Paris will have a new museum dedicated to Alberto Giacometti (1901–1966), to be housed in the former Gare des Invalides, a building constructed for the 1900 Universal Exposition and now undergoing transformation. The Musée & École Giacometti, scheduled to open in 2028, will bring together exhibition spaces, educational activities, and research programs in a single location.

Backed by the Fondation Alberto et Annette Giacometti, the new complex will bring together more than 10,000 works and documents, including sculptures, paintings, drawings, and archival materials, many of which have not previously been on public display.

The architectural intervention, designed by Dominique Perrault, will involve both the existing building and the underground spaces beneath the Invalides area, for a total of about 6,000 square meters. In addition to the exhibition galleries, the museum will include ateliers, training spaces, and public amenities. 

The project forms part of broader efforts to reactivate Paris’s infrastructural heritage.

Alberto Giacometti, one of the leading figures of twentieth-century sculpture, is known for his elongated, attenuated figures and for a body of work centered on the human condition. He moved to Paris in the early 1920s, where he worked for much of his life in his Montparnasse studio, becoming a key figure in the postwar art scene.

The museum’s opening addresses a significant gap in the city’s cultural landscape. Despite this long-standing connection, Paris has not until now hosted a monographic museum of this scale dedicated to the artist.