During his life, Rodin's modern sculptures were labeled as obscene. It was only after his death that he became known as the father of modern sculpture. In 1911 the city purchased the gray stone building and studio that he had called home and put in exquisite gardens all around. Rodin finally had his own museum.

Three world famous creations are in those gardens. His first public commission of The Burghers of Calais commemorates the six citizens of Paris who offered themselves as hostages if Edward the II would not siege the port in Calais. The second was perhaps Rodins favorite and is also the most widely recognized and well known sculpture, as copies of it are sold all over the world as an addition to business offices and posh apartments--"The Thinker." Unfinished due to his death is "The Gate of Hell."

The inside looks much like a sculpture's studio, and good for the Parisian people for leaving it like that. Along with exhibited finished works ( "The Kiss" is another timeless classic that visitors are drawn to) are slabs of uncut marble, plaster casts, and all of the other tools of the trade that a sculpture might leave lying around while he stole out for a night walk in the empty Paris streets.