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Centre Pompidou Paraná opening pushed back to 2029
The Centre Pompidou Paraná is now expected to open in 2029 in Foz do Iguaçu, southern Brazil.
It is planned as the French institution’s first outpost in the Americas, but its opening date has already been delayed twice, from 2027 to 2028 and now 2029.
Construction has not started, and the tender process has not launched; the current work is focused on technical preparation and basic design.
The project was created by a state decree in 2024, with an investment of around 250 million reais, and includes eight years of cooperation with the Centre Pompidou.
The museum will move forward under a new state government, led by governor-elect Sergio Moro, who has promised to complete it.
The museum is planned near the airport and a protected natural area, on the road to Iguazu Falls, and is estimated to attract around 800,000 visitors each year.
The builder will be selected later, with no date confirmed, and the 2029 opening depends on the schedule holding.
The Centre Pompidou Paraná is now expected to open in 2029, after earlier schedules set its opening for 2027 and then 2028.
Construction has not begun, and the tender process has not been launched.
The museum is planned for Foz do Iguaçu in southern Brazil and will be Centre Pompidou’s first outpost in the Americas.
The project is moving from the administration of outgoing governor Carlos Massa Ratinho Junior to that of newly elected governor Sergio Moro, who pledged to continue it.
The project is estimated to cost around 250 million reais and could attract around 800,000 visitors a year.
- Who
- The Centre Pompidou and the state of Paraná are partners in the museum project.
- What
- The opening of the Centre Pompidou Paraná has been pushed back to 2029.
- When
- It is now expected to open in 2029.
- Where
- Foz do Iguaçu, in the state of Paraná, southern Brazil.
- Why
- The project’s scale and complexity are cited for the timeline changes. A change of government may also have contributed.
This story does not have two clearly opposing sides.
The museum was created by state decree.
The Paraná government was still officially announcing an opening in 2028.
Sergio Moro was elected governor of Paraná.
A museum spokesperson told The Art Newspaper that the project was working toward an opening in 2029.
- Current planned opening
- 2029
- Previous opening schedules
- 2027, then 2028
- Construction status
- Work has not yet begun
- Project location
- Foz do Iguaçu, Paraná, Brazil
- Estimated investment
- Around 250 million reais ($49.7 million)
- Estimated annual visitors
- Around 800,000
What people are saying
The project is currently working toward an opening in 2029 and is in the technical preparatory stages for the bidding process.
The goal is to ensure that Centre Pompidou Paraná is established as a state cultural policy, rather than merely an initiative tied to a specific administration.
They wanted me to complete it in six months, but it took me a year.
The preliminary design has been approved, and everything is now being budgeted so the tender can be launched and construction can begin.