Musée LA PERCEE DU BOCAGE — Attraction in Vire

Visited the Museum today and was left speechless, this is one of the best WW2 museums that we have ever visited.

On entering the museum, one of the museum curators explained how they acquired the vehicle in the reception and shop area and the story behind it. Absolutely fascinating stuff.

The narration is timed to the exhibits you are viewing and the lights are timed to the narration to illuminate the exhibits.

The diorama in the centre of the museum really is something special, the quality and detail is stunning but the reenactment story of how the area was liberated is amazing.

For such as small village museum that you would innocently drive past, it is well worth a trip and can't...

By far the best small museum I have visited in Normandy in relation to the Liberation in June/July 1944. The information about the people who took part, (some never to return) makes this a cut above the rest. The knowledge of the young man who showed me around was astounding and his English is very good, which is very nice considering my almost total lack of French,...

This small museum in the heart of Operation BLUECOAT tells the story not only of that operation, but also if it's impact on those residents who lived through it. It should be on every visitor's to Normandy "to do" list as it also clearly highlights that the fighting in Normandy wasn't simply about DDay on 6th June... That was simply the start of 100 days...