... which crosses the Thames in front of the Tate Modern. The Gallery rests firmly in its prime South Bank location, with Shakespeare's Globe Theatre on one side, and The Royal Festival Hall, National Theatre and Hayward Gallery on the other. The Tate Modern is able to take full advantage of the Capital's history and rich culture, drawing on the flow of visiting academics, tourists and culture aficionados as well as attracting a wide sweep of the general population. The annual visitor figures for the Tate Modern are greater than that of its partner Tate Britain, and of the National Gallery. In its opening year the museums visitor numbers were roughly 5 million, with 71% of visitors coming from within the UK. So what brings these people to the Tate Modern? It was evident to me as I walked through the galleries one Saturday recently and found the greatest concentrations of ...

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