European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - June 30, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                A Brigith How try typhoon lighter dangles from the filing in the Den museum s upper level. Tips for visitors the Caen museum s open daily from 9 . To 7 . Until 10 . On thursday through sept. 30, and from 10 . To 6 30 . Daily beginning ocl. 1. It s closed Jan. Is. The entry fee is 30 French francs about $5 or adults 20 francs j3.35 for members of Lour groups or 15 francs $2,50 for students children aged 12-16, military personnel and Hie elderly. Entrance is free for veterans of world War ii disabled veterans and children under 12. To reach Caen Lake the aul Roule from Paris towards and then past Rouen. The aul Roule ends to Caen. There Lake the Highway that circles i he cily in Hie direction of Cherbourg. The museum will be readily visible on your right Lake the next exit and follow signs marked  Normandy Caen museum traces the roots of world War ii an Esplanade dedicated la Del Gnu d. Eisenhower the . General who headed the Allied Force. Story and photos by Charlie Bowden staff writer in .1 Region filled with museums devoted to world War ii ,1 museum must b special to stand Oul like the new museum in the Trench i ily i Caen. Caen is Noui five Miles from the Normandy beaches Hal were the focal Point if the  invasion fut i in history. It5 museum i , while strut i lies of slant outshines tin Elhers Hal have grub n up in the 44 years since the Allied armies crashed Ipa Insl Hitler s Allan tic Wall. The much older museum at Ste. Mere Uglise has become an airborne shrine that largely recalls and glorifies the efforts of the a Day infantrymen who came la France by glider the museum in Bayeux adjacent to a military cemetery focuses almost entirely on uniforms and weapons. Caen which was almost destroyed by British bomber futile efforts to drive Oul German defenders hns invested heavily to present a Monument with a much broader message. Drawing on similar efforts in Hiroshima i a pan the City fathers in Caen even were selective in choosing a name. When foundation Stone were Laid in ceremonies two years ago it was for the memorial to the Battle of Normandy a museum for the  that theme i lil True at the formal dedication june 6, the 44th anniversary of the Landing in 1944. Lean Marie Mirault was 18 when he bombs rained unto his City adding further destruction to Caen As nearly 3 million soldiers representing 13 nations clashed in an area of less than h,0 0 Square Miles. Now Cirull is the City s mayor and he opened the dedication ceremonies by noting i hat All sides from the fighting in world War ii were officially represented for the first Lime since the War. That representation he said went a inn Way toward making the museum what the City sought in the planning. To the representatives of these assembled nations i am grateful for their massive presence which responds to the ambition that the cily of Caen open to the world will Lii Ione a to Mann of peace Mirault said. The , officials said was nol for the museum to by just n Center for artefacts licit to Mcc the roots of the War and present a lesson in his try to the expected 10q,000 visitors annually. Ii succeeds. Resting on about so acres of in my in an area Hal