The Tate Gallery has put a range of rare film and audio files from its archives online.

The museum teamed up with BT to digitise the original format so people can watch or listen to a range of artists and cultural figures from the 1960s through to the present day.

Included in the line up are an intimate black-and-white home movie of British sculptor and artist Barbara Hepworth, a film by the artist Felipe Ehrenberg and a lecture by environmental artist Christo.

Will Gompertz, director of Tate Media, said: “As one of the flagship initiatives of the newly formed Tate Media, the BT Tate Player demonstrates BT’s credentials in the field of broadband provision and is a remarkable achievement, increasing accessibility to the arts through pioneering technology.

“It’s an exciting project with limitless potential, and we’re delighted to be able to share with a broader audience the original audiovisual content of the Tate Archive.”

The BT Tate Player can downloaded from the Tate Gallery's homepage.