- 🏛️TypeMuseum · contemporary art (new Jean Nouvel building, opened 2025)
- 📍Address2 Place du Palais-Royal, 75001 Paris
- 📞Phone
- 🎟️AdmissionPaid visit · skip-the-line tickets & experiences via Tickets
- 🕑Opening hours
- 🚇AccessMétro Palais-Royal–Musée du Louvre (1, 7) — at the door
- 🗺️NearbyThe Louvre, the Jardin des Tuileries, the Palais-Royal and the Comédie-Française are all within a few minutes.
Fondation Cartier
The Fondation Cartier pour l'art contemporain — the contemporary-art institution created by the Cartier maison in 1984 — reopened in October 2025 in a luminous glass building designed by Jean Nouvel at 2 Place du Palais-Royal, directly opposite the Louvre. Vast mobile platforms let the galleries be reinvented for every exhibition.
A new home at the Palais-Royal
In October 2025 the Fondation Cartier pour l’art contemporain opened a major new home at 2 place du Palais-Royal, facing the Louvre. Founded in 1984, the foundation moved here from its celebrated glass building on the Boulevard Raspail in the 14th arrondissement.
Jean Nouvel’s transformation
The architect Jean Nouvel — who designed the foundation’s earlier home — reinvented the interior of the 1855 building that once housed the Grands Magasins du Louvre and, later, the Louvre des Antiquaires. Behind the historic façade, movable platforms and some 6,500 m² of exhibition space create one of the largest contemporary-art venues in central Paris.
Good to know
The foundation stages temporary exhibitions of contemporary art; entry is ticketed and timed slots are recommended. It sits directly opposite the Louvre, beside the Palais-Royal.
Where it is — and what's around
Fondation Cartier (pulsing marker) at the centre. Toggle the filters to show the heritage, restaurants and activities of the 1st — and the hotels around.