Catz
Until may 31
Normandy Victory Museum
Jean Gabin, war is not cinema
The incredible career and commitment of French cinema icon Jean Gabin, during the Second World War.
Personal items, never-before-seen photos and archives, as well as a tank like the one he led.
Admission fee-Included in the price of admission to the museum.
Contact : Normandy Victory Museum > 0033 233 71 74 94
Picauville
From may 27
Permanent memorial trail
“The new commune of Picauville remembers…”
Seven desks set up around the new commune present Picauville before the war, in 1944 and during Reconstruction.
Contact : town hall > 0033 233 41 00 18
May 30 to june 15
Exhibition of memories of veteran Tom Porcella and Picauville in the 40’s.
Salle Tom Porcella (next to the media library).
Contact: town hall > 0033 233 41 00 18
Sainte-Mère-Eglise
From may 16 to june 2
Library
30 rue Jean François Oury
Joséphine Baker
As part of the Salon du Livre Histoire et Mémoires
Monday : 4 pm-6 pm
Tuesday : 4 pm-6 pm
Wednesday : 10 am-noon/2 pm-6 pm
Thursday : 10am-noon/4 pm-6 pm
Friday : 4 pm-6 pm
Saturday : 10 am-noon/2 pm-5 pm
Sunday june 2: 10 am-5 pm
Free
Contact : library > 0033 233 04 60 19
May 17 to june 17
Grange de la Paix
25 rue de Koening
Passages
Contemporary paintings by Bruno Frey and Aude Van Eekhout Frey
Free admission
Open: 10 am-6 pm. Closed on Mondays.
Contact : Grange de la Paix > 0033 250 29 34 93
Saturday may 18th and sunday may 19
Notre-Dame School
3 impasse Notre-Dame
Children under the Occupation
Open : saturday, may 18, 2pm to 6 pm and sunday may 19, from 10 am to 6pm
Free admission
Refreshments on site
Contact : école Notre-Dame > 0033 233 41 43 87
May 23 to november 30
Airborne Museum
Eisenhower-De Gaulle: from friendship to alliance in war and peace.
This exhibition looks at the relationship between Dwight Eisenhower and Charles de Gaulle, from the similarity of their paths to their affinities and differences.
Opening hours: 9.30 am-6.30 pm
Price : included in admission ticket.
Contact : Airborne Museum > 0033 233 41 78 03
From june 9
Cotentin Farm Museum
System D-[DAY]…
When Normandy farmers reuse Second World War military equipment
Price: 6€/adult, 4€/reduced (museum admission and exhibition)
Contact : Ferme-Musée du Cotentin> 0033 233 95 40 20
Azeville
From april 15 to november 11
Azeville German Battery
War and meadows
The reuse of military equipment in the landscape (photographic exhibition)
May 15 to november 11
Second life for bunkers
Creation of a fresco evoking the 1939-1945 period on the facade of a bunker.
Contact : Azeville battery > 0033 233 40 63 05
Saint-Côme-du-Mont
Mid-May to September
Maison du Parc
Landscapes in the heart of war
Photographic exhibition
Free admission.
Contact : Maison du Parc > 0033 233 71 65 30
Carentan-les-Marais
From may 18 to september 22
Windows of the mediatheque, square Hervé Mangon
Carentan before/after
Photos of the town taken during D-DAY and and today.
Contact : Julien Delavier > 0033 627 15 13 36
May 28 to august 31
Notre-Dame de Carentan church
Two exhibitions :
Words of Peace
Speeches by celebrities at the ceremonies on June 6.
The Longest Yarn
Exhibition of an 80-meter tapestry of 1mx1m panels depicting 3D knitted and knitted and crocheted scenery of the D-Day and the Battle of Normandy.
Free admission
Open: 9 am-6 pm
Contact : town hall > Mme Pasquier : s.pasquier@carentan.fr
From june 1 to 9
Galerie d’Art de Carentan, rue du château
MINI OVERLORD
Scale models with scenes from the D-DAY.
All day long
Contact : Club Amiral Tourville > vincent.sailly@laposte.net
From june 1 to 9
Maison de l’Histoire de l’école de la Manche,
12 rue du château
The school of yesteryear
School and teaching materials from the early to the present day.
Free admission
Open : 10 am-noon/1.30 pm-6 pm
Contact : M. Madec > 0033 642 59 55 89
Saint-Hilaire-Petitville
From june 2 to 9
Salle des fêtes, 6 Rue d’Isigny.
Exhibition on American field hospitals and tribute to nurses.
Opening : 10 am-6 pm
Free admission.
Contact : town hall > Mme Pasquier : s.pasquier@carentan.fr
Auvers
From june 6 to 9
Salle des fêtes, 43 Rue de l’Église
Model and figurine exhibition on the theme of the Battle of Normandy.
Open: 9.30 am-7.30 pm
Admission : 2€/adult – 1€/12 years old
Contact : Normandy 44, maquette histoire et commémoration > 0033 233 71 55 20
Méautis
From early june
Memory trail
A fifteen-kilometre route, with signs explaining the events that took place in the commune during the war.
Contact : town hall > 0033 780 04 86 65
From june 5 to 16
Salle de convivialité
Life in Méautis from 1939 to Reconstruction
Opening hours : 10 am-7 pm
Free
Contact : town Hall > 0033 780 04 86 65
Quinéville
April 1 to november 17
World War II Museum
The 1936 Berlin Games, sport as a weapon.
Price : 9€/full price and €6/reduced price.
Opening hours : 10 am-6 pm
Contact : World WAR II Museum > 0033 233 95 95 95
Colombières (Calvados)
From July 1st to august 30th
Colombières Castle
The secret history of Colombières castle in 1944
Price : 7€/person. Guided tour of the castle and exhibition
Free admission : -under 12s, reduced rate for PRM
Opening hours : 2 pm-6 pm
Contact : Château de Colombières> 0033 687 77 98 09
Picauville
From may 27
Open-air exhibition
The new commune of Picauville remembers
A memorial trail through the new commune with before-and-after photo exhibition.
Contact : town hall > 0033 233 41 00 18
