France's Most Iconic Modern Art Museum Is Opening an Outpost in Jersey City

“This is the latest major step towards our broader revitalization goals, utilizing all our City has to offer and establishing Journal Square as a cultural destination for generations to come,” said Fulop.

The Centre Pompidou will exhibit artworks and will have an educational, hands-on art and cultural experience program, with a community component central to Jersey City’s ambitious and inclusive vision for the future.

The building for the outpost is four stories high and approximately 58,000 square feet. It was acquired in 2017 to create a new art and cultural hub for the city. Architecture firm the Office for Metropolitan Architecture (OMA) will renovate the building for its new purpose.

There are currently three Centre Pompidou satellites throughout the world: one in Málaga, Spain, since 2015; one in Brussels, Belgium, since 2018; and one in Shanghai, China, since 2019. The Jersey City Centre Pompidou will be the first of such outposts in North America.