2. Utah Beach Museum
Utah Beach museum is built on the very place where the first American troops landed on the D-Day. As it recounts the story of D-Day in ten sequences, from the preparation of the landing, to the outcome and success, this fantastic museum with loads of artifacts and information immerses tourists in the history of the D-Day landing through a rich collection of objects, vehicles, materials, and oral histories.
Originally opened in the 1960s, the Utah Beach Museum was renovated for the 50th Anniversary of D-Day in 1994. The museum offers a wide range of German and American war attributes related to the D-Day on Utah Beach. The 4th US Infantry Division and 8th Infantry Regiment are usually discussed at length specifically because they put the first foot on shore.
Objects and pictures show what an important role this beach played in the war logistics. The landing craft with flat bottoms were specially designed to run on low tide on the beach and deliver their cargo of soldiers. A room is reserved for the 101st Airborne Division to the area around Sainte-Marie-du-Mont. The museum also possesses a rare Martin B 26 ‘Marauder’, an American double engine-bomber which was used during the war.