Centre Pompidou-Metz

Over het museum

The Centre Pompidou-Metz opened in 2010. It is presented as the first decentralization of a major national cultural institution, the Centre Pompidou, carried out with the local authorities of Metz. The institution is a public cultural cooperation body whose members are the Centre Pompidou, the State, the Eurométropole de Metz, the Grand Est Region and the City of Metz.

The building is the outcome of an international competition: the team of Shigeru Ban, Jean de Gastines and Philip Gumuchdjian was selected in 2003. Its hexagonal roof of laminated timber covers about 8,000 m² beneath a white membrane of fibreglass and Teflon. At its centre rises a 77 m spire, which recalls the year the Centre Pompidou was founded, 1977.

Three superimposed and intersecting concrete galleries, each about 80 m long, offer exhibition spaces without interior columns. Their glazed ends open views onto the cathedral, the station and the Seille park. The centre also has a forum, a Grande Nef, an auditorium and a studio.

The centre has no permanent collection of its own and presents large-scale exhibitions. Chiara Parisi has been its director since 2019.

Hoogtepunten

• Hexagonal timber roof by Shigeru Ban and Jean de Gastines
• Three superimposed galleries with views of the cathedral and the station
• Central spire of 77 m
• Guided tours included in the ticket four times a day
• Yozora gourmet restaurant and Umé brasserie
• Workshops and tours for children from 18 months

Opgericht

2010

Beheerder

Établissement public de coopération culturelle (Centre Pompidou, État, Eurométropole de Metz, Région Grand Est, Ville de Metz)

Directie

Chiara Parisi

Bezoekers per jaar

ca. 303.608

Toegangsprijzen & kortingen

The full price varies from €7 to €14 depending on the timed ticket (the lowest price is shown); the group rate ranges from €5.50 to €12. The ticket gives access to all exhibitions of the day and to four guided tours a day (11:00, 14:00, 15:00, 16:00). Free admission with proof also for job seekers, RSA recipients, teachers in active service, members of the Maison des Artistes, holders of the ICOM, ICOMOS or AICA cards, tour guides and journalists. PASS-M Solo, Duo and Jeune cards, the Pass Patrimoine and the Museum-PASS-Musées are accepted. Offers include the TER Grand Est train at weekends, trains from Luxembourg, the LE MET’ bus on Mondays and the City Pass.

Toegankelijkheid

• Rolstoeltoegankelijk
• Lift: geen informatie
• Aangepast toilet
• Gehandicaptenparkeerplaats: geen informatie
• Hulphonden welkom
• Tastmodellen / voelbare objecten: geen informatie
• Rondleidingen in gebarentaal
• Informatie in eenvoudige taal: geen informatie
• Audiodescriptie: geen informatie

The centre holds the Tourisme & Handicap label. Wheelchairs are lent free of charge at the Forum reception against an ID; walking-stick seats are available free of charge at the cloakrooms. Induction loops in the studio and the auditorium. A tour in French Sign Language is offered once a quarter, by reservation. Groups may include at most 8 wheelchair users. Contact: accessibilite@centrepompidou-metz.fr.

Kinderen & gezin

Erg geschikt voor kinderen & gezinnen

• Gezinsrondleidingen & workshops
• Speurtocht, doeboekje of kinderaudiotour
• Verschoonruimte
• Kinderfeestjes

Creative workshops for ages 5 to 10 (€7 per participant), courses during school holidays (€18), family visits (€5) and “doudou” visits for ages 18 months to 3 years (€5). Birthday parties with a treasure hunt for up to 12 children (€190). Free visit booklets for young people, downloadable or available in the galleries. Changing tables in the Forum toilets.

Bereikbaarheid & parkeren

By car, via the A4 motorway (Paris, Strasbourg) and A31 (Luxembourg, Lyon), exit Metz Centre. The TGV takes about 1 hr 20 min to Paris, 40 minutes to Luxembourg and 45 minutes to Strasbourg.

Service & horeca

• Café
• Restaurant
• Museumwinkel
• Garderobe

The café on the ground floor, the Umé brasserie at lunchtime and the Yozora gourmet restaurant in the evening, from Wednesday to Sunday. Free cloakroom at Forum level; bags are limited to 55 x 35 x 20 cm. Bookshop-shop.

Evenementen & zaalverhuur

• Ruimtes te huur
• Zakelijke evenementen

Tot 350 personen.

Several spaces can be hired for conferences, seminars and receptions: the Studio (up to 350 standing guests), the Wendel auditorium (144 seats), a conference room, the Constellation room, the Paper Tube Studio and the south garden.

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