Museums and exhibition halls
he Centre Pompidou-Metz is a museum of modern and contemporary arts, the largest temporary exhibition area outside Paris in France. The museum features exhibition from the extensive collection of the Centre Pompidou, the Europe's largest collection of 20th century art. The Centre Pompidou-Metz displays around 3 to 4 unique temporary exhibitions per year, which are not presented somewhere else. The museum also works in close collaboration with the Mudam in joint initiatives. In addition of the temporary exhibitions, the Centre Pompidou-Metz features seasonal programming with contemporary live shows in its theater and organizes meetings and conferences in its auditorium with worldly recognized, as well as, local artists Finally, the museum participates to the annual White Night Arts Festival of Metz held in October. Also, the Regional Contemporary Arts Gallery of Lorraine is located in the 12th century Saint-Liver Hôtel and organizes exhibitions of local and international contemporary artists.
The Saint-Stephen Cathedral is the Gothic cathedral of the city built during the 13th century. The cathedral is sometimes nicknamed the Good Lord's Lantern (French: la Lanterne du Bon Dieu), displaying the largest expanse of stained glass windows in the world with 6,500 m2 (70,000 sq ft). Those stained glass windows include works by Gothic and Renaissance master glass makers Hermann von Münster, Théobald of Lixheim, and Valentin Bousch and romantic Charles-Laurent Maréchal, tachist Roger Bissière, cubist Jacques Villon, and modernist Marc Chagall. The Saint-Stephen Cathedral exhibits the rich collection of the Bishopric of Metz, including paraments and items used in the service of the Eucharist. Another church of the city displays a complete set of stained glass windows of French modernist Jean Cocteau.
In addition, Metz features other museums and exhibition venues. The Golden
