MUSEUM

2025-2030: the Centre Pompidou undergoes a transformation

Place Georges Pompidou - 75004 Paris Le Marais

In autumn 2025, its iconic building in the heart of Paris's Beaubourg district, built in 1977 by architects Renzo Piano and Richard Rogers, enters a major five-year renovation phase.

In 2030, a reconfigured Centre Pompidou will open its doors to the public: unchanged on the outside, but redesigned on the inside to welcome new forms of cultural offerings, reaffirm its multidisciplinary spirit, enhance user-friendliness and rethink the presentation of Europe's largest collection of modern and contemporary art.

During this period of renovation, far from going dormant, the collection, the multidisciplinary programming and the spirit of the Centre Pompidou travel and are embodied in Paris, throughout France and internationally thanks to the ambitious Constellation program, which enables the Centre Pompidou's lively, multidisciplinary programming - exhibitions, live performance, cinema, spoken word - and its mediation activities to continue in multiple venues.

The Centre Pompidou, designed by Renzo Piano and Richard Rogers, is a marvel of 20th-century architecture, recognizable by its outdoor escalators and enormous, colorful pipes. It houses the Musée National d'Art Moderne, a world reference for its collections of 20th and 21st century art. Works by key artists are displayed chronologically in two areas: the modern period from 1905 to 1960 (Matisse, Picasso, Dubuffet...) and the contemporary period from 1960 to the present day (Andy Warhol, Niki de Saint Phalle, Anish Kapoor...). In addition to these permanent collections, internationally-renowned exhibitions are held all year round on the top floor, from where the panoramic view over central Paris and its rooftops is unbeatable. It's a great place to spend half a day, or even the whole day, eating at the Georges, learning at the Bibliothèque publique d'information and browsing in the boutique.