Tate Institute

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The Tate Institute was a community facility established by Henry Tate in Silvertown in 1887.{{cite journal |last1=Hedges-Stocks |first1=Zoah |title=Abandoned club saved by artists who dream it can be 'Tate East' |journal=Newham Recorder |date=2016 |issue=21 September 2016 |url=https://www.newhamrecorder.co.uk/abandoned-club-saved-by-artists-who-dream-it-can-be-tate-east-1-4705671 |accessdate=16 November 2018 |language=en}}

The building was established to create an apolitical and non-sectarian environment.{{cite book |last1=Chalmin |first1=Philippe |title=The Making of a Sugar Giant: Tate and Lyle, 1859-1989 |date=1990 |publisher=Taylor & Francis |isbn=9783718604340 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=bOPogF8v9-kC&q=%22tate+institute%22+silvertown&pg=PA79 |accessdate=16 November 2018 |language=en}} The Institute closed in 1933 and the building was used as a local library until 1961.

The institute was boarded up in 2011, but in April 2016 a group of artists took over the building establishing the "Craftory", to rehabilitate the building and create the “Silvertown ArtSpace” to provide a hub for a broad range of artistic and community activities.

Tate Institute Craftory workshop.jpg|Craftory workshop looking north

Tate Institute Craftory workshop 2.jpg|Craftory workshop looking south