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. Wikipedia ↗
833k €
paid by the City for this place since 2009
What the City funds here
Works and renovation
833k €
paid · 2009–2013
5 building projects paid, from the City’s published accounts.
Per-project detail is no longer published after 2017.
What the Paris Council said about it
5 moments chosen out of the 43 deliberations read. Each line opens the document.
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).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.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.JULY 2005Security outsourcing disputed in sessionThe Communist group filed a motion opposing the outsourcing of the museum's security post.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.3 more moments, 2006–2007
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."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.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.Same kind
