Tate takes art collection on the road in ‘mobile museum’

Tate is taking its national art collection on the road in a new initiative with the French organisation Art Explora.

The new 'mobile museum' is in the trailer of an articulated lorry and is currently on a 10-week tour (until 29 April) of Liverpool and the surrounding area.

The pilot scheme is touring a slimmed-down version of the Radical Landscapes exhibition held at Tate Liverpool last summer.

As well as locations in Liverpool it will go to St Helens, Knowsley, the Wirral and Halton.

Helen Legg, the director of Tate Liverpool, said it was hoped the project will "arrest issues of attendance at our national museums”.

She added: “The mobile museum is unique. It goes directly into communities. It allows us, as a museum, to meet people on their own terms.” 

The non-profit project is supported by Art Explora with public funding from the National Lottery through Arts Council England.