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Patrimoine & Culture
Musée : Les Bunkers Mémoire de Guerre
📍 Plouharnel, Morbihan
· Route de Quiberon, 56340 Plouharnel
À propos
In the heart of a remarkable natural site, the largest dune area in Brittany, you have a date with the history of the Second World War in Morbihan.
Welcomed and guided by volunteers from the association les Bunkers Mémoire de Guerre, you will learn about the tragic history of this emblematic site of the Lorient Pocket in our Bunker Museum 39-45, through several scenographies:
- the construction of the Bégo heavy coastal battery by the Organisation Todt ;
- life under the Occupation, the Resistance ;
- the building of the Atlantic Wall and Marshal Rommel?s inspection in April 1944 ;
- the surrender of the Lorient pocket and the Liberation.
The Museum is also the starting point for a "Chemin de mémoire" (Memory Trail) and an immersive 2? hour guided tour of the storied remains of the Atlantic Wall:
- Discover the heavy coastal battery organization that protected Lorient harbor and Admiral Dönitz?s U-Boats
- Exploration of characteristic bunkers such as the Bunker SK (Sonder Konstruktion) Puit, the emblematic Observation Tower, a barracks with murals, etc.
- Presentation of the impressive Saint-Chamond Model 1912 340mm cannon, one of the last surviving examples and model of those deployed on the Bégo site.
Open in July and August:
- Museum "Bunker 39-45": Thursdays, Saturdays and Sundays, 9:30 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. non-stop, ticket 5?/pers, free for children under 12. Open to all.
- Guided tour of the "Remains of the Atlantic Wall": open to all except wheelchair users, Thursdays and Sundays, departures at 10:00 am and 2:00 pm, ticket 5? per person, free for children under 12. Please bring closed shoes.
- Combined ticket: Museum and guided tour, ticket 8?/Pers.
All year round, the association welcomes groups of 15 people (families, associations, schools, etc.) by appointment.
Come and discover 500 hectares marked by the history of the Second World War? The largest and most powerful battery on the Atlantic seaboard reveals its secrets. A model of German defensive engineering to be discovered in the heart of the Grand site dunaire Gâvres-Quiberon.
Welcomed and guided by volunteers from the association les Bunkers Mémoire de Guerre, you will learn about the tragic history of this emblematic site of the Lorient Pocket in our Bunker Museum 39-45, through several scenographies:
- the construction of the Bégo heavy coastal battery by the Organisation Todt ;
- life under the Occupation, the Resistance ;
- the building of the Atlantic Wall and Marshal Rommel?s inspection in April 1944 ;
- the surrender of the Lorient pocket and the Liberation.
The Museum is also the starting point for a "Chemin de mémoire" (Memory Trail) and an immersive 2? hour guided tour of the storied remains of the Atlantic Wall:
- Discover the heavy coastal battery organization that protected Lorient harbor and Admiral Dönitz?s U-Boats
- Exploration of characteristic bunkers such as the Bunker SK (Sonder Konstruktion) Puit, the emblematic Observation Tower, a barracks with murals, etc.
- Presentation of the impressive Saint-Chamond Model 1912 340mm cannon, one of the last surviving examples and model of those deployed on the Bégo site.
Open in July and August:
- Museum "Bunker 39-45": Thursdays, Saturdays and Sundays, 9:30 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. non-stop, ticket 5?/pers, free for children under 12. Open to all.
- Guided tour of the "Remains of the Atlantic Wall": open to all except wheelchair users, Thursdays and Sundays, departures at 10:00 am and 2:00 pm, ticket 5? per person, free for children under 12. Please bring closed shoes.
- Combined ticket: Museum and guided tour, ticket 8?/Pers.
All year round, the association welcomes groups of 15 people (families, associations, schools, etc.) by appointment.
Come and discover 500 hectares marked by the history of the Second World War? The largest and most powerful battery on the Atlantic seaboard reveals its secrets. A model of German defensive engineering to be discovered in the heart of the Grand site dunaire Gâvres-Quiberon.