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  • Using waxworks, this museum in an old monastery reconstructs the everyday life of the monks.

  • Admire the giant waterwheel that drove the machinery of this former paper mill on the River Sée.

  • See horse-drawn agricultural equipment, a miniature farm, a forge, and displays by Percheron draughthorses on this farm.

  • Dedicated to Normandy’s famous cheese, with a reconstruction of an old production plant.

  • In Claude Alexandre’s fascinating world of miniature soldiers, each figure is hand-crafted.

  • The heroine of Alexandre Dumas fils’ novel and play lived extravagantly in the Orne. This museum evokes her life.

  • A recreation of the room in which 17th-century locals signed emigration contracts for Québec.

  • A nostalgic look at commerce in the first half of the 20th century.

  • A chilling place, with court room, cells, and a riveting ethnographic museum.

  • Musée Départemental des Sapeurs-Pompiers de l’Orne, Bagnoles-de-l’Orne

    A vast collection of fire pumps and other equipment traces the history of French fire-fighting.

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