Overview

• The Beaubourg building closed on 22 September 2025 after the final temporary exhibition, marking the museum’s longest pause since its 1977 opening.
• The project is budgeted at about €460 million with €280 million from the French state, and it is slated to add 3,000 square meters of exhibition space by 2030.
• Roughly 120,000 of about 140,000 works have been relocated, with public access maintained through the Constellation program and a plaza “Maison du Centre.”
• Offsite activity includes lending 4,000–6,000 works annually, collaborations at the Grand Palais, an existing Málaga branch, and new venues planned in Brussels and Seoul in 2026.
• The museum will reopen exceptionally on 22, 24 and 25 October during Art Basel Paris with celebrations featuring projects by Harry Nuriev, Julius von Bismarck and Cai Guo-Qiang.