[1][2][3] In 1950 they created an association for to transmit skills in manual arts and crafts, including carpentry, cabinetmaking, stonecutting, masonry, plaster, metalwork and painting.

[8] The purpose of the Coubertin Foundation is to develop young peoples' skills in the manual arts and instill in them concern for quality of workmanship, honesty and responsibility.

The foundation accepts about 30 apprentices each year in manual arts and crafts, mostly from the Workers' Association of Companions of Duty and Tour of France.

The foundation collection also a donation from the Bourdelle museum and pieces by Étienne Martin, Marta Pan, Parvine Curie, Karel, Dominique Labauvie and John Kelly.

[12] Around this collection, the architect Robert Auzelle has set up an open-air sculpture museum, the Jardin des Bronzes.