Centre Georges Pompidou by matcrazy1
The "Centre Georges Pompidou", formerly "Centre Beaubourg". Massive structural expressionist cast exoskeleton, "exterior" escalators enclosed in transparent tube.It's located in the centre of historic Paris, within one kilometre of Notre Dame and the Louvre, and on the edge of the densely populated medieval quarter.
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The Centre's activities:
- presentation of the permanent collections of the Musée national d?art moderne - Centre de création industrielle (Mnam-Cci),
- exhibits,
- public reading space, provided by the Bibliothèque publique d?information (Bpi),
- performances (theater, dance, music),
- cinema, symposia and debates, and publications.
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MORE:
www.cnac-gp.fr/Pompidou/Home.nsf/docs/fhome
