Alliierten Museum
Allied Museum
Clayallee 135 – Outpost
14195 Berlin-Zehlendorf
+49 30 81 81 99 -0
Fax: +49 30 81 81 99 -91
Tuesday – Sunday 10:00 – 18:00
Closed Monday
Free admission
Gift shop
S-Bahn
- S 1 to “Zehlendorf,” then take Bus No. 115 (direction U-Guntzelstr.) or No. 183 to “AlliiertenMuseum”
U-Bahn
- U 3 to “Oskar-Helene-Heim”
Bus
- No. 115 or No. 183 to “AlliiertenMuseum”
Aircraft collection
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TG503 DF+240 |
Fouga CM170R Magister
Handley Page Hastings T.5 Republic F-84F Thunderstreak |
The first part of the permanent exhibition is located in the former US soldiers’ cinema. It focuses on the period from the end of the Second World War until the 1948/1949 Airlift and includes maps of Berlin with the planned division into sectors, pictures of the invasion of Berlin, uniforms, historical signs, the first Berlin daily newspapers, documents on denazification and CARE packages. A large part of the exhibition is devoted to the Airlift, which the Allies used to supply the population with food, medicine and fuel during the blockade of West Berlin in 1948/1949. The former soldiers’ cinema also regularly hosts lectures, readings and film screenings.
The Nicholson Memorial Library building houses the second part of the permanent exhibition. Here, everyday life in the American, British and French garrisons and the situation during the Cold War are the main focus. One of the impressive exhibits is the restored segment of the famous spy tunnel built in the early 1950s by the American and British intelligence services between West and East Berlin in order to tap the Soviet communication lines.
In the open-air exhibition area, the larger objects, such as a British transport aircraft of the Handley Page Hastings T.Mk.5 type, the railway carriage of a French military train, the last guard house from Checkpoint Charlie and a GDR border control tower are on display.
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