Her aim was to leave behind her a stable and lasting organisation for the custody and diffusion of Teilhard s works. The Teilhard de Chardin Foundation collects, records, publishes and circulates all documents relative to Teilhard s life and works. Documents can be consulted by researchers at the Foundation Library. The Foundation is run by a Board of Directors appointed in accordance with the Articles of Association, and must include scientists attached to the Museum National d Histoire Naturelle. Its purpose is to help spread and implement Teilhard s works and ideas.
Membership is open to private individuals, associations and approved groups in various regions.
Among the important assets which made it possible to set up the Foundation was the contribution by the Museum authorities of offices on their premises, thus providing the necessary infrastructure. Naturelle s central library, where two offices are used respectvely for secretarial work and and for maintaining contact with the Association.