D-Day Museum Omaha (Musée D-Day Omaha)
About D-Day Museum Omaha (Musée D-Day Omaha)
The D-Day Omaha Museum sits 200 meters from Omaha Beach in Vierville-sur-Mer, housed in a building that served as an American field hospital immediately after the June 6, 1944 landings. Founded in 1999 by collector Michel Brissard, the museum displays over 50 years of accumulated WWII artifacts across 3,000 square meters. The collection includes an authentic LCVP Higgins landing craft, a Sherman M4A4 tank, a German Enigma cipher machine, and a rare 60-tonne armored turret from the Maginot Line. Inside, visitors find original weapons, uniforms, helmets recovered from the sea, medical equipment, and personal items from both Allied and German forces. The museum also offers a VR experience recreating the night before D-Day. Closed from November through mid-February; longer summer hours in June-August.
Interesting Facts
Museum founder Michel Brissard discovered one of the world's rarest WWII artifacts at a flea market - a German Enigma cipher machine. He purchased it for just 50 francs, thinking it was 'some kind of typewriter.' The Enigma machines were used by Nazi Germany to encrypt military communications and were famously cracked by Alan Turing's team at Bletchley Park.
The municipality of Vierville-sur-Mer sold the building to Michel Brissard for 1 symbolic franc in the 1990s. The town recognized that transforming the former communal hall into a museum would preserve local history and benefit the community more than any commercial sale price.
In 2004, Michel Brissard had walkways from the Mulberry A artificial harbor retrieved from the seabed. Mulberry A was one of two prefabricated portable harbors built by the Allies for the Normandy invasion, but was destroyed by a violent storm on June 19, 1944, just 13 days after D-Day.
The museum displays a 60-tonne armored turret (cloche) that was originally part of the Maginot Line, France's pre-war defensive fortification. The Germans moved it to Cherbourg after occupying France, and it's now one of the few such turrets accessible to the public anywhere in the country.
Planning Your Visit
Opening Hours
Ticket Prices
Museum Entry
RecommendedReduced Rate
For students, military personnel, and journalists with valid ID
Museum + D-Day Night VR Experience
Includes museum visit and immersive virtual reality experience recreating the night of June 5-6, 1944. Online booking required.
Location & Practical Info
Address
Route de Grandcamp, 14710 Vierville-sur-Mer, France
Website
https://www.dday-omaha.fr/Day Routes
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