collection was in safe storage elsewhere during the war, and a large Stanley
Spencerpainting, deemed too big to move, had a protective brick wall built in
front of it.
In 2012, Tate Britain announced that it had raised the £45
million
required to complete a major renovation, largely thanks to a £4.9 million
grant from the Heritage Lottery Fund and £1 million given by Tate Members.
The museum stayed open throughout the three phases
of renovation.
Completed in 2013, the newly designed sections were conceived by the
architects Caruso St John and included
a total of nine new galleries, with
reinforced flooring to accommodate heavy sculptures. A second part was
unveiled later that year, the centrepiece being the reopening of the building's
Thames-facing entrance as well as a new spiral staircase beneath its rotunda.
The circular balcony of the rotunda's domed atrium, closed to visitors since
the 1920s, was reopened. The gallery also now has a dedicated schools'
entrance and reception beneath its entrance
steps on Millbank and a new
archive gallery for the presentation of temporary displays.
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