Mémorial de Caen

The Caen Memorial is a museum in Caen (Normandy, France). It documents the European history of the 20th century by the First World War to the fall of the wall. 2007, it had around 400,000 visitors the most visited museum in the country outside of the metropolitan area of Paris.

History

The museum is an initiative of the former mayor of the city, Jean -Marie Girault back. It was built on the previous command bunker of the commander of the German 716th Infantry Division. On June 6, 1988, was inaugurated by the then French President François Mitterrand and twelve ambassadors of the nations involved in the fighting in Normandy. Later, an extension was added. The museum is majority owned by the City.

Construction

The visitor can choose 2010 in the entrance between three departments:

The labeling of the exhibits is trilingual ( Ger. / Eng. / Frz. ).

There is a downstairs gallery of the Nobel Peace Prize. South of the museum is the Parc International pour la Libération de l'Europe, a large garden, commemorating the Allied participants in the liberation of France by the occupiers extends.

Services

The Memorial has audio guides in German. It shows a number of films in the cinema, has a café and a restaurant and a care center for small children.