US Airways - Los Angeles Culture Guide - (Page 75)
From top: art rack in the
museum's vault; Cold
War-era surveillance
equipment
PHOTOS (CLOCKWISE FROM TOP LEFT) COURTESY OF MARIE ASTRID GONZALEZ/THE WENDE MUSEUM,
COURTESY OF THE WENDE MUSEUM(2)
museum and research institution. Today, The
Wende boasts a collection of more than 75,000
pieces - everything from consumer products
like Cold War-era radios to drawings; graphics;
sculptures; and iconic political symbols such as
flags, military uniforms, and medals.
A centerpiece: the 11 segments of the original Berlin Wall, ten of which comprise the
longest section in one location outside Europe.
The Wende also collects objects beyond the
realm of most institutional mandates; Brigadebucher, or workplace diaries from the period,
are among the most compelling items.
In a little over a decade, Jampol's dream of
furthering public knowledge about Cold War-
era Eastern Europe and the Soviet Union has
become a museum beloved by both the immediate community and scholars worldwide. In
November 2012, the city council of Culver City
granted The Wende a 75-year lease of the city's
decommissioned Armory building and surrounding property, a historic space totaling
12,600 square feet. And with rapid growth and
The Cold War era was
fraught with neglect and
isolation, and historical
remnants have been notoriously hard to come by.
continued public interest, the increased exhibition room will only create more opportunity for
The Wende to advance its founders' vision.
The museum offers free public access to its
galleries between 10 a.m. and 5 p.m. every
Friday, with vault tours at 11:30 a.m. and 2
p.m., and additional tours by appointment.
The Wende frequently holds special events and
public programs throughout the year, and offers exhibitions at various offsite locations like
the Craft and Folk Art Museum in Los Angeles
and the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library.
As both public and scholarly support for
The Wende Museum continues, the legacy
Jampol dreamed of establishing proves a reality.
It has become an unlikely haven of precious
artifacts detailing a portion of human history
almost lost to the present.
Above: Boris the
Victorious by Mikhail
N. Rozhdestvin, 1991;
below: Zsolnay vase,
In Memory of the
Liberation of Our
Country, 1980s
The Wende
Museum
5741 Buckingham
Parkway
Suite E
Culver City, CA
310.216.1600
wendemuseum.org
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