Cité de la mer
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Maritime museum
A maritime museum is a museum specializing in the display of objects relating to ships and travel on large bodies of water...
in Cherbourg, France
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The museum is in the cruise terminal of Cherbourg. This monument was built in 1933; it is one of the bigger art-deco monuments of today.
It was opened in 2002 as a scientific and historical museum, around four axes:
- the Redoutable, first SNLE submarine of the French NavyFrench NavyThe French Navy, officially the Marine nationale and often called La Royale is the maritime arm of the French military. It includes a full range of fighting vessels, from patrol boats to a nuclear powered aircraft carrier and 10 nuclear-powered submarines, four of which are capable of launching...
, now a museum and the largest submarine in the world open to the public - a permanent exposition
- a cylindrical aquarium, 8 metres wide and 10 metres high, which displays the successive marine life forms according to the depth
- a great hall where temporary expositions are held
- a new underwater expedition in a virtual, digitised building