The best museums Calvados

Classified as a historic monument, set up, since 1972, within a hotel-Dieu of the eighteenth century and in the heart of the park bordering La Vire, the Municipal Museum, dedicated to fine arts (Charles Léandre's workshop background), the decorative arts (Paul Huet's romantic Normandy) and the popular traditions of the Viennese Bocage virois subject to a few standards and accessibility. Especially with the installation of a lift and the renovation of the permanent path. The collections themselves, rich in costumes, furniture and a set of hedges, from Romulus to Guy Degrenne, will be valued in their presentation and by the scenography. The Chapel space will be devoted to Reconstruction. So patience: you who pass through Vire, there are, in the meantime, many other things to see, to live, to discover and… to taste! Better: The gardens, from where you can admire the facades of the Hotel-Dieu remain accessible during the work. Fans will follow their evolution on the museum blog.

You have to wait for the nice days to visit this fabulous museum. The Carreau du Livet, a remnant of the former iron mines of Soumont-Potigny, closed in 1989, is of great historical and patrimonial interest. Guided by former miners, discover the room of the hanged men (so called the immense checkroom), the shower-baths, the lamp room in its original layout and many other surprising witnesses, such as the road descent which led the employees 650 m underground.