La Cite de la Mer – city of the sea – in Cherbourg-Octeville is a maritime museum with emphasis on the sub-water and deep-sea exploration.
The museum opened 2002 in the transatlantic central station, the place where the last passengers of the Titanic embarked here for their last journey.
The museum
The museum is subdivided into different sections. Various research submarines are exhibited in the lobby. The Archimede, a bathyscaphe, which has achieved a depth of 9545 m, immediately stings into the eye.
Furthermore you see a canon of CSS Alabama from the wars of secession. The Alabama, a Confederate ship was sunk here by the USS Kearsarge (1861), a warship of the Union. Until that time, she had already hijacked or sunk 55 ships.
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More InformationIn another hall, more bizarre underwater vehicles, such as a barrel with window are shown.
In 17 fish tanks you can admire a myriad of fish.
In a new section, one can make a virtual tour on the seabed. Due to the large number of visitors, we had no chance to see it during our visit.
The Titanic
A final section is dedicated to the Titanic. The former passenger terminal building was designed as an interactive multimedia center.
Different projections can be interactively operated with gesture control: One can query data of passengers of the Titanic.
Some side rooms are also equipped with multimedia projections.
We were interested in the photos of the employees of the telegraph station in Halifax. The protocol of the first emergency call of the Titanic can be seen in the Maritime Museum in Halifax.
Highlight of the Cite de la Mer is, however, the submarine Le Redoutable, the largest nuclear submarine that can be be visited. It was the first nuclear submarine which was built in Cherbourg. We dedicated a separate video to the visit.
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I’ve been to this museum! I found the part about the Titanic particularly moving and informative. You think you know the story, but there’s more to it…
Thanks for your feedback. You are absolutely right the part about the Titanic is particularly moving and informative.
What you mean by “You think you know the story, but there’s more to it…..”?