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The Centre Pompidou in Paris, one of the world’s most important museums of modern and contemporary art, will close for renovation work at the end of 2025 and reopen in 2030, according to Culture Minister Rima Abdul Malak. The modernization and asbestos removal works, which will cost around $288 million, were announced in 2021 and were initially planned to extend from 2023 to 2027, the establishment’s 50th anniversary year. The relocation and gradual closure will begin in the fall of 2024.
The National Museum of Modern Art, which opened in 1977 in the heart of the French capital, has never been renovated and has since received around 300 million visitors. According to Abdul Malak, these works have become indispensable due to the corrosion and wear of the immense building, which houses important collections of modern and contemporary art, large exhibition spaces, and a library.
The asbestos removal work from all facades, energy optimization of the building, and necessary improvements for accessibility for people with reduced mobility will begin in early 2026. In recent years, the Parisian museum has signed international collaboration agreements, has branches in Metz (northern France), Malaga, and Shanghai, and is also expected to advise on the creation of a museum of modern art in the Brazilian state of Paraná.
