Allied Museum
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The Allied Museum is a museum in Berlin
. It documents the political history and the military commitments and roles of the Western Allies
(US
, France
and Britain
) in Germany
– particularly Berlin – between 1945 and 1994 and their contribution to liberty in Berlin.
, Steglitz-Zehlendorf
, in the former American sector of postwar Berlin. It was previously the location of an American cinema, "Outpost", and a library. Entrance is free.
Since the closure of Berlin Tempelhof Airport in 2008, the Allied Museum has announced its interest in relocating to the old airport at some point.
and France
formed the Western Allies in the Cold War
and were then in opposition to the Soviet Union
. The museum shows an important part of the military and political scenery of cold war, i.e. the period after World War II
and the beginning of the 1990s in Berlin.
, logistics and sacrifices of life by the British-American air lift are shown in the former cinema.
Some of the largest objects in the permanent collection are presented in the open-air exhibition space and include a British Handley Page Hastings
transport plane, a railway carriage from a French military train, the guard house from the famous border crossing point Checkpoint Charlie
and a GDR watchtower.
, whose members are the Federal Republic of Germany, the state of Berlin, France, the UK, the USA, the Deutsches Historisches Museum
, and the Institut für Zeitgeschichte
in Munich
.
Near the Allied Museum a sculpture of Veryl Goodnight
remembers in Clayallee the joyous event, when the Berlin wall came down. Five wild horses are shown jumping over the rest of the wall.
Berlin
Berlin is the capital city of Germany and is one of the 16 states of Germany. With a population of 3.45 million people, Berlin is Germany's largest city. It is the second most populous city proper and the seventh most populous urban area in the European Union...
. It documents the political history and the military commitments and roles of the Western Allies
Western Allies
The Western Allies were a political and geographic grouping among the Allied Powers of the Second World War. It generally includes the United Kingdom and British Commonwealth, the United States, France and various other European and Latin American countries, but excludes China, the Soviet Union,...
(US
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
, France
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
and Britain
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
) in Germany
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
– particularly Berlin – between 1945 and 1994 and their contribution to liberty in Berlin.
Location: American Sector
The museum is located on the Clayallee in DahlemDahlem (Berlin)
Dahlem is a locality of the Steglitz-Zehlendorf borough in southwestern Berlin. Until Berlin's 2001 administrative reform it was a part of the former borough of Zehlendorf. Dahlem is one of the most affluent parts of the city and home to the main campus of the Free University of Berlin with the...
, Steglitz-Zehlendorf
Steglitz-Zehlendorf
Steglitz-Zehlendorf is the sixth borough of Berlin, formed in Berlin's 2001 administrative reform by merging the former boroughs of Steglitz and Zehlendorf.-Demographics:...
, in the former American sector of postwar Berlin. It was previously the location of an American cinema, "Outpost", and a library. Entrance is free.
Since the closure of Berlin Tempelhof Airport in 2008, the Allied Museum has announced its interest in relocating to the old airport at some point.
The Allies
The early period of Soviet troops marching in to Berlin and plans of how to divide Berlin in sectors is documented. USA, Great BritainGreat Britain
Great Britain or Britain is an island situated to the northwest of Continental Europe. It is the ninth largest island in the world, and the largest European island, as well as the largest of the British Isles...
and France
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
formed the Western Allies in the Cold War
Cold War
The Cold War was the continuing state from roughly 1946 to 1991 of political conflict, military tension, proxy wars, and economic competition between the Communist World—primarily the Soviet Union and its satellite states and allies—and the powers of the Western world, primarily the United States...
and were then in opposition to the Soviet Union
Soviet Union
The Soviet Union , officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics , was a constitutionally socialist state that existed in Eurasia between 1922 and 1991....
. The museum shows an important part of the military and political scenery of cold war, i.e. the period after World War II
World War II
World War II, or the Second World War , was a global conflict lasting from 1939 to 1945, involving most of the world's nations—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis...
and the beginning of the 1990s in Berlin.
The Outpost Theater: From victory to airlift
Maps of Berlin with planned sectors, pictures of Soviets marching into Berlin, uniforms, first editions of Berlin newspapers, DenazificationDenazification
Denazification was an Allied initiative to rid German and Austrian society, culture, press, economy, judiciary, and politics of any remnants of the National Socialist ideology. It was carried out specifically by removing those involved from positions of influence and by disbanding or rendering...
, logistics and sacrifices of life by the British-American air lift are shown in the former cinema.
Open-Air exhibition: Aircraft and watchtower
Handley Page Hastings
The Handley Page H.P.67 Hastings was a British troop-carrier and freight transport aircraft designed and built by Handley Page Aircraft Company for the Royal Air Force...
transport plane, a railway carriage from a French military train, the guard house from the famous border crossing point Checkpoint Charlie
Checkpoint Charlie
Checkpoint Charlie was the name given by the Western Allies to the best-known Berlin Wall crossing point between East Berlin and West Berlin during the Cold War....
and a GDR watchtower.
The Nicholson Memorial Library: Privileged position of Berlin
In this part of the museum documents are shown concerning the fall of the wall, the methods to analyze the political situation by western Allies and the measures by the USA, Great Britain and France to guarantee liberty in Berlin. Part of this hall is reserved for temporary exhibitions on themes of modern-day relevance.Organization
The Allied Museum has the legal status of a non-profit associationNon-profit organization
Nonprofit organization is neither a legal nor technical definition but generally refers to an organization that uses surplus revenues to achieve its goals, rather than distributing them as profit or dividends...
, whose members are the Federal Republic of Germany, the state of Berlin, France, the UK, the USA, the Deutsches Historisches Museum
Deutsches Historisches Museum
The German Historical Museum , DHM for short, is a museum in Berlin devoted to German history and defines itself as a place of enlightenment and understanding of the shared history of Germans and Europeans....
, and the Institut für Zeitgeschichte
Institut für Zeitgeschichte
The Institut für Zeitgeschichte in Munich was conceived in 1947 under the name Deutsches Institut für Geschichte der nationalsozialistischen Zeit...
in Munich
Munich
Munich The city's motto is "" . Before 2006, it was "Weltstadt mit Herz" . Its native name, , is derived from the Old High German Munichen, meaning "by the monks' place". The city's name derives from the monks of the Benedictine order who founded the city; hence the monk depicted on the city's coat...
.
Sculpture Fall of the Wall
Veryl Goodnight
Veryl Goodnight is a sculptress and since 2006 living in Mancos, Colorado. Her realistic sculptures of horses have achieved international acclaim...
remembers in Clayallee the joyous event, when the Berlin wall came down. Five wild horses are shown jumping over the rest of the wall.