Today, the castle serves as a museum that houses the "Musée des Beaux-Arts de Caen" (Museum of Fine Arts of Caen) and "Musée de Normandie" (Museum of Normandy) along with many periodical exhibitions about arts and history.
Luknje od izstrelkov, ki so jih zadali člani francoskega odporniškega gibanja med drugo svetovno vojno so še vidne na zidovih gradu.