AlliiertenMuseum - Allied Museum
“How Enemies Became Friends”
Guided Tour for Groups
An introductory tour of the permanent exhibition
In the course of an hour you will gain an overview of our permanent collection and discover the most interesting exhibits from fifty years of Allied presence in Berlin.
The first part of the exhibition in the former American movie theater, the Outpost, is dedicated to the period between 1945 and 1950. Many documents, photos, and objects recount the turbulent history of the Allied victory over Nazi Germany up to the early period of the occupation of Berlin. The Cold War reached an initial highpoint in Germany with the Soviet blockade of Berlin and the Berlin Airlift by the Western powers in 1948/49. A visit to the British Hastings TG 503 airlift plane on the Museum grounds helps make the unique history of the Airlift more tangible.
Berlin was the front city of the Cold War. The second part of the permanent exhibition documents not just everyday life in the American, British, and French military communities up to 1994, but als
o the politically charged work of their intelligence services. The highlight of the tour is a visit to an American-British spy tunnel.
Language: deutsch, englisch, französisch
Maximum Participants: 25 Persons
Führungspreis: 35,00 Euro
Free of charge for school-groups
Booking information: Advance booking at the Museum office is required. You may reserve by phone: + 49 30 818199-90,
fax: + 49 30 81 81 99 91, or email: info@alliiertenmuseum.de.
Barrier-free tour for deaf people
Guided Tour for Groups
Anna-Kristina Mohos tells of airplanes, spies, and CARE packages when she conducts tours of the Allied Museum’s permanent exhibition in German sign language. Using selected objects, she recounts the checkered history of the Allied presence in Berlin from 1945 to 1994. A visit to the British Hastings TG 503 Airlift plane and an original spy tunnel bring to life the postwar period and the Cold War era in Berlin.
Following the tour, interested participants can watch a film portrait in sign language about a deaf eyewitness to the period in question. The contents in brief: Manfred Kranz grew up in Berlin with his sister Renate, and tells fascinating stories from his childhood in the postwar era. The audience learns about barter with American occupation soldiers, the hunt for “chocolate parachutes,” and the beginnings of a wonderful German-American pen friendship – always with an eye to the particular situation of deaf people.
Maximum Participants: 15 PersonsFührungspreis
free of charge
Booking information:
Advance booking at the Museum office is required. You may reserve by phone: + 49 30 818199-90 or email: info@alliiertenmuseum.de
Barrier-free Tour of the Permanent Exhibition for Blind and Partially Sighted People
Guided Tour for Groups
The Allied Museum invites blind and partially sighted people to participate in tours of the permanent exhibition. Under the heading “How Enemies Became Friends,” the tour addresses the political and military history of the postwar period as well as the everyday lives of Berliners.
Visitors may touch various objects – some of them from military installations, or donations from veterans and the Berlin population – during the tour, which will help to make contemporary history more vivid.
Language: deutsch, englisch
Maximum Participants: 6 Persons
Führungspreis
Die Führung ist kostenlos.
Booking information:
Advance booking at the Museum office by phone: + 49 30 818199-90, fax: + 49 30 81 81 99 91, or email: info@alliiertenmuseum.de.
Das amerikanische Kino „Outpost Theater“
Special Guided Tour
Das Anfang der 1950er Jahre von den Amerikanern gebaute Kino „Outpost Theater“ galt als eines der modernsten Lichtspielhäuser in Europa. In dem seit 1993 denkmalgeschützten Gebäude präsentiert das AlliiertenMuseum den ersten Teil seiner Dauerausstellung. Bei der Architekturführung wird das Gebäude von innen und außen besichtigt. Die Teilnehmer erhalten Einblick in die heute vergessene Geschichte der alliierten Lichtspieltheater in West-Berlin und lernen Orte kennen, die Museumsbesuchern sonst nicht zugänglich sind. Anhand von Plänen und historischen Fotos wird den Veränderungsprozessen nachgespürt, denen der Bau über die Jahre unterworfen war.
Language: deutsch, englisch, französisch
ArchitekturführungMaximum Participants: 25 Persons
Führungspreis: 35,00 Euro
Booking information: Alle Führungen sind mindestens zwei Wochen vorher im Museumsbüro unter + 49 30 818199-90 oder info@alliiertenmuseum.de anzumelden.
Interior Views of the Cold War
Special Guided Tour
Have you always wanted to look around a real Airlift plane, inspect the desks of military police from Checkpoint Charlie, or know what the dining car of a French military train looked like?
If so, this thematic tour offers a unique opportunity to see the large-scale objects on the grounds of the Allied Museum from the inside. The British Hastings TG 503 airlift plane, the dining car of the French military train, and the last guardhouse from Checkpoint Charlie tell a particularly vivid story about the insular situation of West-Berlin and the checkered history of the Allied presence in Berlin from 1945 to 1994.
Language: deutsch, englisch, französisch
A thematic tour of the Museum grounds and the large-scale objectsMaximum Participants: 25 Persons
Führungspreis: 35,00 Euro
Free of charge for school-groups
Booking information: Advance booking at the Museum office is required. You may reserve by phone: + 49 30 818199-90,
fax: + 49 30 81 81 99 91, or email: info@alliiertenmuseum.de.
