martylee Posted April 19, 2014 Share Posted April 19, 2014 This august I'll be taking my father to Normady as a birthday present. He was born just a few days after the invasion started and has always been intrestes in war history. I think we'll spend about 4-5 days driving around in the area, but there are so many things to see! :-) Of course we'll have to visit the beaches, but what are the better museums in the area? I've been looking thru older threads, but find it hard to narrow down to the top 3 museums. We'll be going in early august, rather than queing up with th crowd in june! Any advice anyone? Marty Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wally dugan Posted April 19, 2014 Share Posted April 19, 2014 HI just come back from france if you can a visit to CAEN and the memorial museum l was last there in 1988 when it was first opened it has just had a update l think its worth a visit of course ARROMANCHE there many place to visit Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony B Posted April 19, 2014 Share Posted April 19, 2014 Come round to Ver Sur Mer! The kettle will be on if nothing else. There is also a nice little musuem in the town. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GoranWC51 Posted April 19, 2014 Share Posted April 19, 2014 (edited) You and your father will have plenty to look at once you're there. There's a small museum in almost every little village in Normandy, it seems. The coastal area from east to west is not very long and driving around the invasion coast is not very time consuming (unless you go there around June 6). Lots of nice restaurants, small hotels, etc. There's tons of information found on the internet. Google "travelling in Normanide" and see what comes up. This for example: https://www.ricksteves.com/europe/france/d-day-beaches (Googled: "traveling around d-day normandie") Go lycke med resan, Göran N Edited April 19, 2014 by GoranWC51 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
martylee Posted April 20, 2014 Author Share Posted April 20, 2014 Thank you for the help. I've been using http://www.warmuseums.nl and google to narrow down the museum list. At the moment I'm thinking of visiting these museums. Musee Omaha 6 juin 1944 - Saint Laurent sur Mer http://www.musee-memorial-omaha.com Airborne Museum – Sainte Mere Eglise http://www.airborne-museum.org Musee du Debarquement – Sainte-marie-du-Mont http://www.utah-beach.com Musee du Debarquement – Arromanches http://www.normandy1944.com'>http://www.normandy1944.com'>http://www.normandy1944.com Musee de la Bataille de Normandie – Bayeux http://www.normandiememoire.com Le grand Bunker Muse de Mur de l’Atlantique – Ouistreham http://www.musee-grand-bunker.com Memorial Pegasus – Ranville-Benouville http://www.normandy1944.com Any suggestion on other museums/ places we ought to visit? Should we leave out any of the above? Marty Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony B Posted April 20, 2014 Share Posted April 20, 2014 Trouble is , throw a stick in any direction around there and you'll find something intresting. Will you have enough time? :-D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joeferret Posted April 23, 2014 Share Posted April 23, 2014 What a wonderful present that will be....Remember to take extra batteries ect for your camera... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
martylee Posted August 15, 2014 Author Share Posted August 15, 2014 I thought I'd follow up my original question by saying what a great trip we had! :-) I must say that the french really doing a great job keeping history alive in the Normandy area. Of course I realize that tourism is a important source of income, but still they take very good care of history. Our trip went totally without any troble whatsoever. From the take off at oslo/ Gardermoen, to Avis rental, highways and the perfect location of hotel at Sword beach and museums, cemetaries, restaurants and traffic. I like France! Always have, always will! What made this such a great trip was to see it all. We got to see the areathe fighting was taking part, we saw the airborne operations, the Mulberries, the tanks, the more special equipement. And we got to see the thousands of white marnle stones overlooking the ocean at Omaha beach. We learned a lot, we got to understand more and we will always remember this. I might post some photos of the trip if anyone wants to see the same photos as everyone else has posted. Marty Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
martylee Posted August 15, 2014 Author Share Posted August 15, 2014 some photos... Marty Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
martylee Posted August 16, 2014 Author Share Posted August 16, 2014 Only a few more photos... Marty Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Enigma Posted August 18, 2014 Share Posted August 18, 2014 I love the first 2 photo's. With the dark clouds it gives it a gloomy atmosphere. Good to hear you enjoyed the trip. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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