The museum is located less than a 10-minute walk north of the Gare de Bayeux station. Open daily from 9 a.m. to 6:30 p.m.

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Under the command of SS chief Heinrich Himmler, the Ahnenerbe group commissioned Schlabow and other scientists to travel to ...