/ About

Tate Modern occupies the former Bankside Power Station on the south bank of the Thames, a Giles Gilbert Scott building converted by Herzog & de Meuron and opened as a gallery in 2000. Its spaces are hired through Tate Events, and the range is wide: the vast Turbine Hall at ground level, raw industrial chambers below it, and quieter top-floor rooms looking north across the river to St Paul's.

The Turbine Hall is the headline space, 155 metres long beneath a roof rising to 26 metres, taking up to 700 guests for dinner or 1,200 for a standing reception. Below ground, the Tanks are circular concrete chambers that once held the station's oil, now used for receptions and performance. Higher up, the East Room and Level 10 open onto skyline views, the Members Bar has a river terrace, and the Starr Cinema provides a screening room for presentations.

The building suits events at scale, from gallery-wide receptions to seated dinners in the concourses and dining rooms. Tate does not publish a music or late-licence policy for private hire, so amplified sound and finishing times are agreed with the events team on a per-event basis.

/ Rooms Available

The Turbine Hall & Bridge

Exclusive Hire
Seats 700 / Up to 1,200

The vast former power-station hall, 155 metres long beneath a roof rising to 26 metres, lit by the building's signature vertical light windows. The largest space at Tate Modern and the setting for gallery-wide receptions and dinners.

Flexible LayoutNatural LightPeriod Architecture

The Tanks

Exclusive Hire
Seats 400 / Up to 600

Circular concrete chambers below ground that once stored the power station's oil, kept raw and industrial. A dramatic, enclosed setting for receptions and performance.

Flexible LayoutPeriod Architecture

Blavatnik Building Level 2 Concourse

Semi Private
Up to 300

A gallery concourse in the Blavatnik Building, suited to receptions and drinks alongside the collection displays.

Flexible LayoutNatural Light

Blavatnik Building Level 4 Concourse

Semi Private
Up to 300

An open gallery concourse in the Blavatnik Building, used for dinners and standing receptions.

Flexible LayoutNatural Light

The Restaurant

Private
Seats 200 / Up to 300

A river-facing dining space with views across the Thames, available for private receptions and dinners.

Natural LightPrivate Bar

The South Room

Private
Seats 250 / Up to 300

A daytime and evening room with angular windows, used for dinners, ceremonies and presentations.

Flexible LayoutNatural Light

Level 10

Private
Seats 80 / Up to 150

A top-floor room in the Blavatnik Building with panoramic views over the London skyline, suited to dinners and receptions.

Natural LightFlexible Layout

The East Room

Private
Seats 100 / Up to 150

A room with floor-to-ceiling windows framing the river and St Paul's, used for receptions and intimate dinners.

Natural Light

The Starr Cinema & Foyer

Private
Up to 150

A dedicated screening room with tiered seating and an adjoining foyer, for private film screenings, presentations and receptions.

Stage

The Members Bar

Private
Up to 120

A members' room opening onto a terrace above the river, available for receptions.

Private BarLounge SeatingNatural Light

/ Perfect For

CorporateLaunchCelebration

/ Features

Catering

  • – Bespoke Menus
  • – Private Bar

Venue Specs

  • – Dedicated Events Team
  • – Wheelchair Accessible
  • – Outdoor Terrace

/ Getting Here

Tate Modern

Bankside, London, SE1 9TG

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