Allies` Museum in Berlin

This site provides a showcase on the history of the western occupying powers and Berlin in the period from1945 to 1994. The permanent exhibits start with the invasion of the Western Allies after Germany was defeated in World War II and ends with the celebrations following the fall of the Berlin Wall and Germany's reunification in 1990. In the period 1945-1990, the city of Berlin was divided into four occupation zones, administered by the USA, the Soviet Union, UK, and France, the victors of World War II.

The Allied Museum is set in the centre of the former U.S. Sector – the U.S. military government, as well as the Supreme Command of the Berlin Brigade, were both located on the Clayallee's opposite side. In 1949, the street was dubbed Lucius D. Clay, after the U.S. military governor in Germany in 1947-1949. The grounds on the other side of Hüttenweg hold a shopping centre called Truman Plaza. The structures taken over by the Museum witnessed the U.S. and the Allied presence in Berlin. The Outpost Theatre, built by the U.S. army in 1952-53, is now protected as a historical monument. The Major Nicholson Memorial Library was erected in 1979. None of the buildings was officially accessible to Berliners.