Normandy 1944
Caen Memorial Museum
Museum
The story
The strategic frame: origins and course of the war, occupation, D-Day and the Battle of Normandy. Deliberately placed late, after four days of terrain.
What to look for
Do not read every label; concentrate on the invasion plan, the campaign and the civilian experience.
Plan your visit
Allow 3–4 hr; start at opening.
- Open
- Feb–Mar 09:00–18:00; Apr–Sep 09:00–19:00; Oct 09:30–18:00 (to 19:00 from mid-Oct); Nov–Dec 09:30–18:00, closed Wednesdays; closed most of January, 25 Dec, 1 Jan
- Price
- From €20.80 adults
- Parking
- Free car park
Checked September 2026 from official sources: normandie-destination-dexcellence.com, en.normandie-tourisme.fr. Things change, so check before you travel.
Nearby sites
- D-Day Wings Museum · 5 km
- Hillman fortress — Colleville-Montgomery · 9 km
- Pegasus Bridge / Memorial Pegasus · 9 km
- Ranville War Cemetery · 10 km
- Bény-sur-Mer Canadian Cemetery · 13 km
- Sword Beach — Ouistreham · 14 km
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Easy Company: Normandy
A free field guide for your phone: the route, the maps and the stories built in, even with no signal. The places of the Normandy campaign of June–July 1944, following Easy Company, 506th Parachute Infantry, 101st Airborne, from the night drop and Brécourt Manor to Utah Beach and Carentan, with Omaha, Pointe du Hoc, the British and Canadian beaches and the best museums along the way.
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