|
|
|
The Centre National D’art et de culture Georges Pompidou was born from President Pompidou’s will to create a cultural and original institution in the heart of Paris, totally devoted to the modern and contemporary creation where plastic arts would combine with theatre, music, cinema, books and speaking activities…
Settled in the heart of the capital, in the 4th district of Paris, in a XXth century building, designed by Renzo Piano and Richard Rogers, the Centre Pompidou were publicly opened in 1977. Renovated in 1977, it publicly reopened in January, 1st 2000, offering larger museum spaces and richer welcome places. It has become again one the most popular monument in France since then. As it welcomes almost 6 million visitors per year, the Centre Pompidou will have welcomed, in 30 years, about 190 million visitors. Its panoramic terrace on the last floor (free access) offers a amazing view on Paris and its monuments.
The Centre is the Parisian cultural institution that offers the larger opening timetable amplitude to its different publics. Only close on Tuesdays and the 1st May, it is open from 11am to 9 pm for the Museum and temporary expositions, until 11pm by night for some expositions in the 6th floor, from 12 to 10pm (except on week end, when the timetable is the same as the one of the museum) for the Public Information Library (BPI), which provides a reserved access on Rue Beaubourg, and beyond 10 pm for every activities like cinema, shows…(http://www.centrepompidou.fr)
|
Tourist informations 
