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Discover
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Normandy Must-Sees
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Highlights
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D-Day and the Battle of Normandy
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Impressionism
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William the Conqueror
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- The Normandy you'll love
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Things to do
- Things to do
- Sites and attractions
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Sport and Activities
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Cycling
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Horse riding
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Beaches in Normandy
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- Food and drink
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Plan your trip
- Plan your trip
- Accommodation
- Practical Information
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Take a look...
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Out of the ordinary
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Hôtels de Charme in Normandy
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- Calendar of events
Impressionist museums and collections
Normandy is the birthplace of Impressionism.
Le Havre was indeed the setting, and the inspiration, for Claude Monet's famous 1872 painting: 'Impression, soleil levant' ('Impression, sunrise').
Normandy houses two major Impressionist collections, after the Musée d’Orsay, in the André Malraux Museum of Modern Art, MuMa, Le Havre and also in the Rouen Fine Arts Museum, together with museums dedicated to impressionism: the Musée des Impressionnismes, Giverny, the Eugène Boudin Museum at Honfleur, the Caen Fine Arts Museum,…
Browse through the region’s impressionist museums and also the artists’ favourite places.
