Allied Museum, History museum in Dahlem district, Berlin, Germany.
The Allied Museum occupies the former Outpost movie theater and the Nicholson Memorial Library on Clayallee in Dahlem. The 1953 theater, a protected monument, holds maps of the planned Berlin sectors, uniforms, early postwar newspapers and CARE packages. The open-air area displays a Handley Page Hastings transport plane, a French military railway carriage, the last guardhouse from Checkpoint Charlie and a rebuilt East German watchtower.
The museum was founded in 1998, fifty years after the Berlin Airlift when aircraft broke through a Soviet blockade with supplies. This opening came shortly after the city had been reunited following decades of division.
The museum's name is often shortened to AlliiertenMuseum in German, and its grounds hold the last guardhouse from Checkpoint Charlie. Lectures, readings and film screenings are held in the former Outpost cinema, a protected 1953 building. Near the entrance on Clayallee, Veryl Goodnight's 1998 sculpture The Day the Wall Came Down shows five horses jumping over remains of the Wall.
The museum is located in the Steglitz-Zehlendorf district along Clayallee and is accessible by public transport. Plan extra time to explore outdoor exhibits, as many displays are situated in the open air.
The open-air section holds the last guardhouse from Checkpoint Charlie and a rebuilt East German border watchtower. Nearby on Clayallee, Veryl Goodnight's 1998 sculpture The Day the Wall Came Down shows five wild horses leaping over real remains of the Wall, with a statue of General Friedrich Wilhelm von Steuben standing close by.
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