Grand Palais

Grand Palais Image of the Grand Palais as seen from the Eiffel Tower The Grand Palais (center) and the Petit Palais (right) as seen from the Eiffel Tower Grand Palais is located in ParisGrand Palais Location within Paris Wikimedia | © OpenStreetMap Established Universal Exposition of 1900 Location Avenue Winston-Churchill, 75008 Paris, France Coordinates 48.866161°N 2.312553°E Type Historic site, exhibition hall Visitors 1,412,060 (2017) [1] President Jean-Paul Cluzel Public transit access Champs-Élysées – Clemenceau Franklin D. Roosevelt Metro-M.svg Paris m 1 jms.svg Paris m 9 jms.svg Paris m 13 jms.svg Website www.grandpalais.fr Salon de la locomotion aérienne, 1909, Grand Palais, Paris The Grand Palais des Champs-Élysées, commonly known as the Grand Palais, is a large historic site, exhibition hall and museum complex located at the Champs-Élysées in the 8th arrondissement of Paris, France. Construction of the Grand Palais began in 1897 following the demolition of the Palais de l'Industrie (Palace of Industry) as part of the preparation works for the Universal Exposition of 1900, which also included the creation of the adjacent Petit Palais and Pont Alexandre III. It has been listed since 2000 as a monument historique by the French Ministry of Culture.