Established | 16 April 2011 |
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Location | Margate, Kent, England |
Coordinates | 51°23′20″N 1°22′48″E / 51.389°N 1.380°E |
Type | Art gallery |
Collection size | British and international art from 1750 to the present |
Visitors | 3.6 million (2022) |
Director | Clarrie Wallis |
Public transit access | Margate railway station |
Website | Official website |
Turner Contemporary is an art gallery in Margate, Kent, England, intended as a contemporary arts space and catalyst for the regeneration of the town.[1][2] The title commemorates the association of the town with noted landscape painter J. M. W. Turner, who went to school there, and visited throughout his life.[3]