Musée Du Débarquement
Adultes 9.50 € EUR 9.50
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Why go
- The first museum built to commemorate the Normandy landings.
- Large windows overlook the surviving Mulberry B harbour remains.
- The harbour became operational in July 1944 and supplied Allied forces despite an eight-metre tidal range.
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From the venue's website · checked 27 Oct 2026
Don't miss
- Animated harbour modelAnimated piers and floating roads, with a diorama, show how the artificial harbour was built and operated.Inside the museum
- Coast relief modelA 25-square-metre model shows the coastline from Tracy-sur-Mer to Asnelles, with video mapping of the harbour’s construction day by day.Inside the museum
- Night of 5–6 June projectionThe projection shows bombing and parachute drops before the Normandy landings.Inside the museum
Know before you go
- February: 10:00–17:00; March and October: 09:30–17:30; April and September: 09:00–18:00; May–August: 09:00–19:00.
What's inside
- Two cinema rooms and a souvenir and book shop.
- A gallery covers the German occupation of Arromanches, French resistance, British spies and Allied conferences, with photographs and documents.
- The landing gallery has period objects and a seven-minute archival film about Operation Neptune.
- Exhibits include Allied uniforms and medals, weapons, jeeps and landing-site photographs.
Tips for your visit
- Allow 30 minutes for the documentary that concludes the visit. It was filmed during preparations for the landings.
Interesting facts3
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500 hectares
Sunken ships and caissons formed a semicircular harbour covering about 500 hectares, roughly two kilometres offshore.
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Three landing piers allowed ships to unload at the harbour.
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2,500 vehicles
Allied estimates said the Normandy campaign required unloading at least 2,500 vehicles and 12,000 tonnes of supplies each day.
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History
Planning for artificial piers began in December 1940.
- 1940Civilian and military engineers began planning artificial piers.
- 1942On 30 May, Churchill called for floating quays to unload supplies regardless of tides or time of day.
- 1943Churchill and Roosevelt approved the Overlord plan at the Quadrant conference in Québec. It called for landing 30 divisions in Normandy.
- 1954Raymond Triboulet initiated the museum, which opened on 5 June. President René Coty inaugurated it. François Carpentier designed the original building and later became Arromanches mayor in 1963.
- 1956The harbour models were installed.
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- 2022The former museum closed in November after receiving more than 20 million visitors.
- 2023A new building designed by Projectiles opened, replacing the original museum.
Sources: Musée du débarquement (Arromanches-les-Bains) -… · Arromanches-les-Bains - Wikivoyage (see) · Musée du Débarquement - Arromanches · Histoire - Musée du Débarquement - Arromanches · Plan interactif - Musée du Débarquement - Arrom… · Porte-cartes de Maurice Chauvet - Musée du Déba… · Musée du Débarquement - Wikipedia · Musée Du Débarquement: prices, seasons, visitor… · checked 6 Oct 2026
- Website
- musee-arromanches.fr/
- Phone
- +33 2 31 22 34 31
Questions and answers
How much does Musée Du Débarquement cost?
Adult admission is €9.50.
Which forces landed at Gold Beach?
Gold was the middle of the five landing beaches and was attacked mainly by British forces.
When was the Overlord plan approved?
Churchill and Roosevelt approved it at the Quadrant conference in Québec in August 1943.
How large a landing did Overlord envisage?
The plan called for 30 divisions to land in Normandy.
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