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Tate Gallery: Stores: Correspondence and Papers

Catalogue reference: TG 7

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This record is about the Tate Gallery: Stores: Correspondence and Papers dating from 1935-1986.

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Reference
TG 7
Title
Tate Gallery: Stores: Correspondence and Papers
Date
1935-1986
Description

This series of records relates to the storage facilities of the Tate and comprises:


  • Inventories, 1969-1986

  • Private property, 1935-1983

  • Gorst Road, 1968-1983

  • Movement and handling, 1940-1975


Archive catalogue page is available via the Tate website

Held by
Tate Gallery Archive
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
English
Physical description
19 files and volumes
Access conditions

Access conditions: Subject to 30 year closure unless otherwise stated

Immediate source of acquisition
The records have either been deposited in the archives via the Director's Office or had previously been transferred to Gallery Records or its predecessors.
Administrative / biographical background

Works in the Tate's collections were originally stored in the basement of the Millbank building. As the collections increased in size so too did the need for space to house them. From the 1960s onwards a number of solutions to this problem were sought, including use of a store at Gorst Road in Acton and the sharing of offsite storage with other national museums and galleries. During the 1990s the Tate took a definitive step towards securing its future storage needs with the development of a state of the art facility in Southwark.

Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/2fe49970-36ae-4c8c-8d83-48edb9e4f478/

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Tate Gallery: Stores: Correspondence and Papers