About Turner Contemporary
This wheelchair-accessible art gallery in Rendezvous offers rotating exhibitions with an onsite restaurant for refreshments. Nearby parking available, though families should note there are no baby changing facilities.
What's nearby
- Pan Asian Cusine in Margate next door
- The Old Kent Market next door
- Barnacles - Thorley Taverns next door
- Antony Gormley Another Time Statue next door
Distances as the crow flies, via Google
Good to know
Parking
- ✓Paid car park
Accessibility
- ✓Accessible parking
- ✓Accessible entrance
- ✓Accessible toilet
- ✓Accessible seating
Details via Google — worth confirming with the attraction before you travel, especially for access needs.
Photos
Photos via Google
Opening hours
- Monday
- Closed
- Tuesday
- 11:00 AM – 5:00 PM
- Wednesday
- 11:00 AM – 5:00 PM
- Thursday
- 11:00 AM – 5:00 PM
- Friday
- 11:00 AM – 5:00 PM
- Saturday
- 11:00 AM – 5:00 PM
- Sunday
- 11:00 AM – 5:00 PM
Current hours may differ from the usual schedule above (e.g. holidays) — check Google Maps for today's hours.
What visitors say
Honestly truly exceptional... We were blown away. Having read some reviews before visiting, we were a little sceptical of what we could find, but the exhibits, including Turner's glorious 'Waves breaking on a lee shore' were utterly mesmerising. Guzmán's vivid colours and concepts were electrifying, and we genuinely couldn't tear our eyes away. The gallery isn't huge, but we easily spent over an hour and a half, including a stint at the drawing room where we channeled our otherwise squashed creativity and spent some lovely moments drawing pictures with crayons. A truly memorable visit that I'm grateful we got to experience.
· via Google
Have visited several times over the years. A lovely building but always seems semi empty! Named as "Turner Contemporary" but where are the Turner paintings (real or replicas) Only 1 Turner on display 🤣 thought one day it might actually live up to it's name! Latest display is lovely and colourful on silks and also some on veneer wood, "Guzman". Definitely a better display than in the past but needs to be filled with alot more....
· via Google
A beautiful place near by the beach, inside you can see the sea through windows. Not big but worth to visit, and we had a lot fun in the studio!
· via Google
Great open space gallery, different art throughout year, only one original turner painting when we visited, free entry, plenty of clean rest rooms, and small art shop
· via Google
Visitors say this gallery offers engaging, rotating exhibitions and a beautiful, airy space with stunning sea views. They also highlight the free entry, clean restrooms, and friendly, helpful staff.
Some reviews mention the exhibitions can be sparse.
Summary via Google
At a glance
- Address
- Rendezvous, Margate, CT9 1HG Get directions
- Category
- Museums & Galleries
- Guest rating
- 4.1 / 5 (3,928 reviews)
- Suitable for
- Ages 4+
- Setting
- Indoor
- Good for children
- Yes
- Toilets on site
- Yes
- Destination
- Margate