Picasso Museum closes for two-year renovation
- August 24, 2009 17:09
PARIS — Paris's Picasso museum closed on Monday for a two-year, 30-million-euro (43-million-dollar) renovation of one of the world's major galleries devoted to the Spanish-born master. On the eve of the closure more than 5,800 people seized a last chance to view the collections, housed in a 17th-century mansion in the historic Marais quarter, which was open free of charge, a museum spokesman said.