The Jérôme Seydoux-Pathé Foundation, recognized as a public utility in 2006, works to preserve and make available to the public the historical heritage of the Pathé society. Behind the facade sculpted by Auguste Rodin around 1869, the architect Renzo Piano built a five-storey hull covered with 5000 protective shutters. Built in the middle of a garden, the contemporary building was inaugurated in September 2014 and houses the headquarters of the Foundation. The now famous glass shell on the 5th floor houses the offices and the reception of researchers. This space is exceptionally open to the public during the European Heritage Days.