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Museums in Normandy
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Bayeux
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Musée Baron Gérard - Collection of fine art, porcelain Musée de la Dentelle - Lace Museum Battle of Normandy Memorial Museum Baron Gerard Lace. Porcelain Museum Museum of Religious Art, Clock Workshop. Bayeux Lace Conservatory |
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| Bernay |
Abbey Church Museum |
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Caen
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Memorial Peace Museum Musée des Beaux Arts Musée de Normandie not to miss Mémorial de Caen: explains the history of Caen from 1918 until nowadays but especially the WWII.
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Cherbourg
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Thomas Henry Fine Arts Museum Paintings by artists such as Millet, Fra Angelica, Filippo Lipi, David, Brueghel de Velours and Guillaume Fouace. It is the third largest museum of Normandy and has a collection of 300 paintings and sculptures of the XVth to the XIXth centuries Liberation Museum at the Fort du Roule |
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Coutances |
L’Art du Bois - Wooden sculptures Musée Tancrede: - History of Norman kings from Sicily Musée du Manoir de Saussey |
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| Dieppe |
Château-Musée Built between XV and XVIII century The Cité de la Mer Museum and scientific and technical centre dedicated to fishing techniques, naval construction and aquariums |
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Etretat
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Clos Lupin Museum dedicated to the gentlemen burglar Arsène Lupin . This character of Maurice Leblanc is very popular and considered a combination of Robin Hood and Don Juan with an eye for the ladies. Like the English Raffles he is at both times a gentleman and burglar . Go to http://www.arsene-lupin.com to find out more. The Museum is surrounded by lovely gardens and the house is beautiful.
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| Falaise |
Automates Avenue Museum. |
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| Fecamp |
Musée Centre des Arts Exhibits porcelain, tiles and paintings Musée des Terre Neuvas et de la Pêche Dedicated to the French fishermen who went to Newfoundland |
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Granville
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Christian Dior Museum. Situated in the designer’s childhood home Wax museum
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Honfleur
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Musée Boudin Dedicated to Eugene Boudin and those forming “Rencontre de Simeon” avant-garde of Impressionism |
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| Ile de Tatihou |
Musée Maritime Displays of boats and fishing equipment plus a bird watching observatory, a shipyard and marine botanical gardens |
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Le Havre
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Musée de l’Ancien Details the city’s history from 1517 Andre Malraux Fine Arts Museum: Art collection. Andre Malraux Fine Arts Museum The museum has an impressionist exhibition which includes the work of local artist and "Fauvist", Raoul Dufy. Musée de l’Ancien Havre Details the city’s history from 1517. |
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| Lisieux |
Le Musée d’Art et d’Histoire Beautiful building as well.as a museum. |
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Rouens
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Musee Flaubert Museum of the 19th century writer Flaubert Musée des Beaux Arts European painting from the 14th century to nowadays |
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| Vernon |
The Poulain Museum Massive amount of information regarding prehistory and also has a huge collection of impressionist paintings including Monet. |
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