Big Red One Assault Museum - 1st Infantry Division Memorial, Colleville-sur-Mer

The Big Red One Assault Museum is a private collection dedicated to the 1st US Infantry Division, which landed on Omaha Beach on June 6, 1944. Founded in 2004 by Pierre-Louis Gosselin after 30 years of research and direct contact with veterans, the museum displays authentic D-Day artifacts including machine guns, remnants of wooden landing craft, soldiers' uniforms, personal equipment, historical photographs, and secret invasion documents. Located 300 meters from the entrance to the American Cemetery, this intimate museum changes its scenography annually to showcase different aspects of the collection.