Museum

The Musée de la Résistance de Bondues (Bondues Museum of Resistance) is located within Fort Lobau, part of a series of military fortifications conceived following the Franco-Prussian War; construction was begun in 1878, and completed in 1884. Following German occupation of France during the Second World War, the fort was employed as a munitions depot and as housing for officers serving at the nearby Bondues air base. Later, the fort held captured members of the French Resistance: from March 1943 to May 1944, 68 were executed by firing squad.

The Centre de la Résistance, de la Déportation et de la Mémoire (Centre of Resistance, Deportation, and Memory) in Blois examines the history of resistance in Blois and the surrounding Loir-et-Cher départment during the Second World War. The museum presents a permanent exhibition containing period artifacts of resistance including documents, photographs, uniforms. etc. which describes resistance both locally and within the broader context of the war. 

The Musée de la Résistance et de la Déportation de Besançon (Besançon Museum of Resistance and Deportation) is located within the Besançon Citadel, a Vauban fortification begun in 1668 and completed in 1711. German occupation of France during the Second World War saw the citadel employed as a detention camp for captured members of the French Resistance; approximately 100 were executed there by firing squad from 1941 to 1945.

The Musée Mémorial de la Bataille de Normandie (Memorial Museum of the Battle of Normandy) presents in detail the military operations which took place during the Battle of Normandy, following the Normandy Landings, from June 7 to August 29, 1944. Displays present a day-by-day chronology of the invasion, and describe the liberation of Bayeux on June 7 followed by advances further inland. The timeline, goals, logistics, and results of individual operations are described.

The Musée le Grand Blockhaus (Museum of the Great Blockhouse) is housed within a former German fortified command post for the Atlantic Wall: the line of coastal fortifications from Norway to the Spanish border. Construction was begun in October 1942 and completed in February 1943; disguised as a French villa, the installation directed coastal defence and cannon fire from neighbouring Batz-sur-Mer. It was staffed by the 280th Naval Artillery Battalion (Coast Artillery) of the German Navy. Following the Normandy Landings of June 1944, the blockhouse became part of the encircled St.

The Musée de la Résistance du Mont-Mouchet (Museum of Resistance at Mont-Mouchet) commemorates the activities of French Resistance groups in the Mont-Mouchet and surrounding Auvergne region under the German occupation of France during the Second World War. The museum contains documents, photographs, period objects, and historical displays which provide insight on the war in general and on the motivations for, organization of, and activities conducted by local resistance groups specifically. At times, the Mont-Mouchet region served as a center for more than 2000 Resistance fighters.   

The Musée du Mur de l'Atlantique (Museum of the Atlantic Wall) is located within a former German piece of coastal artillery, the Todt Battery. Inaugurated in 1942, it was equipped with four pieces of 388mm artillery capable of firing at a distance of 42 km. It faced the southern coast of England and the Dover area, and served from 1942 to 1944 in defence of German vessels in the English Channel and as an important part of the Atlantic Wall, the German line of coastal fortifications from Norway to the Spanish border.

The Musée du Débarquement (Normandy Landings Museum) in Arromanches-les-Bains commemorates the D-Day (French: Jour J) Landings of June 6, 1944, and the subsequent Normandy campaign. Inaugurated on June 5, 1954, it describes itself as the first museum constructed specifically to document the landings. 

The Centre Résistance et Déportation Arles et Pays d'Arles (Center for Resistance and Deportation in Arles and the Arles Region) records the history of Arles and the surrounding region from 1939 to 1945 through the lens of resistance and deportation. Its goal is to act as a place of collection, conservation, and research of documents and testimonies from the period, and to serve as a center of memory and historical education for local residents. 

The Musée de la Résistance d'Anterrieux (Museum of Resistance in Anterrieux) was opened in 1999 to record and commemorate the actions of local Resistance and Maquis groups and of the French Forces of the Interior in the region during the Second World War. In particular, the museum describes the events of the Bataille du Réduit de la Truyère (Battle of the Truyère Redoubt) on June 20, 1944 and the actions of the 7ième Compagnie des Maquis d'Auvergne.