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The Wende Museum

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The Wende Museum provides access to the material culture & personal histories of the Cold War era. Located in Culver City, CA; open Fri-Sun 10am-5pm

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Whitney Merrill @wbm312.bsky.social · 21/03/2025
If you’re in the LA area, I recommend the COUNTER/SURVEILLANCE: CONTROL, PRIVACY, AGENCY exhibit at @wendemuseum.bsky.social! Always relevant, but seemingly even more so these days. Plus you’ll see my stickers in the gift shop! wendemuseum.org/exhibition/c...
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Counter/Surveillance: Control, Privacy, Agency
This exhibition traces the historical roots of surveillance devices and methods, and the Cold War dynamics that shaped and spread them.
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Jeff Wasserstrom @jwassers.bsky.social · 22/02/2025
On March 8 @badiucao.bsky.social & @melissakchan.bsky.social will be at @wendemuseum.bsky.social www.eventbrite.com/e/you-must-t... —they’ll also be at UCI March 3 (evening) & March 5 (midday) events, & at UCLA for a March 3 event w/ @bairuiwen.bsky.social www.international.ucla.edu/ccs/event/17...
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You Must Take Part in Revolution: Melissa Chan and Badiucao in Conversation
Emmy-nominated journalist Melissa Chan and exiled Chinese activist artist Badiucao will discuss their new dystopian graphic novel.
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The Wende Museum @wendemuseum.bsky.social · 06/10/2023
Currently under consideration for the Wende Museum gift shop: socialist leaders as Funko Pops. Which would you buy?
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The Wende Museum @wendemuseum.bsky.social · 05/10/2023
How it started: How it's going:
Boris Yeltsin portrayed as St. George, protecting the Russian Parliament and fighting the 1991 coup attempt against Gorbachev by Soviet hardliners.

📷: Mikhail Nikolaevich Rozhdestvin, Boris the Victorious, 1991. Image from the Ferris Collection, donated by Tom and Jeri Ferris.Tanks shelling the Russian Parliament on Boris Yeltsin's orders, 1993
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The Wende Museum @wendemuseum.bsky.social · 04/10/2023
This Sunday at 2 p.m., join us for a presentation on David Bowie's 2013 single "Where Are We Now" as a commentary on memory, capitalism, and post-Cold War Berlin: wendemuseum.org/program/bowi...
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David Bowie as Political Philosopher: Memory, Capitalism, and Berlin
UCLA's Tiffany Naiman examines political commentary in David Bowie's single "Where Are We Now" from his album The Next Day (2013)
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The Wende Museum @wendemuseum.bsky.social · 02/10/2023
In recent days there has been a mass flight of over 100,000 of ethnic Armenians from the Nagorno-Karabakh region, also known as Artsakh. Here is a quick overview of the history that led up to this crisis.
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In recent days there has been a mass flight of almost 100,000 of ethnic Armenians from the Nagorno-Karabakh region, also known as Artsakh. Today we’re going to do a quick overview of the history tha...
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The Wende Museum @wendemuseum.bsky.social · 02/10/2023
Thank you to @hyperallergic.com for including our upcoming exhibition "Visions of Transcendence: Creating Space in East and West" in their list of 10 shows to see in LA this fall!
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10 Art Shows to See in Los Angeles This Fall
Betye Saar, Barbara T. Smith, Teddy Sandoval, emerging talents, and much more.
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The Wende Museum @wendemuseum.bsky.social · 29/09/2023
This 1991 painting "NKAO" represents the history of Nagorno-Karabakh. Established in 1923 as a majority Armenian autonomous region within the Azerbaijan SSR, it declared independence in 1991 but remained unrecognized. Azerbaijan recently took over the region; over 90,000 Armenian refugees have fled.
NKAO stands for Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Oblast. The painting features "We Are Our Mountains," a 1967 monument of a man and woman symbolizing the region's people. A single tear added to the woman's face represents violence over the region.


📷: S.A. Sdimian, NKAO, 1991. Image from the Ferris Collection, donated by Tom and Jeri Ferris.
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The Wende Museum @wendemuseum.bsky.social · 29/09/2023
Today is National Coffee Day. Did you know the East German Coffee Crisis has been credited by some as a contributing factor to the fall of the Berlin Wall? Learn more here: vimeo.com/508985903
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#WendeCollectionReflection: Kosta Kaffee
Get an inside look at the Wende Collection from our staff and volunteers who will be sharing insight into their favorite pieces over the coming weeks. Presented…
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The Wende Museum @wendemuseum.bsky.social · 27/09/2023
Now on the Wende Museum YouTube: Cal State LA historian Choi Chatterjee's discussion of the diplomatic impacts of the Russian invasion of Ukraine examines Russia's ideological and material ties with its global allies.
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Russia, a Pariah Nation, or an Emerging World Order? With Choi Chatterjee (Cal State LA)
Professor Choi Chatterjee of California State University, Los Angeles explores two perspectives on the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine. She looks at the Wes...
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 26/09/2023
Ukraine’s military claimed on Monday that it had killed the commander of Russia’s Black Sea Fleet in a strike on Crimea — a blow that, if confirmed, would be among the most damaging suffered by the Russian Navy since the sinking of the fleet’s flagship last year.
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In a Blow to Russia, Ukraine Says It Killed Chief of Black Sea Fleet
As they ramp up attacks on occupied Crimea, Ukrainian forces are repeatedly targeting the fleet based there, a key to Russia’s attacks deep into Ukraine and its blockade of Ukrainian ports.
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The Wende Museum @wendemuseum.bsky.social · 27/09/2023
Hi Bluesky! Feels like we finally made it across the Berlin Wall to freedom.
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