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FAMILY MAP WELCOME TO MODERN GREAT ART FROM AROUND THE WORLD

BOILER BLAVATNIK HOUSE BUILDING Viewing Level and Bar 10 Restaurant 9 Members Room 8 Staff Only 7 Kitchen South Room 6 and Bar 6 Members Tate Exchange 5 Bar 5 Free displays Free displays 4 Bridge 4 Exhibitions Free displays 3 Café, Shop 3 Start display Free displays 2 Exhibitions 2 River Café Terrace Bookshop Blavatnik Building Entrance Shop Café Bar Entrance 1 Bridge 1 Shop Turbine Hall The Tanks 0 Information Tickets & information Free displays 0 Turbine Hall Entrance

TOP THINGS TO SEE AND DO

At Tate Modern there's a huge amount VISIT SPECIAL EXHIBITIONS MAKE, DISCOVER, DEBATE to see and do. Pick and choose from BOILER HOUSE, LEVEL 3 TATE EXCHANGE our suggestions – you don't have to BLAVATNIK BUILDING, LEVEL 2 BLAVATNIK BUILDING, LEVEL 5 see everything in one day! Children under 12 go free 1–31 AUGUST THURSDAY–SUNDAY, 12.00–17.00 WHERE TO START? Come to Tate Exchange and share your BOILER HOUSE, LEVEL 2 ideas on art and storytelling. Head to the family-friendly Start display to see some of the best- loved artworks.

Joan Jonas Stream or River Flight or Pattern 2016–2017 © / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / DACS, LondonBourdin Estate

GET CREATIVE BOILER HOUSE, LEVEL 1 LOOK BLAVATNIK BUILDING Create your own Tate masterpiece LEVEL 10 and project it on the wall at the Bloomberg Connects Drawing Bar. Climb to the very top and take in the view. Which famous landmarks can you see?

Wassiy Kandinsky Cossacks 1910–1. Tate MAKE THE MOST OF YOUR VISIT

WE’RE HERE TO HELP YOU! FREE DROP IN EVENTS EATING AND DRINKING We run an 8–14s artist-led studio on Feel free to eat picnics in our Schools Our team of friendly Family Hosts the third Saturday of the month from and Family Room on Level 0, Boiler wearing yellow T-shirts are here at 12.00–17.00 Boiler House, Level 0, House, during school holidays and weekends and during school holidays Clore Studio. weekends. You are also welcome to to help you make the most of your picnic in the Turbine Hall and on the visit. Ask us to find out more about lawns outside. what’s on offer for you! Breastfeed wherever you feel comfortable. For privacy head to the baby care room, Boiler House, Level 0. Drinking fountains are located in the Boiler House on Levels 2, 3 and 4, and in the Schools and Family Room on Level 0.

FACILITIES BLOOMBERG CONNECTS There are toilets and baby changing Explore digital interactives in facilities on every floor (except Level 6 the Boiler House, levels 0 and 1, of the Boiler House) Blavatnik Building, levels 3 and 4 Our cloakroom has free buggy parking or download the Tate App for iOS on Level 0, Boiler House. and Android.

GALLERY GUIDELINES Most of our works of art have fragile surfaces and even clean hands damage them – please do not touch unless it is clear that the work is interactive. You can take photos for personal use in all galleries, unless otherwise stated.

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Try family meals at the Kitchen & CAFÉ TURBINE HALL SHOP Bar or head to one of our cafés for BOILER HOUSE, LEVEL 1 BOILER HOUSE, LEVEL 0 babyccinos and snacks. Quick bites including soup, salads, Our Turbine Hall shop stocks the sandwiches, cakes and pastries. biggest range of toys, games, crafts KITCHEN AND BAR Until 17.30 and books. BOILER HOUSE, LEVEL 6 Check out our offers on 3 for 2 Family-friendly dining, serving a menu Tate Children’s books (stickered of popular classics. VIEWING LEVEL BAR BLAVATNIK BUILDING, LEVEL 10 product only). Lunch 12.00–15.00 Lunch/dinner 12.00–21.00 Hot and cold drinks, wines, beers (Friday and Saturday) and snacks, with 360-degree views RIVER SHOP Sunday brunch 12.00–16.30 of . BOILER HOUSE, LEVEL 1 Closes 30 minutes before main A wide range of fun gift ideas, T-shirts galleries and souvenirs and an inspiring selection of children’s books.

EXHIBITION SHOPS BOILER HOUSE, LEVEL 3 BLAVATNIK BUILDING, LEVEL 2 Gifts, postcards, catalogues and books connected with our current exhibition programme. LEVEL 0 TURBINE HALL / THE TANKS

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Clore Learning Centre Turbine Hall Schools and Shop Clore Welcome Room Families Room

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MAKE SOME NOISE CLORE WELCOME ROOM EXPLORE THE TURBINE HALL BOILER HOUSE, LEVEL 0 WITH YOUR EARS It’s OK to talk at Tate – fill our huge Turbine Hall with noise and activity! Pick up a Collection Case to explore Download a Sonic Trail to hear the the galleries – a vintage suitcase full sounds of the old power station or of curious objects linked to artworks the building at night. Listen to them in Material and Object on Level 4, as you walk around the space: Boiler House. tate.org.uk/learn/families/sonic-trails. Browse our kids' library and relax on the sofas. Also good for breastfeeding.

RELAX Have an indoor picnic in any of the open spaces or use the tables in the Schools & Families Room. LEVEL 1 ENTRANCES

River Entrance

Tate Edit Café Starr River Cinema Shop

Bloomberg Connects: Drawing Bar Café Entrance Bridge

Terrace Shop

South Entrance

Blavatnik Building Entrance

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EXPLORING GET CREATIVE AUDIOGUIDE DESK BLOOMBERG CONNECTS DRAWING BAR The Guide is a great introduction to our collection, with artist interviews, Create your own masterpiece at the interactive games and art-inspired Drawing Bar. music. £11 for a family group of four including at least one under-18. Available in English, Deutsch,Español, Français, Italiano, Português, British Sign Language (BSL) and Audio Described.

© Tate (Andrew Dunkley) KEEP ON SWINGING BLAVATNIK BUILDING, TERRACE The swings from the Hyundai Commission: SUPERFLEX are staying outside for the summer. In partnership with LEVEL 2 FREE DISPLAYS / SPECIAL EXHIBITIONS

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JOAN JONAS BETWEEN Until 5 August OBJECT AND BLAVATNIK ARCHITECTURE BUILDING

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START DISPLAY ARTIST AND SOCIETY IN THE STUDIO BETWEEN OBJECT BOILER HOUSE BOILER HOUSE BOILER HOUSE AND ARCHITECTURE BLAVATNIK BUILDING HOW DOES COLOUR SHAPE CAN ART CHANGE THE WORLD? WHERE DO ARTISTS WORK? OUR LIVES? Think about how the artworks in this and , Holes, Room 7 room are talking to each other, and , The Snail, Room 2 Marwen Rechmaoui, Room 1 Shimamoto discovered this way the differences in their scale, shape What do the shapes and colours Move around the sculpture and of working by accidentally piercing and material. What would it look like make you think of? If you could look at the photographs. a painting in his studio. if artists built the world? rearrange the shapes, where would They show us different cities but what Have you ever created something by you put them? connects them? What do you think accident like this? Where did it take You'll find questions which get you the artists are trying to tell us about place? What happened? thinking about colour throughout recent history? this display.

Yayoi Kusama The Passing Winter 2005 © . Photo: James Medcraft

SPECIAL EXHIBITION JOAN JONAS BLAVATNIK BUILDING UNTIL 5 AUGUST Discover this pioneer of performance. Buy tickets in the Turbine Hall or online.

Henri Matisse The Snail 1953 Rachel Whiteread B: Clapton Park Estate, Mandeville Shozo Shimamoto Holes 1954 Joan Jonas Stream or River Flight or Pattern © Succession Henri Matisse/DACS 2017 Street, London E5; Bakewell Court; Repton Court; © Shozo Shimamoto 2016–2017 © Joan Jonas / Artists Rights Society March 1995 1996. Tate © Rachel Whiteread (ARS), New York / DACS, London LEVEL 3 FREE DISPLAYS / SPECIAL EXHIBITIONS

BOILER SHAPE OF LIGHT: THE EY EXHIBITION: HOUSE 100 YEARS OF PICASSO 1932 PHOTOGRAPHY AND LOVE, FAME, TRAGEDY Until 9 September From 2 May

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SPECIAL EXHIBITIONS SHAPE OF LIGHT: PERFORMER AND PARTICIPANT EXPLORE PERFORMANCE Family tickets are available for all 100 YEARS OF PHOTOGRAPHY BLAVATNIK BUILDING BLAVATNIK BUILDING our special exhibitions and children AND ABSTRACT ART ART NEEDS YOU The interactive cinema in Room 5 tells under 12 go free (up to four per BOILER HOUSE different stories about how artists parent or guardian). Free for Members 2 MAY – 14 OCTOBER Artists sometimes ask people to have used dance, film and the body. and Patrons. join in with their work, not just look Bringing to life the innovative and at it. What do you think of this way Buy tickets in the Turbine Hall or online. original contribution of photographers of making art? PLAYING UP to the development of abstraction. BLAVATNIK BUILDING THE EY EXHIBITION: 26–27 MAY, 2–3 JUNE PICASSO 1932 12.00–17.00 BOILER HOUSE A playful, hands-on introduction to UNTIL 9 SEPTEMBER 2018 live art for kids and adults to play Experience a year in the life of together. one of the world’s greatest artists. Our assistants will give you all the Explore his bright and bold paintings, props and materials you need. sculptures and drawings.

Pablo Picasso The Dream ( Le Reve) 1932 Private Guy Bourdin Untitled 1952 (detail) © The Guy Ana Lupas The Solemn Process 1964–2008 (1964–74/76; 1980–5; 1985–2008) Collection © Succession Picasso/DACS 2017 Bourdin Estate LEVEL 4 FREE DISPLAYS

6 7 8 10 11 NEW ACQUISITIONS / 11 10 9 8 7 BOILER MAGIC REALISM 5 9 12 6 HOUSE MATERIALS AND OBJECTS MEDIA NETWORKS

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MATERIALS AND OBJECTS MEDIA NETWORKS LEVEL 4 CONCOURSE LIVING CITIES BOILER HOUSE BOILER HOUSE BOILER HOUSE BLAVATNIK BUILDING WHAT CAN ART BE MADE OF? IS REMIXING ART? DO TOUCH! TRAVEL WITH ARTISTS Magdalena Abakanowicz, Embryology, Cildo Meireles, Babel, Room 6 Rudolf Stingel, Untitled Which city or place from this display Room 9 would you most like to visit? Could Try listening from different places in Make a tiny mark using just your you imagine wandering the streets Move right around this sculpture, the room. In each place try listening fingers, or very big ones using your of your own home for inspiration? looking at it from all angles. What with your eyes closed, then with your whole arm. Make a mark as high or do the different-sized shapes remind eyes open. as low as you can. Try making the you of? What do you think they are same movement together. How do the sounds change? Try to made of? focus on the sound of just one radio. What can you hear?

Magdalena Abakanowicz Embryology 1978–80 Cildo Meireles Babel 2001 (detail) © Cildo Meireles Rudolf Stingel Untitled 1993 Kader Attia Untitled (Ghardaïa) 2009 © Magdalena Abakanowicz. Photo: James Medcraft Photo © Tate (Andrew Dunkley & Marcus Leith) Photo: James Medcraft © Kader Attia. Photo: James Medcraft

EXPLORE MATERIALS AND EXPLORE MEDIA AND NETWORKS BLOOMBERG CONNECTS OBJECTS TIMELINE OF Call in at Room 5 to find out what BOILER HOUSE, CONCOURSE Touch some weird and wonderful artists think about borrowing and things artists use in their work. copying as a form of art. Touch the words or artworks you are interested in to find out more What kinds of unusual materials about them. can you find in Room 4 – bottle tops, hair, even a urinal? What kind of everyday materials would you like to make art from? Take a picture and tweet to @tate_kids or share it around the world on the Tate Kids online Gallery www.tate.org.uk/kids/gallery #TateFamilies