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Culver City, CA 90230
(310) 216-1600
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About the Museum: The Los Angeles-based Wende Museum is a non-profit organization dedicated to acquiring, preserving, and enabling access to cultural and political objects, personal histories and documentary materials of Cold
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About the Museum: The Los Angeles-based Wende Museum is a non-profit organization dedicated to acquiring, preserving, and enabling access to cultural and political objects, personal histories and documentary materials of Cold
War-era
Eastern
Europe.
The
scope
of
the
collection
encompasses
artifacts
and
archives
from
all
former
Warsaw
Pact
states
and
emphasizes
life
in
the
Soviet
Union
and
East
Germany,
a
country
on
the
front
line
of
the
Cold
War.
Since
the
Museum¿¿¿s
establishment
in
2002,
its
collection
has
provided
a
unique
resource
used
by
students,
scholars,
journalists
and
political
observers
from
both
East
and
West
to
investigate
the
diverse
experiences
and
cultural
expressions
that
emerged
as
a
result
of,
as
well
as
in
spite
of,
communist
rule.
The
Wende
Museum¿¿¿s
own
interdisciplinary
research
including
innovative
exhibitions
and
community
outreach
efforts
provides
a
nuanced
exploration
of
a
society
whose
dominant
ideological
and
political
framework
was
largely
dismantled
in
a
few
short
years.
The
Museum
offers
a
broad
and
comprehensive
collection
of
over
100,
000
objects
and
archival
materials,
including
household
consumer
products,
clothing,
folk
art,
diaries
and
scrapbooks,
political
iconography,
photograph
albums,
posters,
films,
textbooks,
paintings,
sports
awards
and
certificates,
and
children¿¿¿s
toys.
These
resources,
which
are
often
outside
the
scope
of
official
archives
and
traditional
museum
collections,
present
a
valuable
window
through
which
to
view
the
everyday
interactions
and
relationships
that
shaped
life
behind
the
Iron
Curtain.
Among
the
many
unique
artifacts
in
the
Wende
Museum¿¿¿s
collection
is
a
2.6
ton
segment
of
the
Berlin
Wall
painted
by
renowned
wall
artist
Thierry
Noir
the
complete
run
of
the
East
German
official
daily
newspaper
Neues
Deutschland
blueprints,
lighting
fixtures,
ashtrays
and
even
menus
from
the
now-demolished
Palace
of
the
Republic
in
East
Berlin
and
the
personal
papers
of
former
East
German
leader
Erich
Honecker
from
his
days
in
the
Moabit
prison.
A
recent
donation
from
a
former
East
German
border
guard
includes
a
wealth
of
official
documentation
describing
the
construction
and
maintenance
of
the
Berlin
Wall
as
well
as
the
logbooks,
stamps
and
facial
recognition
systems
used
on
the
eastern
side
of
the
infamous
Checkpoint
Charlie
border
crossing,
thus
allowing
exploration
of
this
iconic
landmark
of
the
Cold
War
from
a
less
familiar
perspective.
To
supplement
these
extensive
collections,
the
Museum
has
embarked
upon
its
Historical
Witness
Project,
which
aims
to
capture
the
oral
and
written
testimony
of
those
who
produced,
consumed,
manipulated
and
sometimes
suppressed
the
physical
record
of
the
Eastern
Bloc.
Following
the
democratization
movements
of
Eastern
Europe
in
the
1980s,
the
fall
of
the
Berlin
Wall
in
1989,
and
the
collapse
of
the
Soviet
Union
in
1991,
the
Cold
War
came
to
a
dramatic
conclusion.
Since
then,
throughout
the
former
communist
states
of
Eastern
Europe,
historical
landmarks
have
been
torn
down,
statues
vandalized,
documents
destroyed,
and
consumer
products
replaced
by
global
brands.
The
Wende
Museum
is
committed
to
ensuring
survival
of
threatened
artifacts
in
order
to
provide
a
more
comprehensive
investigation
of
the
Cold
War¿¿¿a
pivotal
and
complex
period
that
continues
both
to
influence
our
present
and
to
inform
our
future.
The
Museum
has
played
a
central
role
in
the
preservation
of
artifacts
that
might
otherwise
have
been
eliminated
from
the
historical
record.
The
Museum
continues
to
grow,
making
important
acquisitions,
mounting
special
exhibitions,
and
expanding
access
to
its
resources
through
creative
programming.
We
welcome
your
interest,
support,
and
involvement
in
shaping
the
Museum¿¿¿s
future
and
ensuring
its
continued
success.
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