THE MUSEUMS OF BAYEUX

Battle of Normandy Memorial Museum

Boulevard Fabian Ware – 14400 Bayeux – 33 (0)2 31 51 46 90

 

The Bayeux Tapestry

13 bis Rue de Nesmond – 14400 Bayeux – 33 (0) 31 51 25 50

 

MAHB Museum of Art and History Baron Gérard

37 Rue du Bienvenu – 14400 Bayeux – 33 (0) 31 92 14 21

Annual closure of the 3 museums in January

EVENTS

Bayeux comes alive throughout the year thanks to high quality and public events: live shows, exhibitions, debates, street parties, festivals …

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3rd and 4th weeks of February (every 2 years): Graines de mots

March (every 2 years): Bayeux International Circus Festival

May to June: D-Day festival

1st week-end of July: Medieval Festival

July & august : Rendez-vous at the cathedral, guided tours

1st week-end of  september: Urban Space

1st week of october : Bayeux Calvados-Normandy Prize for War Correspondents

75TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE LIBERATION OF FRANCE

June 6th, Normandy landings

About the 75th anniversary of the Liberation of France

Since the Normandy landings on June 6, 1944, until the solemn signing of the act of surrender on May 8, 1945 in Berlin, the joint action of the Allied Armies and the French Resistance enabled France to regain freedom.

Accreditations of the ceremonies of June 6, 2019

DDAY & LANDING BEACHES

Excursionists offer guided minibus tours by the day or half day

D-Day beaches: US sector / Anglo sector

Departure from Bayeux

Sale instead or private tours