Practical info

Institut International de la Marionnette
Pôle Recherche et Innovation & Centre de Documentation et des Collections
7 place Winston Churchill, 08000 Charleville-Mézières (France)
Tél. 00 33 (0) 3 24 33 72 50 - institut@marionnette.com
Reception open on Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays and Fridays, 9am-1pm and 2pm-5pm

Resource Centre
Open to the public Monday to Friday, from 1pm to 5pm

Opening hours of reception hall of the École Nationale Supérieure des Arts de la Marionnette (ESNAM)
16 avenue Jean Jaurès in Charleville-Mézières (France)
Open to public Monday to Thursday 9am to 1pm and 2pm to 5pm

(except exceptional closures)

BY TRAIN

Paris - Charleville-Mézières
From Gare de l’Est station by TGV, direct trains to Charleville-Mézières (1hr 35min) and several TGV trains to Reims, with a connection for Charleville-Mézières.

Lille - Charleville-Mézières
From Lille-Flandres station, direct trains to Charleville-Mézières and several trains with a connection for Charleville-Mézières (travel time from 2hrs to 2hrs 40min).

Nancy - Charleville-Mézières
From Metz-Ville station, direct trains to Charleville-Mézières (travel time from 1hr 52min to 2hrs 6min).

Lyon - Charleville-Mézières
From the Gare de Lyon Perrache station, take a train to Paris. From the Gare de l’Est station in Paris, several TGV trains to Reims, with a connection for Charleville-Mézières.

BY CAR

From Paris
Motorway A4 from Paris towards Reims, and then A34 towards Charleville-Mézières.
Travel time: 2hrs 20min - Distance: 235 Km / 146 miles

From Lille
Motorway A27 /E42 from Lille towards Brussels (Belgium) via Tournai, Mons, Charleroi. On the ring road of Charleroi (R3) take exit N5 towards Philippeville / Reims. Continue through Couvin and Rocroi to Charleville-Mézières.
Travel time: 2hrs 10min - Distance: 224 Km / 139 miles

From Brussels
Motorway E19 towards Mons, then A54 Charleroi. Then, on the ring road of Charleroi, follow Philippeville and Reims (N5). Continue through Couvin and Rocroi to Charleville-Mézières.
Travel time: 2hrs - Distance: 148 Km / 92 miles

From Luxembourg
Motorway A4 (E25) to Arlon, then N89 towards Reims/Sedan, next E46 then E44 towards Charleville-Mézières.
Travel time: 1hr 44min - Distance: 149 Km / 92,6 miles

BY PLANE

• Luxembourg-Findel airport (1hr 35min by car)
• Charleroi/Brussels South Airport (1hr 30min by car)
• Brussels/Zaventem Airport (2hrs by car)
• Paris/Charles de Gaulle Airport (2hr 20min by car and also from Charles de Gaulle TGV station to Champagne-Ardenne 30-minute TGV, then a connection for Charleville-Mézières)