Museum of the Battle of Normandy — Attraction in Bayeux

Our visit turned into an unfortunate one!!

We visited with our 3 children 11,5 & 2. We were approached within the first few minutes of being there about our 2 year old ‘making noise’ and then asked us if we could keep her quiet (not easy) we carried on around the museum for a couple more minutes where we were constantly watched and followed. Our two eldest are very respectful of museums especially WW2 ones which we visit often at home in England and in France so to be followed around was uncomfortable, so much so that I left with my 2 year old. My husband and two elder ones carried on but they still proceeded to follow them around the museum and then again approached about them touching something which did not have a ‘do not touch’ sign, and that any noise they were making was distracting the older people in the museum. Is this museum not for all ages? Why are we made to feel like we can’t take our children to learn about a piece of history that we and they are very interested in?

We felt extremely uncomfortable and would not recommend taking your children there, can’t comment on the contents of the museum as I didn’t get to see any of it. Very...

We brought a joint ticket to visit both the memorial museum and the Bayeux tapestry for 14 euros (separately this would have cost 7.50 and 12.50 so felt it was a good deal).

Outside the museum there are several forms of transport on show including tanks. While walking further away from the museum itself, you step into a memorial garden for all members of the press that have been killed in action which I thought was a stark reminder of how many had lost their lives trying to deliver stories around the world.

Inside the museum itself there were several displays highlighting how many troops took part in D-Day and what the toll was. It also provides you with a better understanding of Bayeux and the surrounding areas and how they survived during this period in their history.

Parking was free for both cars and campers, with a separate section to one side for motorhomes. Motorhomes could also stop over night for 5.50 euros (chargeable from 6.30-8am). There are no facilities here, just bins provided and a public toilet close to the...

Most of the reviews seem to suggest this is a large museum but it is actually fairly small in my view.

Although the information and exhibits are mixed up, I want to review these as two separate elements as the quality of each is very different.

The boards containing information are all in both French and English and are of the highest standard. Not much is missing and even someone who already knows about the battle for Normandy will learn a little.

The exhibits on the other hand aren’t shown to anything like the same standard. Any uniforms are shown on terrible 1970s shop dummies. The small cases of exhibits sometimes explain enough but the larger ones are very lacking in detail.

The Diorama is breathtakingly bad. It looks like an excuse to use any left over bits of kit and the odd dummy. I assume they thought that adding some rubble would make the menswear dummy look like he is in the battlefield. It didn’t work, it...