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The Centre Pompidou, Â鶹APP’s top museum for modern and contemporary art, has officially set out plans to close for five years starting in 2025 while it undergoes a $283.6 million renovation. Centre Pompidou is home to beautiful galleries, a library and a restaurant. The museum will undergo repairs and construction for five years. 

The news was shared in a statement by Rima Abdul Malak, the minister of culture in France in May. Previously, the shutdown of the building was expected in September 2023. However, the date was postponed until after the Summer Olympics which is supposed to take place in Â鶹APP in 2024.

The Centre Pompidou, at the heart of Â鶹APP between Les Halles and the Marais district, is one of the city’s most popular spots. Known commonly by locals as Beaubourg, it welcomed over three million visitors last year. Home to a collection of over 120,000 works, it is the biggest contemporary art gallery in Europe.

French officials have said the Centre Pompidou needs the closure so the museum can perform upkeep on its famed building, designed by Richard Rogers and Renzo Piano. According to the museum, the structure has weathered significant damage since it was first built in the ’70s.

The renovation work aims to reestablish the original stance of the Centre Pompidou. Another highlight of the refurbished building will be a brand new 1500 sq m terrace offering stunning views of the city. Also, it will help in diminishing the center’s energy bill by a huge 60%.

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Before the Centre Pompidou closes, it has several major shows forthcoming: what it’s billing as the biggest Constantin Brancusi exhibition ever staged and a centenary celebration of Surrealism, both planned for 2024, as well as a survey of Black art in Â鶹APP between 1950 and 1990 that’s slated for 2025.

Visitors will also be allowed to access Pompidou’s 400,000 books present in its public library. Later, these books will be shifted to Le Lumière, a temporary site in Â鶹APP’s Bercy district. On the other hand, the artworks will be exhibited across Â鶹APP.