US EditionFrance's renowned Pompidou Centre shuts for 5-year refit
The renovation includes asbestos removal, accessibility, security upgrades, and a full interior redesign with a €460 million budget, funded largely by the French state and Saudi Arabia.
- The Centre Pompidou in Paris shut to visitors on September 22, 2025, for a major five-year renovation project.
- The closure follows concerns about overcrowding and deterioration, leading to plans that include asbestos removal, accessibility, and security upgrades.
- The €460 million renovation will keep the exterior framework but completely redesign interiors, add climate protection to cut energy bills by 40%, and open a terrace with views.
- President Laurent Le Bon explained that while the building’s outer structure will remain intact, every interior level from the basement up will undergo complete renovation. He also confirmed that €100 million in funding has been secured, with hopes to raise an additional €80 million.
- The project, partly funded by France and Saudi Arabia, aims to reopen the Pompidou around 2030 with modernized facilities maintaining its status as a significant cultural landmark.
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Paris. The Pompidou Centre in Paris, which houses one of the most important modern art collections in the world, will close for a long time to undergo a profound renovation.
Renovation: Centre Pompidou Cultural Centre closes for at least five years.
Julie Narbey, managing director of the Pompidou Centre, explained to franceinfo the future transformations brought to the modern art museum after the works.
It is one of the most emblematic modern art museums in the world. The Centre Pompidou in Paris closes its doors this Monday evening, September 22, for a period of five years. The Parisian institution starts major renovations for a budget of 460 million euros. A colossal project to refurbish the building as a whole.
The French art center Centre Pompidou will close for the next five years as the building is to be renovated.
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