D-Day Museum, History museum in Arromanches-les-Bains, France.
The D-Day Museum is a history museum in the coastal town of Arromanches-les-Bains and focuses on the landing operation of June 1944 in Normandy. Visitors find photographs, personal items, military equipment, and written documents that show the events of this invasion.
The museum was founded in 1954, several years after the end of World War II, to keep the memory of the invasion alive. It stands exactly where the Allies built an artificial harbor in 1944.
The name reflects the location of the artificial harbor, and the museum shows how the invasion remains present in local memory and identity. Visitors can understand how this beach became the site of a world-changing operation.
The museum offers guided tours in several languages to help visitors understand the exhibits better. A large parking area with about 500 spaces sits next to the entrance, making the visit easily accessible.
From the museum windows, visitors can see the gray concrete blocks of the Port Winston structure still partly visible in the English Channel today. These remnants stand as evidence of the engineering feat accomplished at that time.
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