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The Wende is a free art museum, historical archive, and community center in Culver City, CA. Open Fri—Sun, 10am—5pm.

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250,000+ objects have been waiting for a permanent home. The wait is almost over!

@latimes broke the news this week: the Wende is expanding to Hawthorne with a $16-million living archive. A place where historic objects are stored, studied, and shared. Where scholars, artists, and the curious public share the same room.

The Wende Institute for Archival Research, opening Spring 2028. by @wendemuseum

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Our free wellness programs are making headlines! We are proud to share that the wellness offerings at our newly opened Wende Museum Community Center have been featured in the @latimes:

"[A] 7,500-square-foot space for cultural programming and wellness activities located at a Culver City museum — where everything, from workshops to food, is free."

You can read the full article by @deborahvankin at the link in our bio. by @wendemuseum

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For #AskAnArchivist Day one of our archivists, Anya, shared her favorite object in the archive!

Ksivnik (ксивник) was a staple of a Soviet hippie wardrobe. Ksivnik got its name from the Russian jargon for documents - “ksiva” that hitchhikers carried with them. Most hippies in the Soviet Union traveled cashless out of respect for the road (and out of lack of funds). This ksivnik with an embroidered image of John Lennon comes from the Wende’s Soviet Hippie Collection.

☮️✌️ Explore highlights from this collection and more at https://wendemuseum.org/collection/

#museum #glam #archivists #archive taken in The Wende Museum by @wendemuseum

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Today is #AskAnArchivist day! One of our archivists, Ava, shows how items get on the Wende Museum’s online collections website. Drop any questions for our archivists here! taken in The Wende Museum by @wendemuseum

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Some of the most iconic music in public broadcasting, brought to life! 🎶🎞️

Honored to have @helixcollective performing music from the documentary I scored, @americanexperiencepbs, alongside favorites from music written for Drama (Downton Abbey, Call the Midwife), Mystery (Sherlock, Dickensian), News (Fresh Air, Morning Edition, Marketplace), Kid’s Shows (Reading Rainbow, Won’t You Be My Neighbor, Magic School Bus), Comedy (Monty Python’s Flying Circus), and more!

📍 Saturday, October 10th | 4pm
Fiesta Hall, West Hollywood
Hosted by Classical California’s Brian Lauritzen

📍 Sunday, October 11th | 4pm
@wendemuseum’s Community Center, Culver City
Hosted by Classical California’s Brian Lauritzen

📍 Sunday, October 25th | 3pm
Colony Theatre, Burbank
Hosted by KCRW’s Steve Chiotakis

See you tonight! 🎶

#filmscore #documentaries #composer #helixcollective by @wendemuseum

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GERMAN CURRENTS 2026 is in full swing!

Following an incredible Opening Night, yesterday’s screenings at the Wende Museum were an absolute highlight! A huge thank you to everyone who joined us.

We are now headed into the final two days of our 20th-anniversary celebration of German cinema in L.A.

Don’t miss your chance to catch the rest of our screenings!

Link in bio for tickets and the full schedule.

Photos by @lukasmaier.studio

#GermanCurrents #GermanFilm #GoetheInstitut #WendeMuseum

The GERMAN CURRENTS Film Festival 2026 is a co-production of the Goethe-Institut Los Angeles and the American Cinematheque with the support of The Friends of Goethe, ELMA (European Languages and Movies in America), Condor, the Consulate General of Switzerland in San Francisco, the Austrian Consulate General in Los Angeles, the Italian Cultural Institute of Los Angeles, the Consulate General of the Republic of Poland in Los Angeles, Paulaner USA, Paulaner Sunset, Tupetz Wine Connection, KRUU, and in cooperation with the German Consulate General in Los Angeles, the Villa Aurora & Thomas Mann House e.V., the German Film Office, the Wende Museum, and DEFA Film Library as well as our media partners Deutsche Welle, KPFK Radio, Campus Circle, and our educational outreach partners ELMA and Creating Creators. by @wendemuseum

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Tomorrow @wendemuseum — 10:30-12:30!
This one is going to be loads of fun. Join us! by @wendemuseum

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🚨🚨🚨Closing weekend alert! Two exhibitions end Sunday, October 11, at 5 p.m.

Enrique Martínez Celaya: The Sextant centers on a sugarcoated reproduction of the modernist house the artist's father built in a Cuban coastal village during the revolution.

Anton Roland Laub: Mobile Churches in Ceausescu’s Bucharest shows the seven churches that were lifted onto rails, moved, and hidden behind housing blocks while Ceausescu demolished one third of the city’s historic center.

The Wende Museum is open Saturday and Sunday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Our parking lots are closed Saturday, October 10, so consider rideshare or allow extra time to find parking.

The Sextant is made possible by generous support from Alicia Miñana and Rob Lovelace. by @wendemuseum

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💙 #CCAS taken in The Wende Museum by @wendemuseum

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Los Angeles, we’re coming to you!

Join us at the @wendemuseum for a screening of The Bengali and a conversation about the stories we inherit, the identities we carry, and the connections that shape who we are.

🎬 Featuring
Kavery Kaul — Director, The Bengali
Julie Carmen — Actress & Producer
Najla Zaidi — Director, MPAC Hollywood Bureau
Moderated by Lorraine Ali — News & Culture Critic, LA Times

📅 Wednesday, October 21
🕕 6:00 PM – 9:00 PM
📍 The Wende Museum’s Community Center, 10808 Culver Blvd, Culver City, CA

Reception starts at 6, screening at 6:45, conversation & Q&A to follow.

Free RSVP at the link in bio, we’ll see you there! by @wendemuseum

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Enrique Martínez Celaya (@studioenriquemartinezcelaya) at The Wende Museum (@wendemuseum) is reviewed by Aleina Grace Edwards (@aleinaedwards). Click the link in bio to read!⁠
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“The Sextant” is on view until October 11th. by @wendemuseum

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Applications are open for the Wende Museum and Thomas Mann House Student Forum 2027, a monthly discussion series for undergraduate students.

Political and ideological division is growing and authoritarianism is rising around the world. The forum gives students a place to study these changes and learn to navigate them. Topics under consideration include the crisis of truth, the contested independence of academic and cultural institutions, and the power of narratives to shape how we understand change.

Students prepare each session with a small team from the Wende Museum and @thomas_mann_house, working from a few texts, podcasts, and videos. The final meeting is a public workshop or panel discussion with specialists in the fields the group covered. Students also learn how cultural programming works at two Los Angeles cultural organizations and attend exclusive events at both.

The forum meets at noon on the last Friday of each month, starting in January 2027, at the Wende Museum's Community Center in Culver City. Lunch and drinks are provided.

To learn more and apply, visit wendemuseum.org/opportunities by @wendemuseum

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