Normandie exhibition
From Saturday 22nd October to Wednesday 2nd November: Salle des Pas Perdus
To celebrate the release of the comic book Normandie, Paquebot de Légende, by the publishing house Glénat, La Cité de la Mer are proud to present a unique exhibition dedicated to the liner Normandie, created by the association French Lines.
The Normandie exhibition will be installed in Salle des Pas Perdus at the Transatlantic passenger terminal. Visitors will be able to go back in time, following the incredible history of this celebrated cruise ship with recitals and photos: from the Compagnie Générale Atlantique through to its inaugural voyage as well as its Blue Riband award and tragic end. Over and above Cherbourg’s transatlantic background, the Passenger terminal and the Normandie have a very strong link: the famous Parisian decorator Marc Simon created all of the interior Art Deco work in the terminal as well as part of the work on board the Normandie. A few pieces of furniture from the Passenger terminal will be presented as part of the exhibition.
Dedication of the comic book, Saturday 22nd and Sunday 23rd from 1.30 p.m. to 6 p.m. in the exhibition hall.
Practical information:
Visiting times: every day from 1.30 p.m. to 6 p.m.
Prices: adults 3 € / children 1.50 €. Free for under fives.
Free for visitors to La Cité de la Mer and PASS card holders.
On sale at our shop: the comic book Normandie, Paquebot de Légende by the publishers Glénat, 13.50 €.
New: an audio guide for a new visit of La Cité de la Mer in Normandy.
And what if oceans could speak, what would they tell you? Let them explain you the great story of the seabed with the help of an audio guide.
Let’s follow two characters : Zoé, a little girl, and Professor Arronax (taken in Captain Nemo aboard the Nautilus) and let’s go through a new discovery, and a new vision of the seabed, during a walk of more than two hours.
Inside the Permanent Exhibitions Pavilion, three floors of history, discovery and fascination available to you with this fun and educational speech.
First of all, let’s return on the seabed’s legends; then go towards the aquariums and their dazzling species!
Then, understand the exploitation of the seabed, the hydrothermal sources, coral and many other topics with the release of scientifics’ interviews as Daniel Desbruyères, Robert Ballard, or François Sarano, the great protector of the oceans.
At the ground floor, under the Abyssal Aquarium, the exciting adventure of Henri-Germain Delauze, a pioneer of the deep diving begins.
Finally, in the Great Gallery of Men and Machines, discover every machine : Nautilus, Alvin, Archimède, Total Sub… Professor Arronax and Zoé explain you their running, the epic of those brave aquanauts and the mythic dives of submarines; with new anecdotes such as the one of Brigitte Rénaldi, who dived aboard the Nautilus for the discovery of the wreck of Titanic in 1987…
New : The Great Gallery of Men and Machines at La Cité de la Mer.
Revisit the story of Man under the sea around the world with new inhabited machines presented in the Great Hall.
12 inhabited submarines are waiting for you in the Great Hall as from the 29th January at La Cité de la Mer! From Fulton’s Nautilus, which dived to ten meters in 1800 to the Archimedes which reached 9454 meters in 1962, La Cité de la Mer offers in 2011 a dive through the international history of the Man’s adventure under the sea.
New submarines (real vessels, models or as photographic representation) and also, new testimonials will enable you to know more about these extreme divers who challenged the oceans to conquer this world which contains many more mysteries to solve…
Through their inhabited sphere, red wire between machines, which allows humans to dive deeply and safely, you will be able to imagine the disturbing conditions of diving on board.
Thanks to French, American, Russian or Japanese inhabited vessels, La Cité de la Mer enables you to apprehend in one place the rare and experienced international equipment.
Without forgetting The Redoutable in the rest of your visit.
