Cité de la Mer

The Redoutable at the Cité de la Mer

The Cité de la Mer ("city of the sea") is a maritime museum in Cherbourg, France.

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 Navy, 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

See also

Media related to Cité de la Mer at Wikimedia Commons

External links

• Official site

Coordinates: 49°38′48″N 1°37′03″W / 49.6468°N 1.6174°W / 49.6468; -1.6174