France Tourist Attractions - The Georges Pompidou Center

Organisationally it is linked to IRCAM.

From Place Georges Pompidou. The Place Georges Pompidou in front of the museum is noted for the presence of street acts such as mimes and jugglers.

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Practical Information for the Georges Pompidou Center

Public transport: 

metro Rambuteau, Les Halles
RER Chatelet-les-Halles.

Hours :
Everyday except Tuesday. Evenings :Mon, Wed, Thurs, Fri, Sat, Sun.
from 11h00 to 22h00

Prices :
There are various prices for the Exhibitions.

Annual Entry Pass from  20.00 euros to 40.00 euros Call: 01 44 78 14 63

Georges Pompidou Center Website

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The Georges Pompidou Center was designed by Renzo Piano, Richard Rogers and Gianfranco Franchini, it houses the Bibliothèque publique d'information, a vast public library, and the Musée National d'Art Moderne.

Some of the art movements represented are Fauvism, Cubism, Surrealism and Abstract Expressionism. The museum has 50,000 works of art (including painting, sculpture, drawing, and photography), of which 1,500 to 2,000 are on public display.

The structure is very distinctive: it has been described by critics as "an oil refinery in the centre of the city". 

the coloured external piping is the special feature of the building. Air conditioning ducts are blue, water pipes are green and electricity lines are yellow.

Escalators are red. White ducts are ventilation shafts for the underground areas. Even the steel beams that make up the Pompidou Centre's framework are on the outside.

The intention of the architects was to place the various service elements (electricity, water etc.) outside of the building's framework and therefore turn the building "inside out". The arrangement also allows an uncluttered internal space for the display of art works.

The Centre is named after Georges Pompidou, who was president of France from 1969 to 1974, and was opened on January 31, 1977.