The Tate Modern // Way-finding

On Wednesday we visited the Tate Modern for our English Class. The museum was really cool and had a lot of famous modern artwork. Unfortunately, we were sent on a scavenger hunt for class that resulted in me staring at the plaques on the wall for most of our visit rather than the artwork itself. I wish I had spent more time looking at each work of art, because there are a lot of famous pieces of modern artwork, and a lot of confusing surrealist paintings that had a lot going on in them. I really liked this Kandinsky, it had a lot of pretty colors and kept your eye moving. It was cool to see artwork I've seen in class or in books before actually in front of me, like Picasso's "The Three Dancers" and some of Salvador Dali's surrealist work. We mainly only focused on two exhibits in the museum before everyone was tired and needed food before our next class, but I wish I could've stayed there for longer.




I thought the way-finding in the Tate Modern was very well done. On each floor next to the stairs and escalator, there was a list of all the exhibits on each floor, as well as the location of the gift shop, ticketing office, bathrooms and food. When you got to the entrance of an exhibit on a particular floor, the signage was large and clear, and listed more details about what artwork was in the exhibit. A well-designed map for the whole museum could also be purchased for one pound, but considering that most of the information you needed was on the wall, this was unnecessary. Overall, the way-finding in the Tate Modern was clear and well done, and I was never confused as to where to go.