Location: 4 Avenue du Colonel Henri Rol-Tanguy, 75014 Paris, Paris.
Located at Place Denfert-Rochereau above the former command posts of the August 1944 Paris insurrection, this museum honors General Leclerc, Jean Moulin, and the French Resistance. Visitors can descend into Colonel Rol-Tanguy's actual underground bunker where the insurrection was coordinated. The museum chronicles the journey from defeat to liberation through personal objects, documents, and immersive spaces.
Period recorded for this site: 20th century.
Theme: Museums.
Coordinates: 48.83370, 2.33190.
This plaque is a stop on the walk: Resistance & Liberation of Paris.
On Resistance & Liberation of Paris: Paris Liberation Museum at Denfert-Rochereau, built above the former Liberation command posts. Descend into Colonel Rol-Tanguy's actual underground bunker where the August 1944 insurrection was coordinated.
Other plaques within a few minutes' walk: Henri Rol-Tanguy (33 m); Barrière d'Enfer (41 m); Georges Lamarque (118 m); Libération de Paris - Denfert-Rochereau (122 m); Agents du Métropolitain - Ligne de Sceaux (122 m).