Museums in Lower Normandy

Musée de l'immigration et de l'esclavagisme
61190 Tourouvre

The Musée de l'Emigration française au Canada in Tourouvre, Normandy, traces the history of the Percherons who moved to Canada. Located in the Orne, it is a place of memory dedicated to this human adventure.

Musée de la forge et de la métallurgie
61270 Aube

The Grosse Forge Museum in Aube, Normandy, is a metallurgical site of the 18th and 19th centuries, classified as a historical monument, preserving intact its workshops and its original hydraulic system.

50400 Anctoville-sur-Boscq

The Christian Dior Museum, located in Villa Les Rhumbs (late 19th century), in Granville, Normandy, celebrates the childhood of the designer and his work in a garden facing the sea.

Musée de l'énergie et de l'électricité
61300 Chandai

The energy museum in Chandai, Normandy, was an industrial museum installed in an old factory in 1916, dedicated to the history of energy production before its closure in 2018.

Musée des instruments de musique
61300 L'Aigle

The Musée des instruments de musique in L'Aigle, Normandy, is a place dedicated to the preservation and exhibition of musical instruments. Its location and theme make it a unique cultural site in the region.

50000 Baudre

The Norman Bocage Museum, located in a 17th- and 18th-century farm in Saint-Lô, traces the agricultural and rural history of Normandy through 4,000 objects and documents.

61300 Chandai

The Municipal Archaeology Museum of L'Aigle, Normandy, houses collections on Prehistory, World War II and the meteorite of 1803. Located in the castle's outbuildings, it combines local history and natural sciences.

Musée du débarquement et de la libération
50480 Sainte-Marie-du-Mont

The Utah Beach Disembarkation Museum, inaugurated in 1962 in Sainte-Marie-du-Mont (Manche), traces the history of June 6, 1944 through objects, aircraft and testimonies, on the very beach of the Allied landing.