The dark blue icons are for the D Day Landing beaches and the light blue icons are for the cemeteries on a separate page.
Click the numbered icons for each museum and for opening times, more photos and website. Simply click on the map to zoom in and out. You can also change the map to zoom in and out, to satellite view and also to get directions from one place to the other. Clicking on READ MORE in each museum paragraph will show you more information, photos and individual map.
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The D Day podcast contains over 100 original photos from the US and Canadian archives as well as modern photos and very moving sound effects. The purpose of the podcast is to tell the story of the D Day landings using the 25 museums located along the D Day landing beaches and associated battle grounds. We are fortunate in that the whole in enhanced by the inclusion of tracks sung by Kas, “The Forces Sweetheart”. To download the podcast visit our podcast page click here.
1. Musee de la liberation
The liberation Museum is in an original old fort built in the 1850’s. It has a prominent position overlooking Cherbourg with panoramic views of the town and harbour. The many displays explain the role of Cherbourg as a supply base for the allies and life under the occupation.
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2. Memorial Quineville
The Quniville museum gives an insight into what life was like living under the occupation. This includes everyday things that we take for granted including food rationing, transport and clothing. The people of France had to completely adapt they way that they lived. The museum has built reconstructed streets with mannequins, which visitors can walk through and step back in time.
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3. Museum de la Batterie de Grisbecq
About a ten minute drive from St-Mere-Eglise is St Marcouf. In this location the Germans established a marine coastal battery at the beginning of 1942. The battery was placed here to cover a wide area of the beaches forming part of the Atlantic Wall.
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4. Musee Airborne
The church at Sainte-Mere-Eglise has an effigy of John Steele the famous paratrooper whose parachute was caught on the church spire. The airborne museum has two buildings. The first museum is in the shape of a parachute that houses a life size Waco Glider as well as many other displays.
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5. Musee du debarquement-Utah Beach
Utah Beach museum was created on the site of the US landing on 6th June 1944 and built around an original bunker. Here you will find some excellent 3D models explaining the landing on Utah Beach. There are also films, landing craft and many models and documents bringing to life 1099. Outside is a statue dedicated to the seamen who lost their lives on that fateful landing as well as a tank and landing craft.
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6. Ste-Marie-Du-Mont
The museum is in a house in Ste-Marie-Du-Mont that was used during the war as a German garrison post. Ste-Marie-Du-Mont is a short drive from Utah Beach and was the first village to be liberated. It shows how the house was used with the aid of uniformed mannequins. The house includes the rest room and the original paintings that were drawn by the German occupants, on the interior walls. You can visit this museum on the way to or back from Utah Beach museum.
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7. Dead Man’s Corner Museum
On route to capture the town of Carentan the 101st by the only road from Utah Beach they came under heavy at the junction between Carentan and Saint-Côme-du-Mont. Here a tank was was disabled by a German rocket which killed the commander. At first the paratroopers called it ‘the corner with the dead guy in the tank’ which was later shortened to Dead Man’s Corner.
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8. Maisy Battery
History was literally unearthed when the Maisy Battery was discovered having been kept a secret from the allies and local people.
Opened in 2007 it is adding new information to the D Day Landings and its role in the Atlantic Wall. Visitors can walk around trenches to bunkers used as store rooms and a hospital.
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9. Musée des Rangers
The Musee des Rangers is centered around the story of a crack American unit who were trained especially for the D Day assignment of taking Pointe du Hoc. It was essential that this strategic location was disarmed to provide safe landing for the allied troops. Their story is told using videos and static displays and will give you a greater understanding when you visit Pointe du Hoc which is near by.
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10. La Pointe du Hoc
Pointe du Hoc is to the east of Grandcamp Maisy. The cliffs drastically change to a sheer 30 meter climb over the beach. You will get a good perspective of the challange that lay ahead. Here the Germans had built a heavy artillery battery. It was designed to protect the coastline form the allies and an obvious threat to the success of the D Day Operation.
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11. Musée D. Day Omaha
There are 2 museums along Omaha beach. The Musee D Day Omaha was founded by Mr Brissard and include a collection of Uniforms and large guns.
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12. Musée Mémorial d’Omaha Beach
The Musee Memorial at Saint-Laurent-sur-mer was founded by Madame Catherine Chartier & Daniel Trefeu. There are displays depicting daily life under the occupation and a short video. There is also a large collection of Military hardware, vehicles, uniforms and personal effects.
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23. Omaha Cemetery Visitor Centre
We have included the Omaha Cemetery here because it has a very good visitors centre that is a moving and insightful experience telling the story of Operation Overlord and the Omaha Beach landings. The American is the largest of the invasion cemeteries, and contains over 9000 graves. Long lines of white marble grave stones rest peacefully against the green background of the Normandy countryside. The film “Saving Private Ryan” with its opening scenes may make the scenario familiar. Read more. Return to map click here
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13. Batterie de Longues sur mer
Located in the area of Gold Beach there were four Bunkers. These were placed to attack a naval invasion. In action during the morning of the 6th June 1944, the guns can still be seen in their original place.
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14. Musée du débarquement
The first museum to be opened in 1954 is dedicated to the British achievement of building the artificial harbours, of which some remains can still be seen. The museum houses a variety of displays including models and films.
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15. Arromanches 360
Located on the Arromanches hill top the 360 degree cinema with 9 surrounding screens, shows a film titled “The Price of Freedom.” It is a collection of original and modern footage creating a visual experience.
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16. Musée America Gold beach
Not only does this museum detail the landings by the 69th Brigade of the British 50th Infantary but also the first official Air Mail link between America and France which crashed landed.
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17. Centre Juno Beach
The Juno Beach museum is dedicated to the 3rd Canadian Division and the role they played in the D Day Landings. In total together are 7 exhibit rooms including audio and visual displays. In addition there are temporary displays that cover a different theme each year.
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18. Musée Radar
The Musee Radar is situated in the original radar station at Douvres in two well preserved bunkers. The displays explain the vital role of radar in the war.
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19. Musée n°4 Commando
Here you can retrace the epic story about the first commandos from No 4 Commando to land on Sword Beach in the early hours of 6th June 1944.
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20. Musée du mur de l’Atlantique
This was the original German head-quarters that controlled the gun batteries designed to protect the coast of Normandy. The 6 story tower has been restored to its original condition and re-equipped. There is also a sick bay, observation room and the radio transmission room.
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21. Musée de la Batterie de Merville
At this battery every 30 minutes a siren announces the start of a re-enactment of the bombing of June 1944 including smoke, sound and light animation. It is such a realistic experience that it is not for children under the age of 8 or for those who are claustrophobic, have a nervous disposition or heart problems.
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22. Mémorial Pegasus
Pegasus Bridge was a strategic location that was essential for the Allies to capture control of. Inside this museum are many artifacts and a film show that tells the story about the 6th Airborne Division There is also the original Pegasus Bridge preserved in the Museum grounds as well as a life sized model of a glider. To see an aerial view of the original bridge click Read More
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23. Musée Mémorial de la Bataille de Normandie
This museum is located in the first town to be liberated is just a short distance from the Landing Beaches. It has many displays about the liberation of Normandy between the 7th June and 29th August 1944 A short 5 minute walk away is the British cemetery.
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24. Caen Memorial
The Caen Memorial is a large Museum that includes the First and Second World Wars. It also includes information on the lead up to the war, the role of the French Resistance and the Nuremberg and Tokyo trials. The museum has regular exhibitions that cover all aspects of modern life.
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25. Musée mémorial du général de Gaulle
In the former Governors House you will find displays dedicated to the visits that General de Gaulle made to Bayeux.
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26. Musée de la Percée du Bocage
The Normandy landscape had many hedgerows called bocages that the Allies had to contend with. This museum has 8 displays using light and sound to explain the conditions that the soldiers had to deal with.
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TOP TIP
Buy a Normandie Pass at the first museum that you go to for 1 euro. Then present it at the next museums and get an entry discount.
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