Editing Cherbourg (section)

===Museums===
[[File:Jacques-Louis David Patrocle.jpg|thumb|right|The ''Patroclus'' of David, displayed at the Thomas-Henry Museum.]]

Cherbourg has several museums.

The former home of [[Emmanuel Liais]], mayor of Cherbourg, astronomer and explorer, houses since 1905 the Museum of Natural History and Ethnography, the oldest museum in Cherbourg (founded in 1832), with curio cabinet, collection of stuffed animals, fossils, minerals and ethnographic objects (Egypt, Asia, Oceania, America and Africa), archaeological treasures and library science. It is also the headquarters of the {{Interlanguage link|National Society of Natural Sciences and Mathematics of Cherbourg|fr|3=Société nationale des sciences naturelles et mathématiques de Cherbourg}}.

The [[Musée Thomas-Henry|Thomas-Henry Fine Arts Museum]], named after [[Thomas Henry (patron of the arts)|its first patron]], was inaugurated in 1835 and is now the third collection of Normandy with 300 paintings and sculptures from the 15th to the 20th century. Located in the cultural centre, at the back of the theatre, it presents paintings by French, Flemish, Spanish and Italian artists, as well as sculptures. Presentations of works by [[Fra Angelico]], [[Simon Vouet]], [[Camille Claudel]], and one of the largest collections of works by [[Jean-François Millet]], as well as paintings by [[Guillaume Fouace]] native of [[Réville]] or the Navy painters. Sculptures by [[Armand Le Véel]] are also included.

The Museum of the War and the Liberation, the first of its kind when it was inaugurated by [[René Coty]] on 6 June 1954, traces the daily life of Cherbourg civilians during the Occupation and the course of the Liberation of Cotentin, particularly the [[Battle of Cherbourg]]. It is installed in the Fort du Roule, centrepiece of the defence of Cherbourg taken by the Americans on 25 June 1944 .

The [[Cité de la Mer]], is a large museum devoted to scientific and historical aspects of maritime subjects. Dedicated to oceanographic exploration, it is a complex installed since 2003 in a part of the remains of the old transatlantic station. It offers giant aquariums, a collection of underwater vehicles, such as those of [[Compagnie maritime d'expertises|COMEX]], the [[bathyscaphe]] ''Archimède'' and [[French submarine Redoutable (S611)|''Redoutable'']], the first French [[Ballistic missile submarine|SSBN]] built in Cherbourg, fully open to the public.

The {{Interlanguage link|Point du jour (Cherbourg-Octeville)|fr|3=Le Point du jour (Cherbourg-Octeville)|lt=''Point du jour''}}, a unique contemporary art centre in France, dedicated to photography, was inaugurated in the Bassin zone in November 2008.<ref name="offreculturelle" />