There are many museums in Paris like the Louvre and the d'Orsay, but many famous works of art are found at Paris' very own Rodin Museum.

The Rodin Museum is located near to the d'Orsay and was open to public on August 4, 1919.

The museum was started by Auguste Rodin, who made various statues and tapestries which are shown in the museum. Along with the statues, gardens surround the area.

Rodin wanted the gardens there because he believed that every piece of work was influenced by nature as well as (to offer) a way to get out of the cluttered city.

Auguste Rodin started his career at a young age, starting to draw at ten.

Throughout his life, he attended several different art schools like the Petit Ecole. Unfortunately at 17, he was asked to leave three times from the Ecole des Beaux-Arts. Just before his excursion to Italy to study the works of Michelangelo, his girlfriend, Rose Beuret, gave birth to two children.

In Italy, when he looked at the works of Michelangelo, he was greatly inspired and that led him to create his very own statues like 'The Thinker', a slight difference from Michelangelo's 'terribilita'. Rodin enjoyed the 'terribilita' so much that he wanted to present his own work just as well done, and came to making 'The Thinker' in that way.

'The Thinker' was originally going to be an addition to another work of art by Auguste Rodin called 'The Gates of Hell'. After spending time in Italy, he had a new perspective on what he wanted 'The Thinker' to be — a statue strong enough to be on its own.

The statue became an undressed man, resting his elbow on one knee with his fist under his chin, representing a thinking person.