The D-Day Story

Using modern technology for an immersive and interactive experience, the D-Day story offers an experience for all ages. Upon entering the museum you are quickly taken for a briefing prior to D-Day. The crucial decision on do the Allies ‘Go’ or not. Hundreds of thousands of men and women in the armed forces, vessels at sea and aircraft on the airfields await this monumental decision. Group Captain James Stagg would be the man to deliver the meteorological report to Supreme Allied Commander, General Dwight D. Eisenhower. History tells us that on Monday 5 June 1944 at 04:15, the decision was made to ‘Go’.

As you walk around the museum, an audio device will interact with the exhibitions to help people to learn and understand. Chronologically you make your way through the build up to D-Day on the south coast and what was witnessed by the civilians in the area of this embarkation. With more interactive visual displays and accounts depicting those who would take part play out in front of you from the marshalling camps to the landing crafts. This then moves into the landings of the 6 June 1944 and the Battle for Normandy detailing what unfolded.

Outside the museum, a new edition since 2021 is Landing Craft Tank (LCT) 7074. LCT7074 is an Operation Neptune veteran, where it was used to deliver men and equipment into the Gold Beach sector. You are able to walk the deck amongst the tanks on display and enter into the wheel house to gain a perspective from the naval crews who served onboard. This excellent new edition to the museum helps to enhance your knowledge and understanding and the scale of the craft involved in the operation.

The museum offers superb facilities to help those who are visually impaired with touchable displays and brail interpretation panels. This is further supported by the audio devices that guide you around the museum. Accessibility for those with impaired mobility is of a high standard allowing you to even access the deck of the LCT.