Musée du Débarquement

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 museum is located on the coast, formerly part of Gold Breach, at the site where an artificial harbour (the "Arromanches Mulberry") was sunk to assist with the landings. Minor remains of the harbour's foundations remain visible. The museum contains displays on the history and execution of the landings including the military organization, technological developments, and logistical planning required, the various armed forces and nationalities which took part, and the chronology of the landings and the Normandy Campaign, along with an animated diorama of the beach and the surrounding region.