The Museum of Fine Arts of Reims is located between the historic center and the new city, its serrated profile rising up above the medieval fortresses, showing the long architectural history of the French city – from the Gallo-Roman gate to the modernist market hall. The building’s gross floor area is 14,000m2, accessed through a twelve meter high self-supporting hall. The upper levels of the museum are mainly exhibition areas (these spaces are naturally lit thanks to the translucent facade), but also include a bookstore, a sculpture garden, art education rooms and spaces where visitors can relax while observing the activity in the private workshops for the restoration of the ruins that were found during the excavation works on site...[+]