Musée · 8e

Petit Palais

The Petit Palais, built for the 1900 Universal Exposition by architect Charles Girault, houses the City of Paris's Museum of Fine Arts.

It is located in the 8th arrondissement of Paris, avenue Winston-Churchill, facing the Grand Palais and bordered by the Seine and avenue des Champs-Élysées. It was erected partly on the site of the Palais de l'Industrie, demolished in 1896. The building was listed as a historic monument in 1975. Wikipedia ↗

Actually paid

833k €

Deliberations 1996–2011

No subsidy, investment or public contract could be tied to this place in the open data: day-to-day running costs (upkeep, staff) are not broken down by place. Only subsidies to an operator, investment projects and public contracts that name the place appear here.

Works paid for, year by year833 k €

408 k €

See the 5 works programmes in detail (2009–2013)

MUSEE PETIT PALAIS364 k €MUSEE PETIT PALAIS278 k €MUSEE PETIT PALAIS125 k €PETIT PALAIS66 k €PETIT PALAIS0 k €

Payments traced in the City’s published accounts: detailed per works programme until 2017, then only for some large projects from 2019. Each line links to the online accounts.

Key moments

JUNE 2002A giant ad hides the monument under renovationA motion called for the removal of the giant advertising installation erected in front of the Petit Palais, then under renovation.

JULY 2005Security outsourcing disputed in sessionThe Communist group filed a motion opposing the outsourcing of the museum's security post.

JUNE 2008The cost of project management is raisedThe Council authorized amendment no. 3 raising the renovation's project management contract to €5,951,996.93 excluding tax.

FEBRUARY 2010Who should run the museum shopIn session, the concession of the Petit Palais's and Carnavalet's bookshop-boutiques to the RMN (Réunion des musées nationaux) was debated.

SEPTEMBER 2010Private sponsorship enters the museumThe Mayor was authorized to sign two sponsorship agreements with SAMSUNG for the museum's benefit (estimated value €650,000).

See 3 more moments

APRIL 2006A battle of figures over the museum's guardsIn session, a motion called for more permanent surveillance staff; the deputy mayor disputed the staffing figures put forward.

OCTOBER 2006The renovation project ends in compensation paymentsThe Council approved the principle of compensating the companies SCOP UTB and Crystal for damages suffered during the works.

JUNE 2007An exhibition co-built with an associationThe Mayor was authorized to sign an agreement with the association DAÏKA for the exhibition "Petit Palais intime ou l'étoffe des héroïnes."

AI reading of 43 documents out of the 1187 returned by the search — each line links to its deliberation.

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