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AlliiertenMuseum, Outpost Theater
© AlliiertenMuseum / Wolfgang Chodan
AlliiertenMuseum, Outpost Theater © AlliiertenMuseum / Wolfgang Chodan
AlliiertenMuseum, Tunnel
© AlliiertenMuseum / Wolfgang Chodan
AlliiertenMuseum, Tunnel © AlliiertenMuseum / Wolfgang Chodan
AlliiertenMuseum, Outpost Theater bei Tag
© AlliiertenMuseum / Wolfgang Chodan
AlliiertenMuseum, Outpost Theater bei Tag © AlliiertenMuseum / Wolfgang Chodan
AlliiertenMuseum, Außenansicht
© AlliiertenMuseum / Wolfgang Chodan
AlliiertenMuseum, Außenansicht © AlliiertenMuseum / Wolfgang Chodan
AlliiertenMuseum, Fassade des ersten Wachhäuschens vom Checkpoint Charlie
© AlliiertenMuseum / Wolfgang Chodan
AlliiertenMuseum, Fassade des ersten Wachhäuschens vom Checkpoint Charlie © AlliiertenMuseum / Wolfgang Chodan
Besucher in der Ausstellung
© AlliiertenMuseum / Wolfgang Chodan
Besucher in der Ausstellung © AlliiertenMuseum / Wolfgang Chodan
AlliiertenMuseum, Freigelände
© AlliiertenMuseum / Wolfgang Chodan
AlliiertenMuseum, Freigelände © AlliiertenMuseum / Wolfgang Chodan
AlliiertenMuseum, Letzte Kontrollbaracke vom Checkpoint Charlie
© AlliiertenMuseum / Wolfgang Chodan
AlliiertenMuseum, Letzte Kontrollbaracke vom Checkpoint Charlie © AlliiertenMuseum / Wolfgang Chodan
AlliiertenMuseum, Dauerausstellung im Outpost Theater
© AlliiertenMuseum / Wolfgang Chodan
AlliiertenMuseum, Dauerausstellung im Outpost Theater © AlliiertenMuseum / Wolfgang Chodan

The Allied Museum (AlliiertenMuseum) documents the political and military engagement of the Western powers in Berlin and Germany from 1945 until 1994. Focal points include the Berlin Airlift, the Cold War and everyday life in the American, British and French military communities.

The Allied Museum is located at an authentic historical site: its current exhibition halls were originally a cinema and a library for American troops. Behind the museum is what used to be the largest housing estate for American soldiers and their families in Berlin. And directly across from the museum was once the head office of the US military authorities and the Berlin Brigade.

The Outpost Theatre, which now has historical landmark status, houses the first part of the permanent exhibition examining the post-war era and the period of occupation. The central focus is the story of the pivotal Berlin Airlift, which took place in 1948/49. The second part of the permanent exhibition, as well as a number of current temporary exhibitions, can be found in the Nicholson Memorial Library. Among the museum's many highlights are the last remaining sentry box from Checkpoint Charlie, a “Hastings” British airlift plane and a Berlin spy tunnel.

Opening hours,

  • Monday closed
  • Tuesday-Sunday 10:00 - 18:00
  • 1. January closed
  • 24. December closed
  • 25. December closed
  • 26. December closed
  • 31. December closed

Location,

Clayallee 135, 14195 Berlin

Telephone,

+49 (30) 81 81 99-0

Fax,

+49 (30) 81 81 99-91

Website,

www.alliiertenmuseum.de

Email,

[javascript protected email address]

Prices,

Free entrance

Exhibitions

Dauerausstellung im AlliiertenMuseum: Care-Paket, Spionagetunnel, Fassade des Wachhäuschens vom Checkpoint Charlie
© AlliiertenMuseum / Chodan
Dauerausstellung im AlliiertenMuseum: Care-Paket, Spionagetunnel, Fassade des Wachhäuschens vom Checkpoint Charlie © AlliiertenMuseum / Chodan

How enemies became friends

Open air exhibition "Blockaded Winners – Divided Berlin. 75 Years Airlift", 29.6.23–12.5.24
© Museum Berlin-Karlshorst, Foto: Harry Schnitger

Blockaded Victors – Divided Berlin. 75 Years Airlift

Open-Air-Exhibition at Tempelhof Airport

Copyright: Park Jongwoo

Special exhibition: DMZ - The Last Border of the Cold War

Photo exhibition from 28 July 2023

Events

Allied Museum

Ode to My Father (orig. 국제시장 Gukje Sijang)

Film program AlliiertenMuseum & Bali Kino: A look at Korea

Film

Allied Museum

A Taxi Driver (orig. 택시운전사 Taxi Unjeonsa)

Film program AlliiertenMuseum & Bali Kino: A look at Korea

Film

Allied Museum

Crossing (orig. 크로싱 Keurosing)

Film program AlliiertenMuseum & Bali Kino: A look at Korea

Film

AlliiertenMuseum, Outpost Theater
© AlliiertenMuseum / Wolfgang Chodan
AlliiertenMuseum, Outpost Theater © AlliiertenMuseum / Wolfgang Chodan

Allied Museum

Of chocolate planes and spies followed by an Easter surprise

Open Easter family tour

Guided Tour

AlliiertenMuseum, Outpost Theater
© AlliiertenMuseum / Wolfgang Chodan
AlliiertenMuseum, Outpost Theater © AlliiertenMuseum / Wolfgang Chodan

Allied Museum

Green Allied Museum

Nature in the Cold War

Guided Tour

Gewagte Herleitung zu möglichem Atomkrieg mit alliierten Flugzeugen in einer Berliner Zeitung.
© AlliiertenMuseum Berlin / Berliner Illustrierte Zeitung

Flughafen Tempelhof, Ehrenhof

New Cold War? What does 1948/49 have to do with the present (or not)?

Program accompanying the exhibition "Blocked Victors - Divided Berlin. 75 Years of the Airlift"

Lecture, talk

Copyright: Berliner Illustrirte Zeitung

Allied Museum

New Cold War?

What does 1948/49 have to do with the present (or not)?

Lecture, talk

AlliiertenMuseum, Outpost Theater
© AlliiertenMuseum / Wolfgang Chodan
AlliiertenMuseum, Outpost Theater © AlliiertenMuseum / Wolfgang Chodan

Allied Museum

Guided tour of the large objects on the open-air site

The history of the Cold War based on five objects

Guided Tour

Dauerausstellung im AlliiertenMuseum: Care-Paket, Spionagetunnel, Fassade des Wachhäuschens vom Checkpoint Charlie
© AlliiertenMuseum / Chodan
Dauerausstellung im AlliiertenMuseum: Care-Paket, Spionagetunnel, Fassade des Wachhäuschens vom Checkpoint Charlie © AlliiertenMuseum / Chodan

Allied Museum

How enemies became friends

Open overview tour of the permanent exhibition on Museum Sunday

Guided Tour

Digital

Tickets

Free entrance

Booking Telephone

+49 (30) 81 81 99-0

Services

  • Museum Shop
  • Cafe

Accessibility

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Audioguides

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Foto: K. Wendlandt
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© Kunsthaus Dahlem, Photographer: Gunter Lepkowski
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