Today, the castle serves as a museum that houses*the Musée des Beaux-Arts de Caen (Museum of Fine Arts of Caen)*the Musée de Normandie (Museum of Normandy) along with many periodical exhibitions about arts and history, in the castle residence;*Saint Georges church;*the "Échiquier de Normandie" (Exchequer of Normandy), used as a temporary hall of exhibitions, which seated the Court of Normandy;* a garden showing plants cultivated in the middle-ages.
S površino 5,5 hektarjev je eden največjih gradov v Zahodni Evropi.