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Art Lovers Mob Paris's Pompidou Centre Ahead Of Five-year Closure

The major renovation of the Pompidou Centre includes getting rid of asbestos in the structure (Credit: AFP)

Tourists and French visitors alike filled Paris's landmark Pompidou museum on the weekend to catch a last glimpse of its prestigious art collection ahead of a five-year closure for a major renovation.

"Five years -- it's long!" exclaimed one guide, Elisa Hervelin, as people around her took photos of many of the museum's permanent works, among them paintings by Salvador Dali and Henri Matisse and sculptures by Marcel Duchamp.

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