In the year 2000, nearing the age of 94, Constantin -"Costi" – Papachristpoulos, decided to donate his complete works from 1929 to 1973 to the town of Bergerac with the condition that it find a permanent home, open to the public, for the collection.
The local council met on 30th March 2000, unanimously accepted the donation, and agreed to create the Costi Museum in the two cellars of the St Jacques Presbytery.
The permanent exhibition space of the Costi Donation was inaugurated on 21st June 2003.
The exhibition has been arranged in such a way as to let the visitor walk around the statues and appreciate them from every angle.

The collection comprises : 52 bronzes, 7 plaster works, 7 drawings (not exhibited).