iThe Wende Museum (German for "turning point") was founded in 2002 by scholar Justinian Jampol to preserve Cold War-era material culture at risk of being lost after 1989. Its archive of more than 100,000 objects covers the Eastern Bloc and socialist states, with strengths in Solidarity-movement materials from Poland, East German artifacts, Soviet Jewish activism ephemera, and thousands of films. Since 2017 the museum has occupied a converted 1949 U.S. National Guard armory in Culver City, expanded in 2024 with a new three-story community center, and pairs its historical holdings with rotating contemporary art exhibitions on dissent and human rights. Admission is free.

Photographs from Argentine newspapers La Razón and Clarín trace four decades of political life, from Perón through coups and rallies to the return of democracy.

Co-curated with a NASA historian, this show pairs Cold War-era and contemporary artworks with artifacts like a full-scale Sputnik-1 model on the Space Race and cosmos in art.
10808 Culver Boulevard, Culver City, CA 90230
Nearest station: Culver City Bus Lines 3 & 7 (stop adjacent to the museum) and Culver City Station — Metro E (Expo) Line, about 1.5 miles away (car-heavy area; rail is not a direct walk)
Show on map| MonToday | Closed |
| Tue | Closed |
| Wed | Closed |
| Thu | Closed |
| Fri | 10:00–17:00 |
| Sat | 10:00–17:00 |
| Sun | 10:00–17:00 |
Free
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