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Musée des Sapeurs-Pompiers de l'Orne
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La Ferme du Cheval de Trait
Unusual Places to Visit
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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2 le Moulin de Brouains
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Map
C5
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Open Mar-end Oct: daily
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Adm
charge
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
Michaudière
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Map D6
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02 33 38 27 78
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Open Apr-Oct; phone for display times
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Adm charge
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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16 blvd Albert-Christophle
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Map D5
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Open Apr-Oct: pm daily
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Adm charge
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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pl St-Laurent
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Map H5
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Opening
times vary: phone 02 33 25 74 55 for
details
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Adm charge
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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Château de Gacé
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Map F5
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Open
Jun-Aug: pm Tue-Sun
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Adm charge
Musée de Tinchebray et
Prison Royale, Tinchebray
A chilling place, with court room,
cells, and a riveting ethnographic
museum.
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34 Grande Rue
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Map D5
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Open Jun-Oct: Sat-Thu
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Adm charge
Musée de l'Epicerie
d'Autrefois, Lignerolles
A nostalgic look at commerce in
the first half of the 20th century.
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Map H5
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Open Jan-May, Sep-Dec:
pm Sat-Sun; Jun-Aug: pm Thu-Sun
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Adm charge
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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37 blvd Gambetta
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Map C5
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Open
mid-Apr-mid-Oct: Wed-Sun
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Adm charge
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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Map H5
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Open Jul-Aug: 11am-12:30pm &
2:30-6:30pm; Sep-Jun: phone 02 32 37
64 70 to arrange a visit
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Adm charge
La Maison du Camembert,
Camembert
Dedicated to Normandy's famous
cheese, with a reconstruction of
an old production plant.
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Map F4
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02 33 12 10 37
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Open Mar-Oct: 10am-
6pm daily
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Adm charge
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