Centre Pompidou Will Close for Almost Four Years for Extensive Renovations

Paris's Centre Pompidou will close from the end of 2023 through the end of 2026 to accommodate the museum's first extensive renovation since it opened in 1977. The Pompidou's leadership is eyeing a reopening in 2027 to align with the museum's fiftieth anniversary. The restoration of the building, originally reported by Le Figaro, will cost €200 million EUR (approximately $242.8 million USD) and has been in the works for almost five years; a preservation commission cautioned that the building's...