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Latest news from the museum

The America Gold Beach Museum is now open for the 2019 season.

On the 25th March 2019 the museum opens its doors a week ahead of schedule.

During the first week it will be open exceptionally from Monday, March 25 to Thursday, March 28 at regular times and Friday, March 29 from 14h to 18h.

 From April 2nd to May 31st, open from Tuesday to Sunday, from June 1st to September 1st, open every day and from September 2nd to September 29th, open from Tuesday to Sunday.

24th March 2019

On the occasion of the opening of the season 2019 we present in our collections an exceptional gift received by the museum last November, a blade of the central propeller of the plane AMERICA found by chance in a garage of Poissy in the Department of Yvelines. This blade of propeller was broken during the ditching, it was given to the museum by Mr. Alain Jouan and by Mrs. Pascale Grégy

Please note that group guided visits are only possible on Saturday and Sunday

31st May Thanks to Ron and his team, Jean Francois and Eric the Sexton has been painted.  Thanks also to Mr and Mrs Bracken from the USA who gave a very generous donation.

Commemorative book written to celebrate the 90^th anniversary of the historic flight by Capitaine de Corvette Richard E Byrd and his team towards France aboard the Fokker Trimoetur Monoplane ‘America’

W.T.W is no longer answering! The Fokker ‘America’ is expected at the Bourget airport the 30^th June 1927, but with bad weather and technical problems meant that they need to find another place to land urgently

Discover the extraordinary adventure of the first postal delivery by plane between the United States and France.

40-page book, containing numerous photos, documents, objects and letters. Text in French and English

This book was researched and written by Jean Pierre Dupont, the Curator of the America museum in Ver Sur Mer, who sadly passed away on the 30^th July 2017.  He had retired from Air France and was a specialist in the subject of aviation. The book was edited and published by the museum association in June 2017 for the 90^th anniversary of the ditching of the ‘America’ off Ver Sur Mer on the 1^st July 1927.

Payment by cheque in Euros made payable to ‘Association America-Gold Beach’ posted to the Centre Saint- Exupéry, 2 Place de l’Amiral Byrd, 14114, Ver Sur Mer, Normandie, FRANCE

For payment from other EU countries, bank transfers are accepted, please contact us for account details.

We also accept payments by PayPal at the america.goldbeach@sfr.fr

Price per book is 10 Euros

12th May 2017 - June 2017 ceremonies added.

11th May 2017 - Click here to see short video of museum

(French and Spanish, English subtitles.)

27th March 2017 - Passionnés depuis trente ans par l'histoire de l'« America », le conservateur du musée Jean-Pierre Dupont et son épouse Nany préparent un week-end de festivités pour célébrer le 90e anniversaire de l'amerrissage forcé du Fokker. |

Text and image Ouest-France March 2017

20th February 2017 - visit the museum to see a 1927 film of the ditching of the AMERICA, with commentaries in English, French or German.

17th February 2017 - opening hours clarified.

25th February 2016 - slight change to opening hours for 2016.

27th March 2016 - times of June 2016 ceremonies published.

Follow the links at left.

5th April 2016 - new exhibition about RHINO FERRIES by Major Edwin Hunt MVO. Visit the museum to see it!

5th April 2016 - new film about the ditching of the AMERICA. Visit the museum to see it!

5th May 2016 - times of June 2016 ceremonies changed, slightly.

19th May 2016 - poster for June ceremonies below (only in French, sorry!)

The AMERICA-GOLD BEACH museum is situated in the centre of Ver sur Mer, next door to the town hall. It commemorates two momentous 20th century events that took place her in Ver sur Mer.

In 1927, the first mail-carrying flight from the USA to Europe crash-landed in the sea off Ver sur Mer. The aircraft, piloted by Commander Robert BYRD, was called the AMERICA.

On 6th June 1944, elements of the British 50th Infantry division and supporting armour landed here, as part of operation OVERLORD, on the beach known since that day as GOLD BEACH.