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    D Day Museum

    D Day Museum

    3.7(3 reviews)
    0.4 km

    The Musée du Débarquement (D-Day Museum) at Arromanches was the 1st museum built to present the…read moreevents from June 6, 1944 onward in Normandy. It was funded by the sale of the wrecks littering the surrounding coastal area, the museum was inaugurated in 1954. D-Day Museum is in front of the former artificial port & explains how the artificial port facilities were constructed & used. First, a line of floating breakwaters (metal boxes in the form of a cross called Bombardons) was deployed. A pier was constructed by using the freighters on site, with huge 1600-6000 tons of cement. Floating docks were installed in the bay, connected to the mainland by floating roads. Docks & causeway rose up & down with the tide, offering a clearance of several meters. The functioning of the port is explained through a model inside the museum. We started with a :10 film that retraced the stages of design, construction and assembly. Vivid images evoke the storm of 19 to 22 June which nearly destroyed the construction. Behind the museum and on the beach, we saw the metal remains of the artificial harbour's floating road.

    I first went to the D Day museum as a teenager on a school trip many years ago and was surprised to…read morefind as an adult that it hadn't changed at all. In the case of a museum like this I don't think that is a good thing. There are some museums whcih have made great use of new media and technologies to enable a more modern 'audience' to engage with the past and I think the staid approach needs updating. The crucial exhibits about the building of the Mulberry harbours using the model layouts rely on the skill and language ability of the guide who is explaining them to the audience and this can be variable. Unfortunately this place is probably best for those with a genuine interest in the Normandy landings rather than a casual tourist as it is at present. For most the 360degree cinema nearby is more accessible.

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