Le déménagement du Centre Pompidou à Paris, qui doit fermer cinq ans pour d'importants travaux, commencera à la fin de cette année Paris Pompidou Centre , which is due to close for five years for major works, will begin the process of moving out its 240,000 artworks in the autumn of this year. Laurent Le Bon, the President of Paris premier modern art museum explains it will reopen in 2030 with a "new cultural concept". The Pompidou collection will be housed in a storage facility in Massy, outside of Paris, with many works to be loaned to museums in France and around the world. IMAGES AND SOUNDBITES