The museum has welcomed 300 million visitors since it opened in 1977. In 2021, Roselyne Bachelot, then Minister of Culture, announced a major restoration.
By Le Figaro with AFP
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The Center Pompidou in Paris, one of the most important museums of modern and contemporary art in the world, will completely close for works at the end of 2025 and will reopen in 2030, announced Wednesday May 10 the Minister of Culture, Rima Abdul Malak. Announced in 2021 by the then Minister of CultureRoselyne Bachelot, these modernization and asbestos removal works, which will cost 262 million euros, were initially to extend from 2023 to 2027, the year of the 50th anniversary of the establishment.
The move and gradual closure will begin in the fall of 2024. Renovation and asbestos removal work on all the facades, fire safety, energy optimization of the building, as well as the necessary arrangements for better accessibility for people with reduced mobility, should start at the beginning of 2026.
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300 million visitors since 1977
The National Museum of Modern Art, inaugurated in 1977 in the heart of the capital, has never been renovated. Since its opening, it has welcomed some 300 million visitors, Rima Abdul Malak said at a press conference. This work had become essential due to the corrosion and wear and tear affecting the huge building, which notably houses very important collections of modern and contemporary art, vast exhibition spaces and a very large library. They will allowsustain its survival“, insisted the minister.
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Upon reopening, the museum spaces will keep the same positioning but the hanging will be redesigned in a “multidisciplinary perspective“. New spaces for young people are planned, as well as the expansion of its library. The renovated version of the museum thus wants to be able to stand up to the Bourse du commerce and its brand new building or the Louis Vuitton Foundation and its impressive modern setting.
Still, the total closure comes in full resumption of dating, after several years of health crisis linked to Covid-19. In this context, support for the Center Pompidou-Metz will be reinforced and the Ile-de-France center for conservation and creation in Massy is due to open in 2026.