Liberation Museum

The Liberation Museum (Musée de la Liberation) is located in Fort du Route and is 177 meters above sea level overlooking Cherbourg. During the Second World War the fort was occupied by the Germans until it was captured by Allied troops on the 25th June 1944.

The museum covers both military and civilian life in Cherbourg from living under German occupation up until liberation on the 25th June 1944.

Cherbourg’s port was the first to be captured in Normandy and was used to supply the Allies in Europe with 25,000 tons of equipment unloaded every day.