Institut International de la Marionnette

The Documentation Center of the Institut International de la Marionnette houses Europe?s largest specialized collection on the puppetry arts. There's something for everyone interested in this art form more than 12,000 books, including 4,700 specialist titles on puppetry, ranging from repertory (over 1,000 titles) to history (1,670 titles) and construction, in a wide variety of languages - French and English, of course, but also other European languages (Spanish, Polish, Greek, etc.) and Asian languages (Japanese, Chinese, Russian, etc.);- a collection of over 3,200 videos, including footage of shows and animated films from all over the world;- more than 1,000 books on puppetry, including more than 1,000 titles on puppetry history and construction, in a wide variety of languages - French and English, of course, but also other European languages (Spanish, Polish, Greek, etc.) and Asian languages (Japanese, Chinese, Russian, etc.)animation from around the world;- over 8,600 documentary files on companies, festivals and organizations from around the world;- a collection of over 1,600 puppets, available for consultation on request by researchers in residence;- an iconographic collection of almost 11,000 documents, currently being processed, including a treasure trove of photographs and posters;- around 300 manuscripts, including some of the world?s most important works of artapproximately 300 manuscripts, including a large number of Guignol repertory pieces from the late 19th and early 20th centuries; - a periodical collection of 300 titles, some of which specialize in puppetry, from all over the world (Europe, America and Asia), some dating back as far as the 19th centuryarchives of leading scholars and artists: Claude and Colette Monestier, Alain Recoing, Yves Joly, Brunella Eruli, Jacques Chesnais;- grey literature, printed documentation, etc.- The documentation center has an online catalog listing most of its resources: https://cataloguedoc.marionnette.com/Il is available to students, trainees and researchers, and is open to teachers, artists and the general public. For further information: https://marionnette.com/collections-documentation-editions/le-centre-de-documentation-et-des-collections