Musee  DuDebarquement is a museum dedicated to the operation of the artificial harbors codenamed “Mulberry”, a brainchild of Winston Churchill. It depicts the history of the landings of June 6th and the battle of Normandy. The museum covers all of the allies that were involved in the effort, including items of the soldiers. It also has a great display that shows how the allies built the famous floating Mulberry harbor here just after the D-Day in June 1944. There are two theatres that run two free films on a regular basis, which explain the planning and execution of the D-Day operations. Highlights and must sees include:

• Museum depicting the history of landings on D-Day
• Remains of the artificial harbors
• Information about all the allied forces that were a part of the operation
• Two theatres running free movies about the operations on a regular basis

• EUR 5.80: Children
• EUR 6.20: Adult groups, per person (minimum 20 people)
• EUR 4: School groups, per head(6-18 years)

• Walk or hire a taxi
• Ask a local for the bus details.

• Recto Verso Arromanches
• La Barak’a
• LesP’titesAssiettes

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