Pompidou Center
France · founded 1977
The Centre Pompidou, more fully the Centre national d'art et de culture Georges-Pompidou, also known as the Pompidou Centre in English and colloquially as Beaubourg, is a building complex in Paris, France. It was designed in the style of high-tech architecture by the architectural team of Richard Rogers, Su Rogers and Renzo Piano, along with Gianfranco Franchini. It is named after Georges Pompidou, the President of France from 1969 to 1974 who commissioned the building, and was officially opened on 31 January 1977 by President Valéry Giscard d'Estaing.
- Visitors a year
- 3.2MVisitors a year
- Founded
- 1977Founded
What to see
Artist's Shit
Piero Manzoni, 1961.
At the museum · Photo by Jens Cederskjold, CC BY 3.0
Tête Dada
Sophie Taeuber-Arp, 1920.
At the museum · Photo by Sophie Taeuber-Arp, CC BY 3.0
The Pont Neuf and the Samaritaine at night
Albert Marquet, 1937.
At the museum · Public domain via Wikimedia Commons
Grillo telephone
1967.
At the museum · Photo by Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0
Smoking Pablo Picasso
Amedeo Modigliani, 1915.
At the museum · Public domain via Wikimedia Commons
Plan your visit
Hours
Published on the museum’s own site. Confirm on www.centrepompidou.fr before you travel.
Getting there
Avenue du Général Eisenhower 17.
On their own site
Opening hours, tickets and current exhibitions are on the museum’s own site.
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