Guided tours and knowledge
In the museum
Bruce Nauman, « Dream Passage with Four Corridors », 1984 © Centre Pompidou / photo : Ph. Migeat / Dist. Rmn-Gp
First Sundays:
On the first Sunday of each month, a lecturer invites you to discover the collections of the Centre Pompidou.
The first Sunday of every month, 4 p.m.
Centre Pompidou Masterpieces:
A lecturer guides you through the collections and help you unlock the codes of the most emblematic works in the history of 20th and 21st century art.
In french: Saturdays, 4 p.m. Sundays, 2 p.m. and 4 p.m.
In english: Saturdays, 2 p.m.
Guided tour cycle “Face to Face with the Works”:
Composed of three sessions, the "Face to Face with the Works" cycle offers a thematic and in-depth interpretation of the collection in the company of the Centre Pompidou’s lecturers. These conference-visits take place in the evening and explore modern and contemporary creation via the works.
Currently on the theme: Art and Utopia
"Art Détox" Matinée:
Once a month, the Centre Pompidou invites you to an “Art Detox” matinée, to explore creation through the senses: a tour combining bodily experience and contemplation.
Theme "Art and Therapy", from January to October, 2019
Theme "Art and Ecology", from April to July, 2020
In the exhibitions
Get the most out of the exhibitions at the Centre Pompidou with a guided tour.
«Bacon: Books and painting»
- December 21, 2019 - January 19, 2020: every Saturday at 12 a.m. and 3 p.m. / every Sunday at 12 a.m., 3 p.m. and 5 p.m.
- October 5, 2019 - January 19, 2020: every Saturday at 5 p.m.
«Boltanski. Faire son temps»
- December 7, 2019 - February 23, 2020: every Saturday at 3 p.m. and 5 p.m. / every Sunday at 3 p.m.
- February 29 - March 15, 2020: every Saturday at 12 a.m., 3 p.m. and 5 p.m. / every Sunday at 12 a.m. and 3 p.m.
- December 8, 2019 - March 15, 2020: every Sunday at 5 p.m.
Adapted tours
Programmes adapted to visitors with various disabilities. Special tours of the Centre Pompidou collections, exhibitions and museum building are organised on a monthly basis (except during the summer period) in the company of a lecturer trained in the appropriate oral mediation.
Visitors with visual impairments: See and Hear tour
Through comments and detailed descriptions, the lecturer enables visitors to get a picture of the works, shedding light on the artist’s approach.
Visitors with hearing impairments: Lip-reading tour
Trained in the techniques of communication with the hard of hearing, the lecturer takes these visitors on a discovery of an exhibition or the collections. Hearing aids equipped with induction loop collars or earphones are available.
Deaf visitors: Guided tour in French Sign Language
The lecturer, deaf himself, talks in (French) sign language, providing a visual/gestural discovery of art history, movements and artists.