Description
The only radar station kept in its originals state of the D-Day Landing beaches.
It is located in an authentic German radar station built between 1942 and 1944, which was one of the most important air defence stations of the Atlantic Wall with its five radars that could detect targets 400 km away.
The station's garrison consisted of no less than 230 men from the Lutwaffe. In the morning of the 6th June 1944, a British aircraft destroyed the 65 metre-high Wassermann antenna. Between 6th and 17th June, German operators countered several attacks and continued to provide information on Allied troop movements. Eventually, on 17th June, the Germans could no longer defend the station against the Allied attacks. The museum has an outdoor trail and two bunkers that show how soldiers lived in the station, how soldiers lived in the station, how inhabitant of Douvres lived under the occupation, and explain the history and role of radars during World War II
Facilities
- Picnic area
Opening hours
from 01/07/2023 to 31/08/2023 from 10h00 à 19h00
from 01/09/2023 to 12/11/2023 from 10h00 à 18h00 - Closed on monday
from 08/04/2024 to 30/06/2024 from 10h00 à 18h00 - Closed on monday
from 01/07/2024 to 31/08/2024 from 10h00 à 19h00
from 01/09/2024 to 12/11/2024 from 10h00 à 18h00 - Closed on monday
Prices
Reduced rate : from 5,00€ (- de 16 ans)
Reduced rate : from 3,00€
Rate for families : from 19,50€
Rate for families : from 21,00€
Rate for large families : from 21,00€
Payment methods
- Carte bleue
- Postal or bank cheques
- Holiday vouchers
- Cash
- Eurocard - Mastercard
- Contactless payment
- Visa
Contact / Find
- Address: Route de Bény - D83, 14440 DOUVRES-LA-DELIVRANDE
- Phone:
- E-mail:
- Website: www.musee-radar.fr