Continuing with a few more pics from my recent trip to Normandy here are some taken in the August 1944 museum in Falaise. The museum itself has the potential to be a great attraction. However it is sad to report that it doesn't live up to expectation. True - there are some great artifacts on display but I felt it gets let down by the dark, dingy, gloomy, crumbling interior.
Inside it feels damp and cool, there are few windows and several of these are broken and brambles are growing in from outside. Quite a few photo displays had been victims of the damp and there was a thin layer of dust over many things. Due to the layout, it is hard to take a good look at the vehicles, many of them are parked close together so you only get to see the fronts.
Some of the vehicles have been restored and have nice new coats of paint, some have not. The exhibits are behind plate glass windows and all around the edge of the window sills are many types of different artifacts ranging from ammo boxes to relic weapons to radio equipment. I guess many of these things are still being unearthed today and donated to the museum.
Despite my description it really is worth a visit, and I hope next time I return some money will have been spent to preserve, repair and restore the items within and also the building that holds them.
I apologise for the quality of some (ok - all) of the photos, it is dark inside so I had to use a flash. That coupled with the glass and lack of room to take a good shot didn't make for great photography conditions.
First up is a shot of the entrance with a Baileys type bridge and a Sherman.
Inside it feels damp and cool, there are few windows and several of these are broken and brambles are growing in from outside. Quite a few photo displays had been victims of the damp and there was a thin layer of dust over many things. Due to the layout, it is hard to take a good look at the vehicles, many of them are parked close together so you only get to see the fronts.
Some of the vehicles have been restored and have nice new coats of paint, some have not. The exhibits are behind plate glass windows and all around the edge of the window sills are many types of different artifacts ranging from ammo boxes to relic weapons to radio equipment. I guess many of these things are still being unearthed today and donated to the museum.
Despite my description it really is worth a visit, and I hope next time I return some money will have been spent to preserve, repair and restore the items within and also the building that holds them.
I apologise for the quality of some (ok - all) of the photos, it is dark inside so I had to use a flash. That coupled with the glass and lack of room to take a good shot didn't make for great photography conditions.
First up is a shot of the entrance with a Baileys type bridge and a Sherman.
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