Museums
Musée de la Batterie de Merville
The Merville Battery, located between Cabourg and Ouistreham is one of D-Day's most iconic sites. Learn about the events that took place here as you take a look at the C-47 Dakota aeroplane and step inside the bunkers. You can relive the battery's attack in one of them. [...]
MERVILLE-FRANCEVILLE-PLAGE
Arromanches 360 - Cinéma Circulaire
New film in 2021: "The 100 Days of the Battle of Normandy" Unique in France! The circular cinema takes you into the midst of the Battle of Normandy. Projected on 9 screens, archive images retrace the 100 days of a terrible battle. A film of pure historic intensity. [...]
ARROMANCHES-LES-BAINS
D-DAY OMAHA MUSEUM
In the heart of Omaha Beach, the museum (3000m²) presents thousands of original items in an authentic American building, 200m from the beach. The museum houses the fabulous Brissard collection between the US cemetery (4km) and Pointe du Hoc (7km). [...]
VIERVILLE-SUR-MER
Centre Juno Beach
COURSEULLES-SUR-MER
Musée d'Art et d'Histoire Baron Gérard (MAHB)
The MAHB and its collections are displayed in the former episcopal palace (11th-16th century) near the Bayeux Cathedral. Explore every aspect of artistic creation in Europe from Prehistory to the 20th century. [...]
BAYEUX
Musée du Débarquement
This is the first museum built to commemorate June 6th 1944 and the Battle of Normandy. The museum was built on the very site of the Mulberry Harbour; you can still see what remains of it a few hundred metres from the shore. [...]
ARROMANCHES-LES-BAINS
Tapisserie de Bayeux
This embroidered wall hanging is a masterpiece of Romanesque art. Measuring 70m long and 50cm high, it illustrates William's conquest of England in 1066. This unique insight into medieval life in Europe is listed on the UNESCO Memory of the World register. [...]
BAYEUX
Musée de la Mine
The mine museum opened in 1907 and was the first mining museum in France. A vein of coal was uncovered in 1741 which went on to be mined from 1741 to 1880 then 1941 to 1949. Mining helped the local economy flourish and saw the foundation of the town in the late 18th century. [...]
LE MOLAY-LITTRY
Musée America - Gold Beach
The AMERICA centre tells the story of the first USA-France airmail connection, the AMERICA plane's forced sea landing in Ver-sur-Mer on the night of July 1st 1927 and the beginning of airmail. The GOLD BEACH centre tells the story of the British landings in the KING and GOLD sector on June 6th 1944. [...]
VER-SUR-MER
Musée des Epaves Sous-Marines du Débarquement
Thirty-five years of underwater exploration has found impressive relics and personal items on the sea bed unearthed from large warships and tanks that sank around June 6th 1944. Screening of a very moving explanatory film (52 min). [...]
PORT-EN-BESSIN-HUPPAIN
Station 70 - Musée de la RN13
Step into your childhood memories! An enthusiast has spent over 40 years collecting anything to do with trains, bikes, mopeds, motorbikes, cars, toys, miniatures and adverts. This museum is all about passion! Tour to the Blockhaus on Sundays at 9.45am by appointment. [...]
OSMANVILLE
Musée du Débarquement de Utah Beach
Utah Beach Museum stands in the exact spot where American troops landed in Normandy on June 6th 1944 and depicts in 10 stages the events of D-Day from its preparation to its outcome and success. [...]
SAINTE-MARIE-DU-MONT
Overlord Museum - Omaha Beach
This unique collection of over 10,000 items illustrates the history of the Battle of Normandy up to the Liberation of Paris. The 6 armies who fought here are presented in life-size reconstructions with soldiers' belongings and over 40 vehicles, tanks and weapons. [...]
COLLEVILLE-SUR-MER
Le Mémorial de Caen
Just a stone's throw from the D-Day beaches, the Caen Memorial Museum is a must-see museum about the Battle of Normandy and 20th-century history. [...]
CAEN
Liberators Museum - Normandy 1944
Unique collection of uniforms and items from the Battle of Normandy donated by veterans. Personal stories from liberators. Presentation that takes you back in time and history. Military memorabilia shop selling authentic World War II items. [...]
ARROMANCHES-LES-BAINS
La Cité de la Mer
Cité de la Mer in Cherbourg: alive with emotion for 20 years! Situated in the former Transatlantic terminal, Cité de la Mer is the attraction in Normandy devoted to Man's great undersea adventure and the ocean's mesmerizing depths. [...]
CHERBOURG-EN-COTENTIN
Airborne Museum
Relive the D-Day landings alongside American parachutists! Get on board real phones, parachute into June 6th 1944 then land in Sainte-Mère-Eglise in the midst of battle. New: Immersion guaranteed with the Histopad tablet provided to all! [...]
SAINTE-MERE-EGLISE
D-Day Experience
More than just a museum! The site, in the middle of the US D-Day sector is home to 2 museums: Dead Man's Corner on the German side and D-DAY EXPERIENCE on the American side, the first immersive museum about D-Day. It presents the history of parachutists from the 101st Airborne Division. [...]
CARENTAN-LES-MARAIS
Musée Mémorial Pegasus
The museum is devoted to the 6th British Airborne Division, the first liberators to set foot on Norman soil on the night of June 5th to 6th 1944. The museum depicts the glider division's many operations, the most famous being the capture of Pegasus Bridge. [...]
RANVILLE
Musée de la Bataille de Tilly-sur-Seulles 1944
The museum housed in a former 12th century chapel recounts a confidential yet decisive part of the Battle of Normandy. Field items, photos and testimonials provide an insight into the struggle that went on for the liberation of Tilly, from July 7th to 19th 1944. [...]
TILLY-SUR-SEULLES
MUSÉE MÉMORIAL OMAHA BEACH
Dive deep into the history of D-Day on Omaha Beach. Just 200 metres from the beach, the museum has been paying tribute to the landing soldiers for over 28 years. A large collection of authentic objects (personal effects, uniforms, weapons, vehicles) helps visitors understand the events from the Occ [...]
SAINT-LAURENT-SUR-MER
Musée Mémorial de la Bataille de Normandie
The Battle of Normandy Memorial Museum in Bayeux, the gateway to the D-Day beaches, is the only site in the region to present the military operations that took place on Norman soil in summer 1944. [...]
BAYEUX