Pompidou Center in Paris, France to Close for 5 Years

The Pompidou Centre, an art museum and cultural complex located in Paris, France, has reached its last weekend before closing for major renovations. The Pompidou Centre will completely close this September and undergo renovation and repair work for five years until 2030.

According to reports from foreign media including the British daily The Guardian on the 9th (local time), the Pompidou Centre will begin dismantling over 2,000 permanent collection works inside the center starting from the 10th. The general public can view the permanent collection at the Pompidou Centre for the last time until 9 p.m. on the 10th, after which works by famous artists such as Chagall, Matisse, Kandinsky, and Giacometti will be relocated to museums not only in France but around the world. The Pompidou Centre mainly houses a collection of various modern art pieces from the early 20th century onward.

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The Pompidou Centre was designed by masters of modern architecture Richard Rogers and Renzo Piano. Opened in 1977, the Pompidou Centre is one of Paris’s landmarks, famous for its building structure that exposes steel pipes and ventilation ducts on the exterior. Last year, it attracted about 3 million visitors, making it the third most visited tourist spot in Paris after the Louvre Museum and the Orsay Museum.

After fully closing this September, the Pompidou Centre will undergo a complete overhaul, including the removal of asbestos used during its original construction and improvements to energy efficiency. The total construction cost is estimated to reach approximately 262 million euros (about 412 billion Korean won). After the renovation is completed, the Pompidou Centre will be reborn with new exhibition spaces. The new Pompidou Centre, five years from now, is expected to include new spaces for children and youth as well as an expanded library.

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