Paris is a world capital of culture, and as such it has the best art museums in the world. In XNUMX, French President Georges Pompidou decided to establish the National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art in a unique architectural structure in the heart of Paris.
The Pompidou Center contains the Museum of Modern Art, a large public library, a center for industrial creation and a center for musical research and creation all under one roof. President Pompidou was a passionate art lover and he said the sentence, I passionately want Paris to have a cultural center where plastic art goes hand in hand with music, movies, books and more.
The construction work of the unique structure began in May one thousand nine hundred and seventy-two. Two young architects, Renzo Piano and Richard Rogers, were responsible for designing an extraordinary structure, unfortunately Pompidou died two years after that, before he could see the complete Pompidou Center. The center was inaugurated by Pompidou's successor Valerie Giscard d'Estaing in January XNUMX.
Today the Pompidou Center is one of the most worthwhile attractions in Paris, the richest National Museum of Modern Art in Europe, as well as the center's balcony where you will get spectacular views of the city of Paris.
Center Pompidou Exhibitions
Exhibitions that are now held inside the Pompidou Museum
The National Museum of Modern Art - Center Pompidou in Paris
One of the most important collections of modern art at the Center Pompidou
Paris has quite a few important iconic symbols, but of course there are some that stand out more than the rest. The Center Pompidou which is located in the heart of Paris is undoubtedly one of the most important symbols of the city. The unique building that was designed upside down from the inside out is one of the special buildings built in the XNUMXth century around the world.
The highlight of a visit to the Center Pompidou is the National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, which contains one of the largest art collections in Europe. Modern and contemporary works, which includes a variety of creative and artistic fields such as plastic art, books, design, music and cinema.
The impressive collection of the National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art contains in its collection more than one hundred thousand works by modern artists such as, for example, Pablo Picasso, Robert Delaunay, Fernand Léger, František Koepka, André Breton, Alberto Giacometti Jean DuBois and more.
The entrance ticket to the museum also includes one temporary exhibition where you can view amazing works by the best artists around the world. There is no doubt that you should take your time in the museum and tour as much as you can, in any case you will not have enough time to see all the exhibitions and works but at least try to see what is important.
Useful information about the National Museum of Modern Art at the Center Pompidou in Paris
The Pompidou Center in Paris is the kind of place you shouldn't miss. It is one of the most popular tourist sites in Paris, with millions of tourists from all over the world visiting the place every year. It is definitely highly recommended to buy the tickets to the center in advance online and secure your place, as well as save quite a bit of waiting time at the box office.
The price of an entrance ticket to the Pompidou Center is fifty-nine shekels per person, the ticket includes, an entrance ticket to the art museum, entry to one temporary exhibition, access to the observation deck of the Pompidou Center. After placing the order, you will receive the tickets by email. There is no need to print the card because it is a digital card.
If you come with children, the entrance is free for children up to the age of eighteen, so there is no need to buy tickets for them, if you are unable to come for any reason, you can cancel the tickets up to twenty-four hours before the visit to the center. The Pompidou Center is without a doubt a must-see attraction for anyone visiting Paris, when you step up to the center's platform and see the iconic view of the Paris skyline, you'll understand what it's all about.
The Center Pompidou in Paris is a unique building in the heart of the city which contains the National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, a huge library, an industrial creation center, a center for research and musical creation all in the same building, the Center Pompidou is one of the most important tourist sites in Paris that is strongly recommended to visit there.
It is recommended to buy the entrance tickets to the Museum of Modern Art in the Pompidou Center in advance online. The price of an entrance ticket is NIS 59 per person, the ticket includes entry to the art museum, entry to a temporary exhibition and access to the spectacular observation deck of the Pompidou Center balcony.
The Pompidou Center in Paris is open every day of the week except Tuesdays. The center is open to visitors from 10:00 a.m. to 21:00 p.m. It is recommended to spend at least two hours visiting the place so that you will have enough time to see a significant part of the museum's vast addition, which has more than one hundred thousand works of art by the world's leading artists.
The Pompidou Center is located in a lively area in the heart of Paris at the address: Place Georges-Pompidou, 75004 Paris, you can reach it by public transport from all over the city, but if you can afford it the best way is to simply walk around the charming area.
