Visit Pompidou

When I went to Paris last week, I made sure I go to the famous and historic Louvre and d'Orsay Museums. Both are stunning Museums and at least one should be on the list of your sightseing activities when you visit Paris. If I had to choose between one of those for time reasons I'd probably go with the later one because it is not as gigantic as the Louvre. I saw both, but was very selective in what I wanted to look at. I didn't spent more than 2 hours in each and pretty much headed right to main "attractions": the Mona Lisa in the Louvre, and the Van Gogh self Portrait in the d'Orsay.

But since I got myself a 2-day Museum Pass and the Centre Pompidou was on the list of its accessible Museums, I decided to go there too -  and I should spent more time in it than in the Louvre. The building itself is quite an attraction: all tubes and cables run outside the building; that is, there is no concrete that covers them, the building is see-through. Taking a transparent tube escalator upstairs you enter the museum and exhibition halls. It's modern art from the 20th century to the present: famous paintings from Piccasso, Mantisse, Leger, and abstract construction, installations, lots of naked skin and body art.  Maybe not necessarily the family or work-safe museum - but then after all, it's just art! Be sure not to miss it on your next Paris trip. Since entrance fee with 12 euros is quite steep, consider getting a Museum Pass if you visit another museum as well.

Photo from one of the exhibition rooms of Centre Pompidiou.

There are a lot of art students there practicing drawing.
(shot with my Canon A710is).