Research Centres | Tate

Tate’s research remit encompasses art history, visual culture, technical art history and conservation science, cultural theory and policy, education and museum studies.

Hyundai Tate Research Centre: Transnational

Exploring multiple art histories from different parts of the world and tranforming our understanding of international art
British Art Network

Bringing together professionals working on British art, including curators, researchers and academics

Past Research Centres

Tate Research Centre: Asia

Advancing the documentation, acquisition, display, critical interpretation and public understanding of modern and contemporary Asian art
Tate Research Centre: Learning

Promoting research, knowledge exchange with the aim of informing practice in the field of learning in galleries
Tate Research Centre: British Romantic Art

The centre aims to promote research on British art from around 1770 to 1850. Highlights of Tate’s collection of British art of the Romantic period include the Turner Bequest, the Oppé collection of watercolours and drawings, and major holdings of the work
Tate Research Centre: Victorian and Edwardian Art

The centre aims to promote research on British art from 1840 to 1915, building on Tate’s collection and exhibition programme.
Tate Research Centre: Curatorial Practice and Museology

Tate Liverpool aims to embed research at the core of its public activities. The mission of this research centre is to focus on the notion of the ‘museum as a learning machine’.
Tate Research Centre: Creative Communities

Tate Research Centre: Creative Communities at Tate St Ives aims to deepen awareness of Tate’s collection of modern art associated with West Cornwall and its critical interpretation.
Collection Care Research

Find out about the work of Collection Care Research at Tate and find writings, project updates and the latest activity