The national museums of France have free admission on the first Sunday of each month, something that we've taken advantage of to visit several different museums. This month we visited the Centre Pompidou, which houses the Musée National d'Art Moderne (National Museum of Modern Art).
The Pompidou is in a modern building that was designed as an inside-out structure, with the ductwork, steel skeleton, elevators, escalators, etc. all on the outside of the building. The result is an unusual-looking addition to central Paris with clean, open, uncluttered interior spaces. The architect that designed the Pompidou also designed the Modern Wing of the Art Institute of Chicago.
We went to the Pompidou for the Nuit des Musées last year (a night where museums offer free admission in the evening), but spent most of our time on fourth floor seeing the contemporary collection (post-1960 works). This time we split our time between the phenomenal views offered by the exterior hallways and terraces of the building and the fifth floor collection of modern art from 1905 through 1960. We both thoroughly enjoyed our leisurely walk through the museum and I left inspired to make a list of other museums we need to visit (or revisit) before moving back to the U.S.
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