Galeries Nationales du Grand Palais

The Galeries nationales occupy part of the north wing of the Grand Palais, an emblematic monument of the Avenue des Champs-Élysées in Paris. The Grand Palais was built from 1897 for the Universal Exhibition of 1900, in place of the former Palais de l'Industrie. Four architects, Henri Deglane, Albert Louvet, Albert Thomas and Charles Girault, united their projects to design it. Its immense nave, nearly 240 metres long, is covered by an iron and glass roof.

In 1964, the architect Reynold Arnould laid out, at the request of André Malraux, galleries intended for major temporary exhibitions. A Picasso retrospective was shown there in 1966. Since then, these rooms have regularly hosted major exhibitions made with French and foreign museums. The building, a listed historic monument, is part of the "Paris, Banks of the Seine" site inscribed by UNESCO since 1991. It underwent a restoration between 2001 and 2007, then new work from 2021.

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