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D-DAY OMAHA MUSEUM

Specialised museum
4.6/5
27 review
Open - Close at 18h00 Opening hours

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Route de Grandcamp, 14710Vierville-Sur-Mer, France
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2024
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2024

Museum on the heights of Omaha Beach, featuring thousands of rare and original items bearing witness to the Second World War

On the heights of Omaha Beach, here’s the "hangar-museum" of a passionate collector. Michel Brissard (now deceased) spent his life unearthing thousands of rare and original items, witnesses and souvenirs of the Second World War. No digital or 3D effects, just the authenticity of a heritage bequeathed to each and every one of us. Glassware found in Hitler’s bunker: enough to send shivers down your spine! Linger over the scenery, signage and regularly changing reconstructions on 3,000 m² of an authentic American period building. It’s a museum that moves, lives and changes with each new discovery. Goliath tank, Enigma encoder, paratrooper motorcycle, personal belongings of American, British and German soldiers. Outside, the LCPV "Higgins Boat" barges, the German armoured coastal defence turret and artillery pieces are other treasures. The reconstructed floating gangways of the Mulberry (artificial harbour) are a must-see and impressive sight, and are preserved in the village. Michel Brissard discovered them by chance in a warehouse in Indre-et-Loire in 2004. Sixty years after June 6, 1944! We’ll leave you to discover the rest, and appreciate the warm welcome from the hostesses, who are keen to keep the collector’s memory intact. We leave with the impression that we haven’t seen everything in this museum "dedicated to the soldiers who fell at Omaha". A true place of remembrance not to be missed, accessible to all generations, with explanations.

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Visited in april 2024
Fabulous little private family-run museum. Very deceptive from the outside - completely full of genuine WW2 artefacts, many from the local area and all collected by generations of the family. So much to see! Highly recommend a visit if in the area.
Visited in april 2024
While we didn't have time to go inside for a tour, the display outside along was worthy of a visit. Ample parking and with great views of the village below, it is another excellent must sees if the area. We clearly didn't budget enough time for Normandy. 2-3 days is more like it.
Visited in april 2024
Le musée était malheureusement fermé quand nous sommes passés mais celui possède de très belles pièces à l'extérieur avec de nombreuses explications ! Nous repasserons une prochaine fois pour le visiter !
Visited in april 2024
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Visited in april 2024
Belle pépite une personne à l accueil très agréable avec qui on peut échanger
Il faut regarder partout un vrai plaisir pour les yeux et le devoir de Mémoire et au détour d une vitrine une enigma et son histoire je le recommande

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