List of Berlin Wall segments
Many segments of the Berlin Wall have been given to various institutions since its fall on November 9, 1989. Segments are occasionally moved, so locations shown may not be current in all cases.
Africa
South Africa
- Cape Town, South Africa
A piece of the Berlin Wall is displayed in St George's Mall (Cape Town). The piece of the wall was given to Nelson Mandela after a state visit to Berlin.[1][2][3]
Asia
Bangladesh
- Dhanmondi, Dhaka, Bangladesh
A segment of the wall was put on display 23 May 2010 in the Bengal Gallery of Fine Arts,[4] Dhanmondi, Dhaka
Indonesia
- Jakarta, Indonesia
Four sections of the wall was inaugurated on 3 October 2017 in the Kalijodo Park, Jakarta during a commemoration of German Unity Day.[5]
Japan
- Yokohama, Kanagawa
A piece of the Berlin Wall is displayed at German School of Tokyo Yokohama. Previously owned by Japanese clothing retail group Aoki Holdings and donated for school on May 18, 2016.[7]
Philippines
- Manila, Philippines
The fragment sent to the Philippines, called "Mauerteil," is the 22nd of the wall's 40 sections given on October 8, 2015, in Manila. It is currently housed at the Museum of the Filipino People building at the National Museum of the Philippines compound. It was given by the German state commemorating the 25th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall and the Philippines' influence to Germany during the People Power Revolution in 1986.[8]
Singapore
- NUS University Town, Singapore
A segment of the Berlin Wall was on display at the Bedok Reservoir Park, but has been removed and replaced by new artwork. The art on the Berlin Wall segment was not graffiti but the work of an artist depicting two different types of rulers.[9]
Then in October 2016, two panels of the Berlin Wall were unveiled at National University of Singapore (NUS). The panels are a gift to Singapore's Ministry of Foreign Affairs to mark 50 years of diplomatic relations between Germany and Singapore. They are on loan to NUS through the Foreign Ministry for at least five years and are on display at a garden behind the Tembusu College at NUS University Town.[10]
South Korea
- Seoul, South Korea
Three sections of the wall are displayed along the recently restored Cheonggyecheon (청계천) stream in central Seoul and were presented in conjunction with the restoration project. The sections are adjacent to the Samilgyo (삼일교) bridge across the stream.
Taiwan
- Taipei, Taiwan
A segment of the Berlin Wall was unveiled in the garden of the Taiwan Foundation for Democracy in Taipei, Da'an District (大安區) during a special ceremony to mark the 20th anniversary of the Fall of the Berlin Wall in 2009. The segment was donated to Taiwan the Taiwan Foundation for Democracy by the German Oberhavel district.[11]
Australia
- Canberra, Australia
A section of the Berlin Wall has been placed in front of the clubhouse of the Harmonie German Club in the suburb of Narrabundah in the Australian capital, Canberra.[12]
- Sydney, Australia
A section of the Berlin Wall was placed on display outside the Goethe Institute in the Sydney suburb of Woollahra in 2019. It had been imported to Australia in the early 1990s, but held in shortage in a warehouse.[13]
Europe
Albania
- Tirana, Albania
Unveiled in 2013 in the Blloku district, as part of a memorial to victims of Albania's Communist Regime.[14]
Belgium
- EU Parliament, Brussels, Belgium
Two segments of the wall are on display outside the EU Parliament in Brussels, Belgium.
- NATO Headquarters, Brussels, Belgium
Two segments of the wall are on display in front of the NATO Headquarters building inaugurated in 2017 in Brussels, Belgium.
- Ghent, Belgium
A segment of the wall is on display outside the building. It originally stood on Potsdamer Platz. [15]
Bulgaria
- Sofia, Bulgaria
One section is part of a memorial in the park in front of the National Palace of Culture in the center of Sofia.
Croatia
- Zagreb, Croatia
Unveiled in 2009, one segment of the wall is on display in front of the German embassy in Zagreb. [16]
Denmark
- Cold War Museum Langelandsfort, Denmark
Since 2011 a section of the wall has been on display in the Cold War Museum Langelandsfort on the island of Langeland (Great Belt). The segment was a gift from the City of Berlin and was originally located at the Potsdamer Platz (Berlin Mitte).
Estonia
- Tallinn, Estonia
A segment of the wall was installed outside the Museum of Occupations in November 2014. The segment was a gift to Estonia from the Senate of Berlin, and originally formed part of the wall along Potsdamer Platz.[17]
France
- Angers, France
A segment of the wall is on display inside Le Quai contemporary theatre in Angers, France. It will take a central part in the 2011 edition of "Les Accroche-coeurs" festival.[18]
- Caen, France
A segment of the wall is on display inside the Mémorial pour la Paix in Caen, France.
- La Défense, Paris, France
A segment of the wall can be found next to one of the office buildings.
- Miramas, France
A segment of the wall is on a sculpture, in front of the Lycée Jean Cocteau of Miramas
- Porte de Versailles, Paris, France
A segment of the wall was installed for the 20th Anniversary Celebrations in the plaza of the Porte de Versailles metro station. Esplanade of the 9th of November 1989.
- Strasbourg, France
A segment of the wall is on display outside the European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg, France.
- Verdun, France
A segment of the wall is at the Centre mondial de la paix of Verdun
Germany
- Allied Museum, Berlin, Germany
A section of four slabs is on display with the external exhibits of the Allied Museum along with a border guard tower and the Checkpoint Charlie guard house.
- American Embassy, Berlin, Germany
A segment of the Berlin Wall was installed in the courtyard of the U.S. Embassy Berlin on 13 February 2008, "to serve as a reminder of the past and a symbol of hope for the future".[19]
- Freedom Park, Berlin, Germany
A growing collection of painted sections of the wall are on permanent display in Stralauer Allee 3 in Berlin.
- Friedrichstrasse, Berlin, Germany
A segment of the wall can be seen next to the Mauermuseum, 40m south of Checkpoint Charlie on the eastern side of Friedrichstrasse
- John F. Kennedy School, Berlin, Germany
On the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Wall in November 2009, two wall segments were set up in front the John F. Kennedy high school building. The two segments were cemented back-to-back, whereby the respective short foot extensions of the bases were cut off. The "West" side is painted with colorful graffiti whereas the "East" side is colored historical plain white.[20]
- Bremen, Germany
A segment of the wall is situated near the Übersee Museum Bremen, in front of the Bremen Hauptbahnhof
- Diedorf, Germany
Seven segments of the wall displayed near Schmutterhalle. The segments are owned by Mathias Maresch who bought them for DM 2000,- after the fall of the Berlin Wall.
- Frankfurt, Germany
A segment of the wall is on display, possibly temporarily (as of August 2019), near the Goethe House. It is outside of the Leica store at the intersection of Am Salzhaus and Großer Hirschgraben.
- Platz der Deutschen Einheit, Hamburg, Germany
A segment of the wall in Front of the Elbphilharmonie
- Hamm, Germany
A segment of the wall can be found at Harringholzstr. 37, Hamm. Private.
- Hanover, Germany
A segment of the wall is located at Weißekreuzplatz, Hanover.
- Kiel, Germany
A segment of the wall is placed in front of the Landeshaus, the seat of the Landtag of Schleswig-Holstein.
- Koblenz, Germany
Three segments of the Berlin Wall are on permanent display on the Deutsches Eck area as a memorial for the division of Germany.
- Lübeck, Germany
A segment of the wall is in the garden of the Willy Brandt House in Lübeck
- Ramstein Air Base, Ramstein-Miesenbach, Germany
A segment of the wall is in front of the Passenger Terminal on base. Non-military personnel need a sponsor to gain access to the base.
- Joint Headquarters, Rheindahlen, Germany
A segment of the wall is in the Joint Headquarters (JHQ) compound just inside the front gate but is obscured by a guard hut from the road.
- Rust, Germany
Two segments of the wall stand near the entrance of the amusement park Europa-Park in theme area Germany.
- Speyer, Germany
There are two Berlin Wall segments on display at the Technik Museum Speyer. One is in the second building and one is outside of the first building.
- Kelley Barracks, Stuttgart (Mohringen), Germany
A segment of the wall is on Kelley Barracks just past the old entrance in front of the Kelley club.
- Patch Barracks, Stuttgart (Vaihingen), Germany
A segment of the wall is on Patch Barracks in front of European Command Headquarters.
- Weimar, Germany
A section of two slabs is placed next to the Weimar Atrium shopping Center.
Greece
- Thessaloniki, Greece
The piece of Berlin wall, which is inside the garden of Goethe Institut in Thessaloniki today, was formerly located in a square of the citadel of Lagadas, given as a gift by city of Steglitz-Zehlendorf (the sixth borough of Berlin), within the framework of becoming twin cities in 2012.
Hungary
- Budapest, Hungary
Two sections of the Berlin Wall were originally placed on Krisztina Blvd, in the Tabán district of Budapest, Hungary. These were later moved, after someone painted them completely red, to the garden of the Maltese Charity Service in Budapest, where they still stand.[21]
An original section of the Berlin Wall was erected in front of Budapest's House of Terror Museum on Thursday, November 11, 2010, in the presence of Hungarian and German politicians. The ceremony marked the 21st anniversary of the fall of the wall.[22]
Iceland
- Reykjavik, Iceland
Reykjavík a small part of the wall was gifted to the City of Reykjavík from Neu West Berlin Art Gallery in Berlin on October 3, 2015, the Day of German Unity, is the national day of Germany, which this year marked the 25th anniversary of German unification in 1990.
Ireland
- Lismore, Ireland
Two sections are installed in the public gardens of Lismore castle in County Waterford. Both sections were added in 2015.
Italy
- Spilamberto, Modena, Italy
On Valentine's Day 2008, ten segments of the Berlin Wall were delivered to the town of Spilamberto. The fragments were sent by one of the town's citizens working abroad. 3 segments are in public display in the garden of the Rocca Rangoni. Each segment is 3.6 meters high, 1.2 meters wide and weighs about 3 tons. By displaying the pieces the town of Spilamberto hopes to affirm its self-proclaimed identity as a town of diversity. Accorsi Family.
Latvia
- Riga, Latvia
A segment of the Berlin Wall has been placed in Kronvalds park in Riga, Latvia; in front of the former Communist Party Central Committee building.
Luxembourg
- Schengen, Luxembourg
A fragment stands at Schengen, Luxembourg, some 100 m from the place where the Schengen Agreement was signed in 1985.
Norway
- Trondheim, Norway
Displayed with the word 'SALE' on four pieces, it is located beside Solsiden Mall and Portalen in Trondheim.
Poland
- Gdańsk, Poland
A complete section is displayed at the entrance to Roads to Freedom exhibition at the Solidarity Museum, adjacent to a section of the wall Lech Walesa climbed to lead the shipyard workers campaign.[23]
Portugal
.jpg)
- Cova da Iria, Portugal
At the entrance of the Sanctuary of Our Lady of Fátima, in Cova da Iria, on the south side of the Rectory, one may visit a monument of the Berlin Wall, consisting of a concrete segment that was part of it. This segment was offered by means of Virgilio Casimiro Ferreira, a Portuguese immigrant to Germany and is here placed as a grateful memorial of God's intervention for the fall of Communism as promised at Fátima. The segment weighs 2,600 kilos (5,732 lbs.) and measures 3.60 meters (11 ft. 9 in.) high by 1.20 meters (3 ft. in.) wide. The present monument was designed by the architect J. Carlos Loureiro and was inaugurated on the 13th August 1994.[24]
Romania
There is a segment of the Berlin Wall outside of the Revolution Memorial in Timișoara, the legendary city where the Romanian Revolution against the communist dictator Nicolae Ceaușescu began in 1989.
Spain
- Parque de Berlín, Madrid, Spain
Three sections of the Berlin Wall are placed within the "Parque de Berlín" (Berlin Park), in the district of Chamartín in Madrid, Spain; they are located in the center of a fountain/pond, in the north-eastern corner of the park. As stated in an accompanying plaque they are a present from the City of Berlin to the City of Madrid and were inaugurated on November 9, 1990 (first anniversary of the fall).[25]
Galicia, Redondela Spain
Paseo de A Xunqueira, ante el Multiusos. After a restoration process, the municipal government of Redondela decided to place this part of the Berlin wall in front of the Multiusos da Xunqueira, where it has been an attraction for many passionate of universal history for eight years.
- Torrejón de Ardoz, Madrid, Spain
In the "Parque Europa" (Europe's Park) where several European monuments are replicated, there is a true section of the Berlin Wall.[26]
- Sevilla, Spain
In theme park Isla Mágica just outside the city center stands a section of the Wall.
Ukraine
- Kiev, Ukraine
A segment of the wall is on display outside the German embassy building in Kiev, Ukraine
United Kingdom
- Berwick-upon-tweed, United Kingdom
A small piece is located in the barracks.
- Bodmin, Cornwall, United Kingdom
A large piece of the Berlin wall (believed to be one of the largest in the UK after the Imperial war museum London) is on display at the Cornwall Regimental Museum in Bodmin.
- Cosford, United Kingdom
A segment of the Berlin Wall stands in the Checkpoint Charlie exhibit at the Royal Air Force museum in Cosford, Shropshire.
- Duxford, United Kingdom
A segment of the Berlin Wall stands in the American Air Museum Hangar at the Imperial War Museum in Duxford, Cambridgeshire.
- Kent, United Kingdom
Three sections were displayed outside of the Royal Engineers Museum, in 2011 the sections were moved inside and now take centre stage in the BAOR section.
.JPG)
- Mayfair, London, United Kingdom
A segment of the Berlin Wall forms part of a large monumental plaque, next to the memorial to Ronald Reagan in Grosvenor Square in Mayfair, London.[27]
- The German School, London, United Kingdom
A section stands near the sports hall.
- Imperial War Museum, London, United Kingdom
A segment of the wall stands in the Geraldine Mary Harmsworth Park in the London borough of Southwark, just outside the main entrance of the Imperial War Museum.[28] Another segment is on display inside the museum.[29]
- National Army Museum, London, United Kingdom
Three sections are on display to the side of the museum behind the front railings with an additional, smaller piece inside the museum.
- Manchester, United Kingdom
A small part of one of the wall's slabs is on display at Imperial War Museum North.[30]
- Shropshire, United Kingdom
A major display, dealing with the British role in the Four Power control of Berlin, is centred upon a dramatised section of the wall in the Cold War Museum.
Vatican City
The piece of Berlin wall, which is inside the Vatican Gardens today, is a gift from the Italian Marco Piccininni to the Vatican in 1994. Mr. Piccininni acquired this piece of wall in an auction of wall segments in Monte Carlo 1990.[31] The wall segments show those part of Sanct-Michaels-church from Berlin as a painting, which were hidden through the wall. The segments were originally part of the wall at Waldemarstreet, located on Waldemarbridge. The illusionary painting ("Mauerdurchblick") on the segments was made 1986 by Yadegar Asisi,[32] initiated by the architect Bernhard Strecker.[33][34][35] Hints on these wall segments in Vatican Gardens were also given by Paul Hofmann in 1997.[36]
North America
Canada
- Steinbach, Manitoba, Canada
A section of the Berlin Wall is on permanent display on the grounds of the Mennonite Heritage Village in Steinbach, Manitoba.
- Dartmouth, Nova Scotia
A piece of the Berlin Wall is on display at the World Peace Pavilion in the Halifax Regional Municipality on the Dartmouth waterfront. It is encased in a display case, along with other items of importance from around the world.[37]
- Lunenburg, Nova Scotia
There is a large piece situated on Falkland Street across from the Old Lunenburg Foundry.
- Truro, Nova Scotia
Six large pieces[38] of the Berlin Wall are in the possession of the Town of Truro, currently on display at Dalhousie's Agricultural Campus in Bible Hill. There are plans to move them to the nearby Diefenbunker museum in Debert in the near future.
- Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
A section of the Berlin Wall is on permanent display in the Canadian War Museum.
- Montréal, Québec, Canada
.jpg)
A segment of the Berlin Wall has been given by the city of Berlin to the city of Montréal in 1992 for its 350th birthday. The segment comes from a location near Brandenburg Gate and is now displayed in the Centre de Commerce Mondial.
Guatemala
- Guatemala city, Guatemala
Three fragments of the Berlin Wall are displayed at the Berlin square, at the end of Las Américas avenue.[39]
Costa Rica
- San José, Costa Rica
A fragment of the Berlin Wall is on display at the northeast side of the Costa Rica Ministry of External Relations.[40]
Mexico
- Xochimilco, Mexico
A large segment of the Berlin Wall is located in the Colegio Alemán Alexander von Humboldt in Xochimilco, Mexico City.
United States of America
- Flagstaff, Arizona
A chunk of wall with the rebars still in it is in the Student's Union with a new exhibit around it telling the history of the Berlin Wall at Northern Arizona University.
- Fort Huachuca, Arizona
A section of the wall is displayed in the Military Intelligence Heritage Museum at Fort Huachuca highlighting the role of Military Intelligence in the cold war.
- Eureka Springs, Arkansas
An original ten-foot by ten-foot section of the Berlin Wall was erected next to the Church in the Grove. An East Berliner painted these words from the 23rd Psalm in German on the wall, "Though I walk through the dark valley, I will not fear." When the wall came down, The Great Passion Play acquired this piece as a tribute to the spirit of all people who risk their lives to believe and practice their Christian faith.[41]
- Culver City, California
The Wende Museum and Archive of the Cold War features a wall segment that stands at the Museum's entrance, which was painted by the French-born, Berlin-based artist Thierry Noir. The exhibition Facing the Wall: Living with the Berlin Wall, currently on display at the Wende Museum explores how the Wall became part of the urban fabric of Berlin, and the place where the realities of political ideology and personal experience came face to face.[42]
The museum's Berlin Wall segment was recently augmented by 10 additional sections, which constitute the longest stretch outside of Berlin. They are currently on display in front of the 5900 Wilshire Boulevard building, painted and installed as part of the Wende's project organized to commemorate the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall.[43]
- Loyola Marymount University, Los Angeles, California
A segment of the Berlin Wall is kept on the main campus of Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles, California.
- The Variety Building, Los Angeles, California
Ten segments of the Berlin Wall are located at the Variety Building on 5900 Wilshire, in Los Angeles, California.
- Monterey, California
U.S. Army Defense Language Institute-Foreign Language Center. Three segments of the wall are displayed behind the Middle Eastern language building on W Rifle Range Road.
- Mountain View, California
Two segments of the wall are displayed outside of the Mountain View Public Library. A plaque memorializes the fall of the wall as "a tribute to American resolve." The piece on the right has a cartoon Elvis painted on it and the one on the left says "Wir lieben Dich" (We love you).
The segments and plaque were relocated to this location after they were donated to the city by the descendants of a German-born American business man, Frank Golzen, who originally displayed them at an office park he owned on Marine Way in Mountain View.[44]
- Orange, California
Chapman University's main campus displays the second largest piece of the Berlin Wall owned by an American university.[45]
- Ronald Reagan Park, San Bernardino, California
A single 6000 pound, 11 foot segment of the Berlin Wall was dedicated as part of a celebration on what would have been Ronald Reagan's 100th birthday. The wall segment has been repainted with a black and white image of President Reagan along with his quote "Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall! 6/12/1987 adorning one side. Ronald Reagan Park at 3350 W Irvington Ave, in San Bernardino, California.
- Santa Barbara, California
A section of the Berlin Wall greets visitors as they arrive at the Reagan Ranch Center, reminding of Ronald Reagan's role in calling for the Wall to be torn down.
- Simi Valley, California
A segment of the Berlin Wall is on display in Ronald Reagan Presidential Library located in Simi Valley, California.
- Yorba Linda, California
A segment of the Berlin Wall is located inside the museum area of the Richard Nixon Library & Birthplace in Yorba Linda, California just outside Los Angeles. The Nixon Library's segment of the wall is similar in size to the segment of the wall displayed at the Reagan Library.
- Denver, Colorado
Captain Herbert Light brought a piece of the Berlin Wall to Colorado, where it is paired with a sculpture by Veryl Goodnight called "The Day the Wall Came Down at the Mizel Museum."[46]
- Miami, Florida
Ironside Four segments of the wall are now in the public art collection of Ironside in Miami, FL. They were temporarily displayed in South Beach during Art Basel 2013 fair before becoming the symbol of the district.
- Orlando, Florida
A segment of the wall stands outside of the Hard Rock Cafe located at Universal CityWalk.
- Atlanta, Georgia
A segment of the wall stands on the campus of the Atlanta International School in Atlanta, Georgia.
- Fort Benning, Georgia
Three sections of the Wall are part of the U.S. Army's collection on display at the National Infantry Museum in the "Cold War" gallery.
- Fort Gordon, Georgia
Two sections of the Berlin Wall are incorporated in a display that includes a plaque inscribed to "recognize the sacrifices that the United States military made in guaranteeing a free, stable and democratic Europe" in Freedom Park on this US Army installation near Augusta, GA.[47] There is also a segment of the wall at the Signal Corps Museum located within Fort Gordon.
- Kennesaw, Georgia
A piece of the Berlin Wall was given to Kennesaw State University in Kennesaw, Georgia on loan, which is being displayed outside of the Social Science building.
- Honolulu, Hawaii
A slab of the wall rests secretly behind the University of Hawaii Honolulu Community College book store on campus.
- Sandpoint, Idaho
A segment of the Berlin Wall, protected by plexiglass, is located on the Hope Peninsula east of Sandpoint.[48]
- Chicago, Illinois
A segment of the wall is inside the Western Ave. CTA Station in Chicago. The Lincoln Square Neighborhood has been historically German.
- Eureka, Illinois
A segment of the Berlin Wall is on display in the Ronald Reagan Peace Garden at Eureka College located in Eureka, Illinois. In a May 9, 1982 speech at Eureka College, President Reagan challenged the Soviet Union to a new era of negotiations to reduce nuclear arms—called START.
- Hutchinson, Kansas
A section of the wall is in the Cosmosphere's Hall of Space exhibit at the Kansas Cosmosphere and Space Center.
- Fort Leavenworth, Leavenworth, Kansas
Three sections were donated to Fort Leavenworth and are displayed in a "falling position" just east of the fort's lake near the Buffalo Soldiers Monument.
- Wichita, Kansas
A section of the wall is on loan to the Museum of World Treasures[49] from the American Overseas Schools Historical Society.[50] The section was originally purchased by the Berlin Brats Alumni Association.[51]
- Fort Knox, Kentucky
A section of the Berlin Wall containing graffiti with the words "democracy," "freedom," and the phrase "Tear the wall down" written on it can be found at the Patton Museum of Cavalry and Armor in Fort Knox, Kentucky as a permanent exhibit.
- Portland, Maine
A segment of the Berlin Wall is located in the Old Port, Portland, Maine close to N 43° 39.329 W 070° 15.123 on Long Wharf near DiMillo's Floating Restaurant.
- Boston, Massachusetts
A section of the Wall was donated in 1989 by the German government and brought to the John F. Kennedy Library located in Boston, Massachusetts with the help of Jean Kennedy Smith, the President's sister.
- Cambridge, Massachusetts
A segment of the wall is located outside the main entrance to Hult International Business School, which is located at One Education Street.
- Gerald R. Ford Presidential Museum, Grand Rapids, Michigan
A section of the Wall stands in the Meijer Lobby of the Gerald R. Ford Museum, donated by Frederik Meijer on its 10th anniversary and dedicated by President Ford on September 6, 1991.[52][53]
- Grand Rapids Public Museum, Grand Rapids, Michigan
A section of the Wall stands in the lobby of the Grand Rapids Public Museum, between the museum entrance and the gift shop. While there is no question of the authenticity of the wall segment, the graffiti on it seems to differ slightly from that seen in a photograph of the segment in situ, indicating that the graffiti may have been reproduced.[54]
- Grand Valley State University, Grand Rapids, Michigan
A fragment of the Wall sits on campus at Grand Valley State University, donated by Frederik Meijer at the time as the other pieces.
- Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri
A segment of the Berlin Wall is located on the US Army Engineer Museum at Fort Leonard Wood.
- Fulton, Missouri
A small segment of the Wall can be seen at Westminster College in Fulton, Missouri. Westminster College is known for drawing important world leaders, from Winston Churchill (he gave his famous Iron Curtain speech at Westminster College), to Ronald Reagan, George H. W. Bush, and Margaret Thatcher, among others. The piece of the Wall became part of the Winston Churchill Memorial Library.[55]
One year after the fall of the Berlin Wall, artist Edwina Sandys, granddaughter of Winston Churchill, proposed the idea of placing a piece of the Wall at the Westminster College campus. With the support of Westminster College, Sandys and her husband, Richard Kaplan, met with officials in East Berlin in February 1990. Upon arrival in Berlin, the couple realized their plans to secure large sections of the wall would be costly, as 4-foot (1.2 m)-wide sections were selling at a cost of $60,000 to $200,000. This obstacle, however, was solved when officials, impressed by the idea of a Berlin Wall monument being erected near the site of Churchill's 1946 "Iron Curtain" speech, allowed Sandys to choose eight sections as a gift to the college. Sandys chose her sections from an area near the Brandenburg Gate, frequented by artists, because of the dramatic color of the graffiti. The repeated use of the word "unwahr," within the sections, which in German means "untrue", also appealed to her.
On November 9, 1990, after a nine-month effort, the Breakthrough sculpture stood appropriately in the foreground of the college's Winston Churchill Memorial and Library. Joined by former President Ronald Reagan, then Governor John Ashcroft and German Minister Plenipotentiary Fritjof von Nordenskjöld, Sandys introduced her sculpture to the assembled crowd. Forty-four years after her grandfather warned of an "iron curtain," the wide open doors of "Breakthrough" provided a concrete image of the newly realized freedom in Eastern Europe.
- Main Street Station Casino, Las Vegas, Nevada
A section of the Berlin Wall is located in the Main Street Station Hotel and Casino and Brewery men's bathroom in downtown Las Vegas, Nevada.
- National Atomic Testing Museum, Las Vegas, Nevada
A fragment of the wall is located in the permanent exhibition of the National Atomic Testing Museum in Las Vegas, Nevada.[56]
- Hyde Park, New York
Two wall sections were used for the "BreakFree" sculpture by Edwina Sandys at "Freedom Court" outside the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum in Hyde Park, New York. It stands on a base inscribed with Franklin D. Roosevelt's Four Freedoms (freedom of speech, freedom of worship, freedom from want, freedom from fear), and is flanked by busts of FDR and Winston Churchill.
- New York City, New York
At least four segments of the wall are located in New York City. One can be found between Gateway Plaza and the North Cove marina in the World Financial Center near the World Trade Center site. A second segment can be found in the gardens at the United Nations headquarters,[57] among the sculptures. A third segment exists on 53rd Street between Fifth and Madison Avenues. A fourth segment can be found at the Ripley's Believe It or Not! Museum in Times Square. Thierry Noir and Kiddy Citny are the two painters of those five pieces of the Berlin Wall, painted in September 1985 along the Waldemarstrasse in Berlin Kreuzberg.[58] The segment of the Berlin Wall shown at the right was originally located at Waldemarstrasse in Berlin. This graffiti among others along Waldemarstreet were well documented in 1985 through ten poster photos made by photographers Liselotte and Armin Orgel-Köhne.[59]
- Rochester, New York
Every Wall Falls Eventually is the name of a piece of the Berlin Wall on display in the food court area of the Bausch and Lomb Headquarters. It was installed there in 1995. This no longer resides in Rochester, NY because in 2013 Bausch and Lomb was purchased by Valeant Pharmaceuticals. The wall was given to a CEO in Switzerland as part of the business deal in August 2014.
- Stony Point, New York
A section of the wall is located outside of the Stony Point Justice Court.
- Syracuse, New York
A section of the wall stands behind the Milton J. Rubenstein Museum of Science and Technology in Armory Square.
- Raleigh, North Carolina
The segment of Berlin wall from Waldemarstrasse found at Marbles Kids Museum today, was made by Kiddy Citny in 1985, and is one of the two famous graffiti "hearts" made by this artist.
- Bexley, Ohio
Capital University's Blackmore Library once housed the largest section of the Berlin Wall in the United States. When Blackmore Library was renovated, this section was moved outside and sprayed with a protective layer to preserve the concrete and keep it from eroding. It currently sits behind Huber-Spielman Hall.
- Cincinnati, Ohio
A section of the Berlin Wall is on display outside of the National Underground Railroad Freedom Center in downtown Cincinnati, Ohio. This section is said to be a gift from the city of Berlin, Germany and depicts in red paint what appears to be half of a woman's face.
- Chalk Hill, Pennsylvania
Two segments of the wall are on the property of the Frank Lloyd Wright designed I.N. Hagan house. Lord Peter Palumbo, after purchasing the house in 1986, put one section of the wall in the sculpture meadow, and the other along the drive leading up to the house.
- Seven Springs, Pennsylvania
One section is at Seven Springs Resort in Pennsylvania.
- Vereinigung Erzgebirge, Warminster, Pennsylvania
A section of the wall was installed by Warminster's local German-American club in 1991. It is the first segment that was sent to America after the fall of the wall and was presented in the 1990 Steuben parade in Philadelphia.[60]
- Spartanburg, South Carolina
Two segments of the Berlin Wall are located on the front lawn of a German business, Menzel Inc. They are easily seen from Interstate 85 Business, the freeway passing directly in front of the German-owned business.[61]
- Mount Rushmore, South Dakota
A small section of the wall is contained in the "Honoring Native American Veterans" exhibit in one of Mount Rushmore's visitor centers.
- Rapid City, South Dakota
A section of the Berlin Wall is located near the downtown area of Rapid City, South Dakota.
- College Station, Texas
A section of the Wall is on display inside the George Bush Presidential Library located in College Station, Texas, as well as outside the museum as part of a 1997 sculpture entitled The Day the Wall Came Down, by Veryl Goodnight, which depicts five horses running through rubble of the wall.
A similar 1998 sculpture, also containing pieces of the Berlin Wall, is located at the Allied Museum in Berlin.[62] This was given as a gift from the United States to Germany.
- Dallas, Texas
Two segments of the wall are on display in the sculpture garden of the Hilton Anatole hotel in Dallas, Texas. The two sections are each 12 feet (3.7 m) tall.
- Houston, Texas
A segment of the wall is on display outside the James Baker Institute for Public Policy at Rice University in Houston, Texas. Baker was U.S. Secretary of State during the reunification of Germany.
- San Antonio, Texas
Ripley's Believe It Or Not
- Charlottesville, Virginia
A segment of the wall is on display outside of Alderman Library at the University of Virginia in Charlottesville, Virginia. The University of Virginia is a UNESCO World Heritage Site and was founded by Thomas Jefferson.
- Newport News, Virginia
A 10' x 10' section of the Wall is on display at the Virginia War Museum in Newport News, Virginia.
- Redmond, Washington
The Microsoft Art Collection in Redmond, Washington contains a section of the wall donated by Daimler-Benz AG.[63]
- Seattle, Washington
A piece of the wall rests in the Center House at Seattle Center. A section of the wall is also on display in the Sculpture Garden at History House of Greater Seattle, a museum located in the Fremont neighborhood.
- Johns Hopkins University, Washington D.C.
A segment of the wall was given to the university from the Senate of Berlin in 1997. It was given to the Nitze School and the American Institute for Contemporary German Studies of the Johns Hopkins University. It stands in tribute to the success of the German-American partnership and as a symbol of the peaceful end of the Cold War. It is on display outside of the School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS) building entrance just south of Dupont Circle on Massachusetts Avenue, N.W.[64]
- Newseum, Washington D.C.
The largest section of the Berlin Wall outside of Germany,[65] previously on display at Freedom Park in the Rosslyn neighborhood of Arlington County, Virginia, just outside Washington, D.C., is now located at the Newseum in Washington, DC.[66] The exhibit includes eight sections of the wall and an East German guard tower from Checkpoint Charlie.
- Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center, Washington, D.C.
A segment of the Berlin Wall is located in the main lobby of the Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center at 1300 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W., in Washington, D.C.
Russia
- Moscow, Russia
In 1990 the fragment of the wall was presented by Berlin museum "Checkpoint-Charlie" to Russian "Saharov Museum and Public centre". This fragment is decorated by artists (just like other parts of the wall) and it rises above at the lawn near the Museum building (address: Moscow, Zemljanoj val, 57/6).[67]
South America
Argentina
- Buenos Aires, Argentina
The highest count of Berlin Wall segments outside Germany can be found at the entrance hall of Editorial Perfil in Buenos Aires, Argentina.[68] Editorial Perfil, one of the largest publishing houses in Argentina, claims parts of the Wall were obtained in exchange for funds to build a school in Germany.[68]
Another segment in Buenos Aires can be found in the gardens of the San Martin Palace. It was a gift of German government to Argentina in November 1999 remembering the 10 anniversary of the fall of the wall.[69]
Unknown locations
Eight 4 meter tall pieces of the wall, measuring ten meters in length, with the logo of the Toronto punk band Bunchofuckingoofs were put up for auction at Sotheby's in 2007 after an exhibition in Basel, Switzerland and then New York City. Their current location is unknown.[70]
References
- "Picasa Web Albums – Maré Ascott – May Day Walk ..." Archived from the original on 2010-09-01.
- "Berlin Wall at St George's Mall". Cape Town Partnership.
- "Picasa Web Albums – Maré Ascott – Cape Town – 1..." Archived from the original on January 24, 2013.
- "Bengal Gallery of Fine Arts, Dhanmondi, Dhaka – By Bangladesh Channel". bangladesh.com.
- "Pieces of Berlin Wall arrive at Kalijodo".
- Dan. "ein-hod articles".
- AOKIホールディングス ベルリンの壁を独逸学園へ 日独友好の思い込めて タウンニュース都筑区版 (Town News Tsuzuki Regional Edition) May 26, 2016. Retrieved 2019-05-03.
- "LOOK: Germany's gift to PHL is Fragment 22 of the Berlin Wall". GMA News Online. Retrieved 2016-04-12.
- "Straits Times". Straits Times.
- "Fragments of the Berlin Wall at Tembusu College - News - Tembusu College". tembusu.nus.edu.sg. Retrieved 2019-08-29.
- Ko, Shu-ling (November 10, 2009). "Taiwan receives slice of Berlin Wall". Taipei Times. Retrieved November 10, 2009.
- "Harmonie German Club".
- Wales, Scott (23 November 2019). "A slab of the Berlin Wall now on display in Sydney reminds us that 'everyone is powerful'". ABC News. Retrieved 24 November 2019.
- Besar Likmeta (27 March 2013). "Berlin Wall Fragment Joins Albanian Memorial". BIRN. Retrieved 5 May 2015.
- Jan Vens (25 May 2008). "Muur" [Wall]. Gentblogt (in Dutch). Retrieved 25 May 2015.
- "Dio Berlinskog zida nalazi se u Zagrebu, no jeste li ga primijetili?".
- "Tallinn receives its own piece of remembrance of the Berlin Wall". Estonia.eu. 10 November 2014. Archived from the original on 2015-10-20. Retrieved 4 February 2016.
- Yannick Sourisseau (July 4, 2011). "Le mur de Berlin est arrivé à Angers" [Berlin Wall comes to Angers]. Angers Mag (in French). Archived from the original on June 8, 2015. Retrieved May 25, 2015.
- "Archive: Selected Events First Quarter 2008 – Germany – United States Diplomatic Mission". usembassy.gov. Archived from the original on 2010-05-27.
- "John F. Kennedy School Berlin". John F. Kennedy School Berlin.
- "Picasa Web Albums – David Howard – Berlin Wall i..."
- "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2011-10-04. Retrieved 2011-10-04.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)[tt_news]=8458
- "Solidarity Museum". gdansk-life.com.
- "Fatima". Portugal.com.
- "Madridopedia: Parque de Berlín (In Spanish)". Archived from the original on 2008-09-13.
- "Muro de Berlin". parque-europa.es.
- Heydel-Mankoo, Rafe (2015). A London Peculiar - The London You Shouldn't Miss. New Holland. p. 249. ISBN 9781742575735.
- "Berlin wall section". Imperial War Museums. Retrieved 6 February 2016.
- "section of Berlin wall". Imperial War Museums. Retrieved 6 February 2016.
- "section of Berlin wall". Imperial War Museums. Retrieved 6 February 2016.
- Tagesspiegel (Berlin), No. 15.195 from 28.02.1995, p. 9: "Ein Mauerstueck fuer den Papst. Bemaltes Bauwerk in den Vatikanischen Gaerten aufgestellt."
- "www.asisi-factory.de". asisi-factory.de.
- Waldenburg, Hermann: "Berliner Mauerbilder". Berlin: Nicolaische Verlagsbuchhandlung, 1990, p. 55, ISBN 3-87584-309-6
- Kuzdas, Heinz J.: "Berliner Mauer Kunst, mit East Side Gallery" Elefanten Press. 1998, p. 64-65, ISBN 3-88520-634-X
- Gründer, Ralf: "Verboten: Berliner Mauerkunst". Cologne: Boehlau & Cie., 2007, p. 266-268, ISBN 978-3-412-16106-4
- Hofmann, Paul (6 July 1997). "Glorious Gardens of the Vatican" – via NYTimes.com.
- Alva Robinson (2012). "World Peace Pavilion". Halifax Regional Municipality. Archived from the original on March 24, 2012.
- "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2007-09-27. Retrieved 2007-08-20.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
- "Plaza Berlín, un sitio para observar". cultura.muniguate.com. Retrieved 2019-11-18.
- "AlDia.cr – Diario de Costa Rica – Un pedazo del Muro de Berlín – Nacionales". aldia.cr.
- "The Great Passion Play in Eureka Springs". greatpassionplay.com.
- "Wende Museum". wendemuseum.org.
- http://www.wendemuseum.org/downloads/WallProject_JAN14_2010.pdf%5B%5D
- "Berlin Wall sections find new home in Mountain View in front of library". mercurynews.com.
- Chapman University
- Maya Rodriguez, KUSA (9 November 2014). "Coloradans reflect on fall of Berlin Wall". 9News. Archived from the original on 10 November 2014.
- File:Fort Gordon's Berlin Wall Display.JPG
- "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2007-09-28. Retrieved 2007-08-22.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
- "Museum Of World Treasures". worldtreasures.org. Archived from the original on 2013-09-21. Retrieved 2013-08-21.
- "AOSHS - Home - American Overseas Schools Historical Society". Archived from the original on 2012-02-18.
- "Berlin Brats – Our Piece of The Wall". berlinbrats.org.
- "Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library and Museum".
- "Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library and Museum".
- VAMC Building Features | Grand Rapids Public Museum Archived January 21, 2014, at the Wayback Machine
- Dedication of the Berlin Wall at Westminster College Archived 2006-09-11 at the Wayback Machine
- "Piece of the Berlin Wall – Picture of The National Atomic Testing Museum, Las Vegas". tripadvisor.com.
- "Secretary-General Welcomes Gift from Germany of Piece of Berlin Wall". unvienna.org.
- "Photo Essay 11/5/99 – The Wall: Where Is It Now? Page 2". Time. Archived from the original on July 8, 2007.
- Berlin – Seite für Seite. Literaturauswahl zur 750-Jahr-Feier. A bibliography about Berlin, with 10 photos showing the Berlin wall segments along Waldemarstreet. Edition: Amerika-Gedenkbibliothek / Berliner Zentralbibliothek. Berlin, 1986. 52 pages, ISBN 3-925516-04-2
- "Archives - Philly.com".
- "Berlin Wall Marker". hmdb.org.
- "Veryl Goodnight: Biography". verylgoodnight.com.
- Microsoft Art Collection Archived 2008-01-31 at the Wayback Machine
- "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2007-08-10. Retrieved 2007-11-09.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
- "German Missions in the United States – Home". germany.info. Archived from the original on 2008-07-04.
- "Page not found - Newseum". Archived from the original on 2009-04-14.
- "The Berlin Wall in Moscow". wonderful-russia.net.
- "Correo Argentino, #Tetazo, Elena Highton de Nolasco - Perfil". Archived from the original on 2013-01-31.
- "Muro de Berlín en la Cancillería". Cancillería Argentina. Retrieved 4 April 2020.
- Bunchofuckingoofs on the Berlin Wall
External links
