Collection, Powerhouse Museum
“This ninth of November is a historic day.” East Germany “has announced that, starting immediately, its borders are open to everyone.”
Today marks 20 years that have passed since the fall of the Berlin Wall, the ‘Iron Curtain’ separating East and West Berlin, Germany.
This is an actual piece of the wall, collected in Germany by our very own curator Peter Cox whilst on holiday in the 1990s.
As many of you know, Peter is busy getting ready to open our 80s exhibition in a few weeks, and this piece of the wall will be one of the more serious objects to sit amongst the hypercolour t-shirts, cabbage patch dolls, and fluoro leg warmers!
There is an interesting video, ‘Remembering the Berlin Wall’, on the University of Michigan website – http://www.ns.umich.edu/podcast/vodcast.php. Worth checking out.