Centre Pompidou-Metz

Centre Pompidou-Metz
Centre Pompidou-Metz in August 2011
General information
Type	Culture and leisure
Location	Metz, France
Coordinates	49°6′29″N 6°10′48″E / 49.10806°N 6.18000°E / 49.10806; 6.18000
Construction started	7 November 2006
Inaugurated	12 May 2010
Cost	69.33 million Euros
Landlord	Metz city
Height	77 m (253 ft)
Technical details
Floor area	10,660 m2 (114,700 sq ft)
Design and construction
Architect(s)	Shigeru Ban
Architecture firm	Shigeru Ban Architects Europe
Main contractor	Metz Métropole
Renovating team
Renovating firm	Demathieu & Bard

The Centre Pompidou-Metz is a museum of modern and contemporary art located in Metz, capital of Lorraine, France.^[1] It is a branch of Pompidou arts centre of Paris, and features semi-permanent and temporary exhibitions from the large collection of the French National Museum of Modern Art, the largest European collection of 20th and 21st century arts. The museum is the largest temporary exhibition space outside Paris in France with 5,000 m² (54,000 sq ft) divided between 3 galleries, a theatre, and an auditorium.

The first piece of the monument designed by Japanese architect Shigeru Ban was laid on 7 November 2006, and the building was inaugurated by French President Nicolas Sarkozy on 12 May 2010.^[2] The building is remarkable for its roof structure, one of the largest and most complex built to date, which was inspired by a Chinese hat found in Paris by Shigeru Ban.^[3]

Since its inauguration, the institution has become one of the most visited cultural venues in France outside Paris.^[4][5]