The Wende Museum of the Cold War Inc

The Wende Museum

The Wende is an art museum, cultural center, and archive that preserves history and brings it to life through exhibitions, scholarship, education, and community engagement. The Wende is an art museum, cultural center, and archive of the Cold War that explores social, political, and cultural change. The Wende reaches beyond the conventional walls of a museum in pursuit of international scholarship, artistic interpretation, community engagement, digital access, and experimental public programming. Wende is a German word meaning “turning point” that has come to describe the period around the fall of the Berlin Wall. Founded in 2002, the Wende holds an unparalleled collection of art and artifacts from the Cold War era, serving as a foundation for programs that illuminate the political and cultural changes of the past, offer opportunities to make sense of a changing present, and inspire participation in the personal and social changes that will shape the future.
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VISIT ON VIEW ON VIEW EXPLORE ONLINE Upcoming HungaryArtwork In this silkscreen print three adjoining portraits of the communist leader Vladimir Lenin wearing a workers cap are presented horizontally. Through the mechanical process of BenDay dots Tibor Zala depicts the same image of Lenin using different colors for each depiction in a style that departed from the dominant realism. Influenced by the pop art style of Andy Warhol and Roy Lichtenstein Zalas portrait is exemplary of the relative cultural permeability of the Iron Curtain. Stay Connected Open Friday Saturday and Sunday 10 a.

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