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