Tate Modern is now London’s Top Attraction

Style and Art — Wed, 21 Feb 2007 16:41:28 +0000

The Tate Modern museum at London “slid” to the top as London’s most visited attraction. The museum now outranks both the British Museum an the National Gallery in terms of number of visitors.

According to the report, a gret deal of this success is attributed to a string of blockbuster shows and innovative installations such as the huge slides by Carsten Holler installed in the cavernous Turbine Hall which allow visitors to slide between the different levels of the museum.

According to Will Gompertz, director of Tate Media:

The Unilever Series: Carsten Holler installation has been an extraordinary success. To date, more than 600,000 visitors have been down the slides and been exhilarated by their experience of this remarkable artwork.

Visitors to top 5 London attractions in 2006 (2005 position in brackets)

1 (3) Tate Modern 4,915,000 visitors.
2 (1) British Museum 4,837,878
3 (2) National Gallery 4,562,471
4 (5) Natural History Museum 3,754,496
5 (6) Science Museum 2,421,440

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Tate Modern is now London’s Top Attraction