AlliiertenMuseum

The Allied Museum in Berlin-Dahlem documents the role of the Western Allies from the United States, Great Britain, and France in the Federal Republic and West Berlin from 1945 to 1994. Founded as a nonprofit association with the participation of the three Western powers, Germany, and Berlin, the museum opened in 1998 in the presence of Chancellor Helmut Kohl. It is located on Clayallee in the former premises of a US soldiers' movie theater and the Nicholson Library. Admission is free, and the museum is funded by the Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and the Media.

The permanent exhibition is divided into two sections. In the former movie theater, the focus is on the period after World War II and the Berlin Airlift of 1948/1949. Here you'll see maps showing the division into sectors, uniforms, historic newspapers, and CARE packages. The second part, in the library, is devoted to everyday life in the garrisons and the Cold War. A particular highlight is a restored segment of the spy tunnel, which was built in the 1950s to tap Soviet communication lines. The building and fall of the Berlin Wall are also covered.

Larger historic objects are displayed on the museum's outdoor grounds, including a British Handley Page Hastings transport aircraft, a railcar from a French military train, the last guard booth from Checkpoint Charlie, and an East German border control tower. Nearby, the sculpture "The Day the Wall Came Down" by Veryl Goodnight also commemorates the fall of the Wall.