Musée des épaves sous-marines, Museum in Commes, France
The musée des épaves sous-marines is a private museum devoted to the Battle of Normandy, located at Commes-Port-en-Bessin in the Calvados department. It opened in 1990 on a 6,000 m² site, after Jacques Lemonchois spent a quarter of a century clearing wrecks from the seabed of the Baie de Seine from 1970 onward and keeping certain pieces.
After the Second World War, the seabed of the Bay of Seine was littered with wrecks, which were sold off for demolition. In 1970 Jacques Lemonchois was tasked with clearing them; he recovered equipment containing no human remains, and the explorations lasted a quarter of a century. He kept certain pieces, and the museum opened in 1990 on 6,000 m² at Commes. Its founder died in 2007.
The museum is in Commes, near Port-en-Bessin-Huppain, and takes its name from the underwater wrecks of the Normandy landings. Its collection comes from Jacques Lemonchois, who from 1970 spent a quarter of a century clearing the seabed of the Baie de Seine and kept certain pieces, which he put on display when the museum opened in 1990.
The museum is in Commes, on the road toward Port-en-Bessin-Huppain, not in the port town itself. Its 6,000 m² site holds the recovered wrecks and equipment gathered by Jacques Lemonchois during a quarter-century of underwater work in the Baie de Seine. Allow time to take in the large pieces rather than treating it as a quick stop.
The museum opened in 1990 on a 6,000 m² site, after Jacques Lemonchois spent a quarter of a century clearing wrecks from the seabed of the Baie de Seine from 1970 onward. He kept certain pieces, and these formed the collection. Lemonchois, the museum's founder, died in 2007.
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