Museum for Resistance, Deportation and Memory (WWII) — Attraction in Blois

This is a small but important museum. It doesn’t look much from the outside but the collection has been collated with love and commitment and you will have a powerful experience here. There are no translations up (not English, Italian, Russian or Spanish). There is a written folder with translated content. It’s still well worth a visit. In 45 minutes you can see objects, maps, personal testimonies, the full list of parachute drops, information on crossing the demarcation line, defaced occupier propaganda and the printed materials produced by the resistance movement. All this is both moving and inspiring. As other reviewers have said the European context is presented brilliantly. We should all have so much gratitude to all these individuals who took enormous risks. They kept the opposition alive through the darkest times. I found it all...

One of the best museum experiences we had on our trip to France. We found the English translation booklet they provided to be accurate and very enlightening --- without it, or a phone-app that translates for you, if you are Anglophone you'll miss a lot. But it's worth it -- to learn details and stories glossed over in your WWII history classes. The timeline that leads into the museum proper, with key events in French, German, and Italian history that led to the Fascist take-overs in Germany and Italy, and the subsequent German invasion of France, was powerful to experience. You'll physically experience how developments in parallel time (timelines on both walls along the hallway - you cross back and forth as you walk along the hall) converge to result in WWII. Excellent museum,;...

We traveled quite a distance to come to this museum but unfortunately we only got as far as the entrance. We decided not to go in as the only translation into English was in the form of a brochure and we have not had good experiences with these previously.

Please use the Technology available and provide Audio Guides then we will...