Immerse yourself in the history of D-Day’s American paratroopers at the Airborne Museum. Explore a remarkable collection of artifacts and experience the thrill of the D-Day operations.
- Airborne Museum - In the building “Operation Neptune”, prepare to live the parachuting of June 6, 1944! Embark at night in a real C-47 plane in England, then land on the place of Sainte-Mre-Eglise in the middle of the fighting and take part in the battles that followed. A 20-minute film recounts with emotion the life under German occupation and the liberation of Sainte-Mre-glise and the Cotentin region.
New this year, you will be able to go back in time with an Histopad! Thanks to the Augmented Reality, interactivity and hyper-realistic graphics of the Histopad tablet, you will be transported to the heart of Normandy in 1944 and experience the highlights of the D-Day. Immersion guaranteed! To witness the German occupation, to attend the landing of gliders, to manipulate weapons and equipment to understand how it works, to meet the destinies that have marked History … all this is now possible thanks to high technology of Histopad!
- Histopad with augmented reality
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Located in the center of Sainte-Mere-Eglise and just a few kilometers from Utah Beach and the landing beaches, the Airborne Museum stands opposite the bell tower where paratrooper John Steele was famously suspended on D-Day.
Since May 2024, with the unveiling of its 5th building, the Airborne Museum has become one of the largest D-Day museums in Normandy and Europe.
Through stunning museography, the Airborne Museum immerses you in the D-Day experience alongside the American paratroopers of the 82nd and 101st Airborne. Explore an exceptional collection of historical artifacts, an authentic glider, and a C-47 aircraft that took part in the D-Day operations.
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