The municipality renounces its museum project and sells part of the collection

The municipality of Vierville announced the sale of the collection purchased as a precaution when the Omaha Museum closed on June 6 in 1993, after a dozen years of existence. She had acquired part of the fund from Marcel Leveel, one of the two partners, in the hope of relaunching a museum on the Landing.

Mayor Jean-Marie Oxéant explained that the collection had to be enriched, that its presentation required a significant investment and that the municipal premises no longer met safety standards. The search for partners had not been successful. In the meantime, a museum of the same name had opened in Saint-Laurent; an in-communal process in progress had completely dissuaded the council from pursuing alone a project it wanted ambitious.

The municipality renounced with regret a whole linked to the history of the village, but kept some symbolic objects: sailor's uniform from the artificial port, badges, galene post made by an inhabitant and American rifle. They were to be displayed in a window at the town hall. Documents concerning the Jews would be entrusted, out of respect, to an association of deportees.

About four hundred pieces, including about twenty American and German uniforms, weapons, radios, usual objects and documents, were to be sold on December 20 by Me Régis Bailleul at the party hall. The municipality hoped to cover its costs.

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