Saint-Gobain Archives Center
In 1979, Saint-Gobain created a center specifically to collect, conserve and provide access to the archives of its French subsidiaries.
With a surface area of nearly 10,000 square meters, this center has 59 kilometers of archival storage including 20 for historical archives held on a variety of media: paper, 400.000 photos, glass plates, more than 10,000 films, objects, plans, posters, samples of materials manufactured by the Group’s subsidiaries, etc., retracing the history of Saint-Gobain from 1665 to the present.
The building was designed by the architect Joseph Belmont. The black glass tower housing the archives overlooking a semi-buried pyramid-shaped space is a striking structure marking the approach to the city of Blois, France.
The team of 11 professionals working at the center, archivists and documentalists are tasked with inventorying and conserving the Group’s heritage.
As a consequence, the center made a significant contribution to Saint-Gobain’s 350th anniversary. It was a partner in L’Economie aux Rendez-vous de l’histoire (The Economy at the History Meetings) symposium in Blois in 2015.
The Saint-Gobain Archives Center welcomes researchers in the fields of history, business management, history of techniques and materials, architecture and art history, to name just these.
Contact details:
GIE Archives de Saint-Gobain
27-35, rue de la Vallée Maillard
41000 Blois
France
Tel: +33(0)2 54 57 35 30
Opening hours: 8:00 am – 12:00 pm and 1:30 to 5:00 pm
By appointment only.
