Fort Montbarey, Military fort and World War II memorial museum in Brest, France.

Fort Montbarey is a fortified stronghold built between 1777 and 1784 west of Brest. Its enclosed courtyard is paved with grey stone and bounded by high walls of rough grey masonry, with three arched openings fitted with dark green slatted doors on the left wall. A low wooden carriage carrying two dark iron cannon barrels stands near the centre, and a massive weathered concrete structure with a painted mural of a ship's bow, a female face and railway tracks rises on the site.

The fort was built between 1777 and 1784 on orders from King Louis XVI to defend Brest's harbor. German forces occupied it during World War II until Allied forces reclaimed the area in 1944.

The memorial is run by the volunteer association "Mémorial des Finistériens", which between 1984 and 1986 recorded the names of over 10,000 people from Finistère who died for France in the Second World War. Their names are inscribed in the crypt of remembrance at the centre of the fort. The site also displays a deportation wagon and a British Churchill tank.

Fort Montbarey stands west of Brest, not on a peninsula; it is reached by road from the city. The courtyard is paved with grey stone and enclosed by high masonry walls, with the museum galleries and outdoor vehicles on the same site. Allow time for both the indoor displays and the yard, where the ground is uneven in places.

The deportation wagon displayed at Fort Montbarey is one of the memorial's original artifacts, shown alongside a British Churchill tank and American vehicles from the DCA era. The memorial association also compiled the names of more than 10,000 Finistère natives who died for France in the war; these names are inscribed in the crypt of remembrance at the centre of the fort.