Center Pompidou: gradual closure before construction begins, timetable

When will the Centre Pompidou close its doors to the public? That's the question many people are asking, and many modern art lovers are dreading the moment. After all, the entire site will be closed for 5 years. The work promises to be long and laborious, and will involve "the renovation and removal of asbestos from all facades, fire safety measures, improved accessibility for people with reduced mobility, and energy optimization of the entire building ".

So, when will Beaubourg cease to welcome the public? First of all, you should know that the closure will be carried out gradually, in several stages. The auditoriums have been inaccessible since January. On Sunday March 2, 2025, it will be the turn of the Bpi, the Centre Pompidou's famous public information library, to close its doors to the public, before an announced move to the 12th arrondissement.

Center Pompidou: Bpi to close on Sunday, move to 12th arrondissement planned
The Bpi will close its doors this Sunday, March 2, 2025, to coincide with the major renovation of the Centre Pompidou. But the Bibliothèque publique d'information at Paris's national center for art and culture will not disappear altogether. For the duration of the works, it will be moving "outside the walls", to the 12th arrondissement, from the end of August 2025. We tell you all about it. [Read more]

On the evening ofMonday March 10, the rooms dedicated to the museum's permanent collection, located on levels 4 and 5 of the building, were closed.

According to France Bleu, renamed"Ici", the lights are due to go out in galleries 1, 2, 3 and 4 from the evening of June 30. By the end of June 2025, only level 2 of Beaubourg should still be accessible, with the carte blanche show by German artist Wolfgang Tillmans, scheduled to run until September 22.

The complete closure of the building to the public is scheduled for the end of September 2025. Removal of the works will then begin, and should be completed by December 2025, before work begins in April 2026. The project is expected to take 5 years to complete, with the Centre Pompidou and Bpi scheduled to reopen in 2030.

Provisional schedule for work and space closures

• January 2025: closing of theaters
• Evening of March 2, 2025: Closing of the Bpi
• March 10, 2025 evening: closure of the Museum (rooms dedicated to the permanent collection on levels 4 and 5 of the building)
• Summer 2025: gradual closure of other exhibition spaces, the store and the bookshop
• End of September 2025: building closes to the public
• December 2025: end of relocation
• April 2026: start of construction work
• 2030: Centre Pompidou and Bpi reopen

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In the meantime, a number of events and exhibitions are scheduled at the Centre Pompidou, including the"Paris noir" exhibition and the carte blanche for Wolfgang Tillmans. And don't miss the festive, free weekend scheduled for March 7-10, before the museum closes levels 4 and 5.

And, as the Centre Pompidou points out on its website, the Musée d'Art Moderne's programming will continue outside the walls during the five years of work, with an exhibition devoted to Niki de Saint Phalle, Jean Tinguely and Pontus Hultén, to be seen at the Grand Palais.