ken88 Posted June 11, 2012 #76 Posted June 11, 2012 Van Horn Moseley's (DMC's crown jewel!): :thumbsup:
Sabrejet Posted June 11, 2012 Author #77 Posted June 11, 2012 Nice additions Ken...thanks! :thumbsup:
ken88 Posted June 11, 2012 #78 Posted June 11, 2012 Nice additions Ken...thanks! :thumbsup: You're welcome Ian. If you compare some of the pictures you'll notice how the museums change their displays every now and then. Especially the Sainte-Mère-Eglise museum is good at that
Sabrejet Posted June 11, 2012 Author #79 Posted June 11, 2012 You're welcome Ian. If you compare some of the pictures you'll notice how the museums change their displays every now and then. Especially the Sainte-Mère-Eglise museum is good at that Yes Ken...I noticed a few subtle differences here and there. That's a good thing. Some museums put things in cases and there they remain...untouched by human hand ad infinitum!
Johan Willaert Posted June 11, 2012 #80 Posted June 11, 2012 If you compare some of the pictures you'll notice how the museums change their displays every now and then. Especially the Sainte-Mère-Eglise museum is good at that Well, it's only been the last couple of years as the other museums over there tended to get better and better and the visitors more knowledgeable about what was presented before them... I hadn't seen any real changes between my first visit in the early 80s and roughly 2004 when Detrez put up his huge Greatest Generation Expo outside Ste Mere and litterally blew them away...
ken88 Posted June 11, 2012 #81 Posted June 11, 2012 Everything to attract as many visitors as possible I guess. They're all worth a visit but Detrez' collection indeed is something to write home about. Quality over quantity. Hard to imagine that such a big museum as the SME-museum has to fight over visitors. :think: With the Normandy pass you get reduction in a lot of museums right? Well, they're probably not all like us, wanting to visit every museum Normandy has to offer.
Jack's Son Posted June 11, 2012 #82 Posted June 11, 2012 Ian, how many hours a day were you out enjoying to sights?
stonewaller Posted June 11, 2012 #83 Posted June 11, 2012 You're right, the Detrez Collection is something to be seen alright.
king802 Posted June 11, 2012 #84 Posted June 11, 2012 They're all worth a visit but Detrez' collection indeed is something to write home about. Quality over quantity. I think you would be hard pressed to find anyone else with such a large Airborne collection. Quality and Quantity :thumbsup: Rich
ken88 Posted June 11, 2012 #85 Posted June 11, 2012 I think you would be hard pressed to find anyone else with such a large Airborne collection. Quality and Quantity :thumbsup: Rich That's true, but there's not enough space in his museum to show them all. :w00t: That, or he just doesn't want to show them all. :crying:
Sabrejet Posted June 11, 2012 Author #86 Posted June 11, 2012 Ian, how many hours a day were you out enjoying to sights? A/Ms hitting the sights...P/Ms socialising, eating out and generally chilling with Ken and co!
Jack's Son Posted June 11, 2012 #87 Posted June 11, 2012 A/Ms hitting the sights...P/Ms socialising, eating out and generally chilling with Ken and co! AH.....Maybe one day!
Bruce Gunn Posted June 11, 2012 #88 Posted June 11, 2012 Well, it's only been the last couple of years as the other museums over there tended to get better and better and the visitors more knowledgeable about what was presented before them...I hadn't seen any real changes between my first visit in the early 80s and roughly 2004 when Detrez put up his huge Greatest Generation Expo outside Ste Mere and litterally blew them away... Johan, you are right they definately upped their game. Although I wouldn't spend the entrance money getting into the St mere eglise museum. I don't agree in paying to see a museum full of fake helmets and uniforms. I remember only seeing one original reinforced suit and one original D bail helmet!!! Bruce
ADAM2001 Posted June 11, 2012 #94 Posted June 11, 2012 You're right, the Detrez Collection is something to be seen alright. I remember selling DeTrez my collection of D-DAY NEWSPAPERS a few years ago for a couple of THOUSAND DOLLARS, he was really GIDDY about getting all of them. If I remember correctly, there were about 300-400 DIFFERENT "INVASION" issues from just about every US town and city you could name, plus some from ENGLAND, FRANCE, and most of the continent as well. Sometimes I kind of MISS THEM and wish I still had them in my collection, but that's what a NEW BABY does to a person's collection.... So next time you guys see them in the museum, you'll know who they all came from... Adam
Johan Willaert Posted June 11, 2012 #95 Posted June 11, 2012 That's true, but there's not enough space in his museum to show them all. :w00t: That, or he just doesn't want to show them all. :crying: Can't tell you much about it yet, but he'll soon have more space to display the 'other' division of his collection.... :thumbsup:
Sabrejet Posted June 11, 2012 Author #96 Posted June 11, 2012 The following pics are from inside De Trez's museum. The lighting is very subdued so taking good pics was difficult!
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