A Message from the Wende Museum’s Founder and Executive Director on the...
Dear Wende Community, As a museum that specializes in the history of the Cold War in Eastern Europe and the former USSR, I have often been asked “why does it matter?” After all, the Cold War is a...
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Opening This April at the Wende Museum
Culver City, CA (March 9, 2022) – Two new exhibitions and an installation opening at the Wende Museum in April explore the ways historical distance, contextual change, and artistic appropriation colors...
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Apollo 15 Commander Presents Culver City’s Wende Museum with Moon Rock
Culver City, CA (August 2, 2022) – On July 30, 1971, Apollo 15 Commander David R. Scott joined a very exclusive club: the list of people who have set foot on the moon. In an afternoon ceremony on the...
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Edward J. Robin, 80, L.A.-based fighter for Soviet Jewry, dies
By Justin Jampol Ed Robin, who fought tirelessly to free Jews from the former Soviet Union, died Oct. 8 in Los Angeles at the age of 80. Ed, born Dec. 20, 1941 in Charleston, South Carolina, moved to...
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The Wende Museum Presents (De)constructing Ideology: The Cultural Revolution...
Culver City, CA (November 3, 2022) – The Wende Museum presents the new exhibition (De)constructing Ideology: The Cultural Revolution and Beyond, open to the public from November 13, 2022 until March...
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“Flag For Our Times” Design Contest Winners
The Wende Museum is pleased to share the winning submissions in our artistic flag design competition, “Flag For Our Times”. We challenged entrants to create an original design for a flag with a message...
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The Wende Museum Presents For Ruth, The Sky in Los Angeles: Ruth...
Culver City, CA (November 10, 2022) – The Wende Museum presents For Ruth, The Sky in Los Angeles: Ruth Wolf-Rehfeldt and David Horvitz, open to the public from November 13, 2022 until March 12, 2023....
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The Wende Museum Presents David Bowie in the Soviet Union
Geoff MacCormack, David Bowie in the Trans-Siberia Express, 1973 Courtesy of Geoff MacCormack Culver City, CA (March 16, 2023) – The Wende Museum presents the new exhibition David Bowie in the Soviet...
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The Wende Museum Presents Vietnam in Transition, 1976–Present
Culver City, CA (March 30, 2023) – The Wende Museum is proud to present the contemporary art exhibition Vietnam in Transition, 1976–Present, which explores the multilayered intersections of art,...
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Topping Out Ceremony Marks Milestone for the Wende Museum’s Glorya Kaufman...
Culver City, CA., Aug. 8, 2023 – AUX Architecture, Shawmut Design and Construction, and The Wende Museum are thrilled to announce that the ceremonial topping out of the Glorya Kaufman Creative...
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The Wende Museum Presents Visions of Transcendence: Creating Space in East...
Gil Batle, Time Killer, 2016, carved ostrich egg shellCourtesy of the artist and Ricco/Maresca Gallery Culver City, CA (Nov. 9, 2023) – The Wende Museum, an institution dedicated to bringing Cold War...
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Press Alert: Pussy Riot’s Nadya Tolokonnikova to Present Pop-Up Exhibition...
What: FEAR NOT, a pop-up exhibition of new work by Pussy Riot’s Nadya Tolokonnikova Why: The death of imprisoned Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny When: Exhibition runs 10 a.m.—5 p.m. on...
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The Wende Museum Presents Undercurrents I: Stories, Symbols, and Sounds
Claus Weidensdorfer, Untitled, Jazz and Improvisation, 1986, lithograph, German Democratic RepublicCollection Wende Museum Culver City, CA (Apr. 25, 2024) – On Saturday, April 27, the Wende Museum...
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