking at sculpture in the Tate Modern gallery, London

Couple looking at sculpture in the Tate Modern gallery, the national collection of modern and contemporary art housed in a former power station at Bankside, London.

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Free 45 minute Daily Guided Tours

  • 11am Poetry and Dream
    – Level 3
  • 12pm Materials and Gestures
    – Level 3
  • 2pm States of Flux
    – Level 5
  • 3pm Ideas and Object
    – Level 5
You do not need to book, and the meeting place for all tours is on the concourse on the appropriate level.

Ten Minute Collection Talks

Wednesdays and Saturdays: 1-10pm
See gallery signage on the day for these brief insights from Tate staff.

British Sign Language Tour

These happen at least once a month. Check the Tate website for current details.

Tate Multimedia Guides

Small charge applies. Available from Information desk on Level 2 or 3.

See the artists at work, listen to the music that inspired them and hear what they have to say about their own work. The Collection Tour includes responses by leading cultural critics, musicians, and writers.

For young people, there is a family tour available on Level 3 with interactive activities: make a creature weirder than a Lobster Telephone, Dribble paint with Jackson Pollock or improve Matisse's snail.

A highlights audio tour is available in English, plus French, German, Italian, and Spanish.

A British Sign Language multimedia tour is also available on handheld computers with video clips of interpreters. Find out more.

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