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  • Centre d’Art Sacré, Musée de la Vie Monastique, St-Hilaire-du-Harcouët

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

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  • Ecomusée du Moulin de la Sée, Brouains

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

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  • La Ferme du Cheval de Trait, Juvigny-sous-Andaine

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

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  • La Maison du Camembert, Camembert

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

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  • La Palais de la Miniature, Verneuil-sur-Arve

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

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  • Musée de la Dame aux Camélias, Gacé

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

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  • Musée de l’Emmigration Percheronne au Canada, Tourouvre

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

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  • Musée de l’Epicerie d’Autrefois, Lignerolles

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

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  • Musée de Tinchebray et Prison Royale, Tinchebray

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

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