Airborne Museum
Just a few miles from Utah Beach and the Normandy Landings, the Airborne Museum is located at the heart of Sainte-Mere-Eglise, facing the church on which paratrooper John Steele landed. Dedicated to the American paratroopers of the 82nd and 101st Airborne, it contains a truly exceptional collection of artifacts, including an authentic WACO glider and C-47 airplane.
The contents of the Airborne Museum's HistoPad traveled across the Atlantic through the Augmented Exhibition D-Day: Freedom from above. The latter was presented in 3 cultural sites: the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force in Dayton, Ohio, the Airborne and Special Operation Museum in Fayetteville, North Carolina and the National Museum of the U.S. Army at Fort Belvoir near Washington, D.C.
In this temporary exhibition format, the HistoPad thus marks its ability to export the museum outside the walls to increase the reputation of the museum and introduce it to new audiences.
The HistoPad allow the visitor to travel to the locations of some of the most important events of 1944, helping them discover and understand this fascinating history. The visitor is virtually “transported” to locations including the hamlet of La Fiere during the battle for Kellam Bridge on the morning of the 6th of June, 1944, or the château de la Colombiere, to see the field hospital of the 101st Airborne. Each experience is immersive, and the visitor can easily navigate between 1944 and 2018, allowing them to better understand that these places, which today are peaceful fields, were battlegrounds not so long ago.
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