Paris: the Centre Pompidou will close entirely for work from the end of 2025 to 2030

That time will seem long to contemporary art lovers. The Centre Pompidou will close entirely for work from the end of 2025 to 2030, announced Wednesday Rima Abdul Malak, the Minister of Culture.

Launched in 2021 by Roselyne Bachelot, this modernization and asbestos removal work will cost 262 million euros. "There were two options on the table: one was to restore the Centre while keeping it open, the other was to close completely," explained the then Minister of Culture. I chose the second one because it was shorter in time and a little cheaper. »

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Initially announced for September 2023, the closure of the museum was postponed due to the Olympic Games in Paris. Among other things, the removal of asbestos from facades and ceilings, the replacement of bay windows, the replacement of elevators and hoists and the revision of fire safety.

Inaugurated on January 31, 1977, Beaubourg will celebrate its fiftieth anniversary with its closed doors. "This work is essential for it (the building) to remain this global icon of modernity and contemporary architecture that attracts millions of visitors every year. I am delighted with this decision, which will allow us to celebrate our 50th anniversary and which fully places the centre in the twenty-first century," said the director of the Centre Pompidou when the work was announced in 2021.