Brussels is preparing a large museum of modern art and architecture

Brussels - The Parisian cultural center and museum Centre Georges Pompidou and the Brussels region have decided to build a large exhibition space for modern art and architecture in the Belgian capital. According to French media, the museum is set to open to the public in 2020 after the renovation of an art deco style building currently used by the car manufacturer Citroën.

"I can announce that a new cultural center with an area of 30,000 square meters will be created in Brussels in 2020. It will focus on modern and contemporary art and modern and contemporary architecture," said Rudi Vervoort, a representative of the Brussels region, recently.

At a joint press conference, the chairman of the Centre Georges Pompidou, Serge Lasvignes, announced that based on the signed agreement, his Parisian center would provide a portion of its collections to the future Brussels museum. These contain about 120,000 works, of which only ten percent are publicly displayed.

The Brussels region, which would like to have a significant museum of modern art similar to those in New York or Bilbao, purchased the selected building from its current owner, the French car manufacturer Citroën, for 20.5 million euros (554 million crowns). The total planned costs have not been specified by the authorities.