You no longer have to come to London anymore to explore Tate Britain with the launch of the ‘Explore Tate Britain’ virtual tour. The new Flash tour on Tate Online, allows users from all over the world to tour individual galleries, with the pages accessible in Spanish, Japanese, Arabic, Bengali and French.
The tour gives a detailed floor plan of the gallery, letting users click on a specific room. Details of the featured art works or forthcoming exhibitions are also avaliable. The site offers in depth explainations of each of the artworks and artists, making it a valuable educational tool. Visitors can even take a virtual look at the café.
Jemima Rellie, head of digital programmes at Tate, said: “While Explore Tate Britain opens up the gallery and its contents to new audiences around the world, it also enables visitors to the gallery to make better use of their time at Tate Britain by planning their tour in advance. Visitors to Tate Online can save their personal tour, share it with friends and even print it off and bring it with them when they visit the gallery. This will be a fantastic tool for teachers and parents who want to share a pre-determined tour with students and children.”