Musée des arts de la Marionnette

Om museet

The Musée des arts de la Marionnette is the heritage hub of the Centre de la Marionnette of the Fédération Wallonie-Bruxelles, based in Tournai in the Hôtel Peeters. This neoclassical town house was built at the beginning of the 19th century on a site that was once a place of worship, watch and combat: the Saint-Georges tower, at the back of the park, is a remnant of the first town wall (11th–13th centuries), and a convent of nuns existed here in the 17th century until 1796. The City of Tournai acquired the site in 1980 and offered the Créa-Théâtre company the chance to move in and create the Centre de la Marionnette there; the company inaugurated the building in 1986.

The museum presents a selection from a collection of more than 3,000 objects related to the art of puppetry from around the world: puppets, making tools, photographs, sets and accessories. The permanent exhibition “Marionnettes entre Terre et Ciel” shows pieces from Northern Europe, Africa and across Asia. It is set within the local history of Tournai’s rod-puppet theatres, the “Poriginelles”, large rod puppets in the Picard dialect, a series of which joined the museum in early 2020; two exceptional figures of Japanese Bunraku have been housed there since 2017.

The Maison de la Marionnette also brings together a centre for creation and transmission, with residencies and training, and the Créa-Théâtre company. Part of the collection has been digitised under the PEP plan of the Fédération Wallonie-Bruxelles and can be consulted on the PANORAMA platform.

Højdepunkter

• Collection of over 3,000 puppets, tools, sets and accessories from around the world
• Permanent exhibition “Marionnettes entre Terre et Ciel”
• Poriginelles of Tournai, large rod puppets in the Picard tradition
• Two figures of Japanese Bunraku, very rare in Europe
• Neoclassical Hôtel Peeters with park and Saint-Georges tower

Permanent udstilling

• Marionnettes entre Terre et Ciel – Selection from the collection of over 3,000 objects: puppets from Northern Europe, Africa and Asia, Poriginelles of Tournai and Bunraku figures.

Ejer

Ville de Tournai / Centre de la Marionnette de la Fédération Wallonie-Bruxelles

Entrépriser & rabatter

Gratis entré: Free admission on the first Sunday of each month.

Article 27: €1.25 plus an Article 27 voucher. Free with ICOM card, professional card, museumPASSmusées, press card, Experience Pass and V.I.P. card 365.be. Pass Wallonia: 25% discount on individual self-guided visits (up to 4 people). Schools of the Fédération Wallonie-Bruxelles: free self-guided visit of the permanent exhibition.

Tilgængelighed

• Kørestolsvenlig: findes ikke
• Elevator: ingen oplysninger
• Handicaptoilet: ingen oplysninger
• Handicapparkering: ingen oplysninger
• Servicehunde tilladt: findes ikke
• Taktile tilbud: ingen oplysninger
• Rundvisninger på tegnsprog: ingen oplysninger
• Letlæste tilbud: ingen oplysninger
• Synstolkning: ingen oplysninger

During the works on rue Saint-Martin, the museum is not accessible to people with reduced mobility; the entrance is temporarily moved to rue Massenet (an access tutorial is published). Animals are not admitted.

Børn og familie

Velegnet til børn og familier

• Familieomvisninger & workshops
• Opgavehæfte, skattejagt eller audioguide for børn
• Børnefødselsdage

Visit game “Jack s’est fait la malle !”, a “Marmaille & Co” bag, egg hunt, birthday parties at the museum, Family Days, and colouring pages and crafts to download with the mascot Tidou.

Transport & parkering

During the works, the entrance is on rue Massenet.

Service & spisesteder

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Arrangementer & udlejning

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