List of Berlin Wall segments


Segments of the Berlin Wall have been given to various institutions since the Fall of the [Berlin Wall|fall of the wall] on November 9, 1989. Segments are occasionally moved, so locations shown may not be accurate.

Africa

South Africa

Asia

Bangladesh

  • Dhaka – a segment of the wall was temporarily put on display 23 May 2010 in the Bengal Gallery of Fine Arts in the Dhanmondi district of the city.

Indonesia

Israel

  • Ein Hod – at the Dada Museum in the center of the artist's village.

Japan

Philippines

  • Manila – on 8 October 2015, a segment of the wall was installed at National Museum of the Philippines. The segment was a gift to the Philippines from the City of Berlin, but had remained unclaimed in Berlin for a decade before its installation which coincided with the 25th anniversary of German reunification. It was also intended as a celebration of influence of the 1986 Filipino People Power Revolution on the German unification movement. On 5 October 2020, the wall was transferred and displayed at the Kartilya ng Katipunan Monument.

Singapore

  • National University of Singapore – in October 2016, two panels of the Berlin Wall were unveiled on the university campus. The panels were gifted to Singapore's Ministry of Foreign Affairs to mark 50 years of diplomatic relations between Germany and Singapore. They were loaned to the University by the Ministry and are on display at a garden behind Tembusu College.
  • A segment of the Berlin Wall was formerly on display at the Bedok Reservoir Park. It has since been removed replaced by new artwork. This segment had been painted by a local artist to depict two different types of rulers.
  • A segment of the Berlin Wall is on display at the Internal Security Department Heritage Centre

South Korea

  • Seoul – three sections of the wall are displayed along the recently restored Cheonggyecheon stream in central Seoul and were presented in conjunction with the restoration project. The sections are adjacent to the Samilgyo bridge across the stream.
  • Sokcho – two sections of the Berlin Wall are on display at the DMZ Museum north of Sokcho.

Taiwan

Oceania

Australia

  • Canberra – a section of the Berlin Wall has been placed in front of the clubhouse of the Harmonie German Club in the suburb of Narrabundah in the Australian capital. The segment weighs 3.5 tonnes, is 3.6 metres high and nearly two metres wide. It once stood in Potsdamer Platz, close to the Brandenburg Gate. It was unveiled on 3 October 1992.
  • Sydney – a section of the Berlin Wall was placed on display outside the Goethe Institute in the suburb of Woollahra in 2019. It had been imported to Australia in the early 1990s, but held in storage in a warehouse.

New Zealand

  • Christchurch – two sections of the Berlin Wall were placed in Rauora Park, near Cashel Street, in the center of the city. These segments were imported in 2017, stored for some time, and then placed in the park having been decorated with street art by Kophie Su'a-Hulsbosch and Jessie Rawcliffe.

Europe

Albania

Belgium

Bulgaria

  • Sofia – a section is part of a memorial in the park in front of the National Palace of Culture in the city center.
  • Plovdiv – a segment of the wall, painted by French artist Thierry Noir, was unveiled in front of Exhibition Hall 2019 in Bulgaria's city of Plovdiv on December 19, 2019.

Croatia

  • Zagreb – a segment was unveiled in 2009 outside the German embassy in Zagreb.

Czech Republic

Denmark

  • Langeland – since 2011, a segment has been on display at the Koldkrigsmuseum Langelandsfort, a former Danish Navy submarine bunker. This segment was a gift from the City of Berlin and was originally located at Potsdamer Platz.

Estonia

  • Tallinn – a segment of the wall was installed outside the Museum of Occupations in November 2014. The segment was a gift to Estonia from the Senate of Berlin, and originally formed part of the wall along Potsdamer Platz.

Finland

  • Tampere – a segment of the wall was gifted to the city of Tampere in 2008. In 2019 it was put on display in front of a local library, accompanied by a photograph exhibition, for two weeks.

France

Germany

  • Berlin – a section of four segments is on display with the external exhibits of the Allied Museum along with a border guard tower and the Checkpoint Charlie guard house. On 13 February 2008, a segment of the Berlin Wall was installed in the courtyard of the U.S. Embassy Berlin on 13 February 2008, "to serve as a reminder of the past and a symbol of hope for the future". A growing collection of painted sections of the wall are on permanent display in Stralauer Allee 3. On Friedrichstrasse, a segment of the wall can be seen next to the Mauermuseum, 40m south of Checkpoint Charlie. On the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Wall in November 2009, two wall segments were set up in front the John F. Kennedy high school building. The two segments were cemented back-to-back, whereby the respective short foot extensions of the bases were cut off. The "West" side is painted with colorful graffiti whereas the "East" side is colored historical plain white.
  • Bremen – a segment of the wall is situated near the Übersee Museum Bremen, in front of the Bremen Hauptbahnhof
  • Diedorf – seven segments of the wall displayed near Schmutterhalle. The segments are owned by Mathias Maresch who bought them for DM 2000,- after the fall of the Berlin Wall.
  • Düsseldorf - a segment of the wall is situated in the Buergerpark near the state parliament building.
  • Frankfurt – a segment of the wall is on display, possibly temporarily, near the Goethe House. It is outside of the Leica store at the intersection of Am Salzhaus and Großer Hirschgraben. There is also one segment of the wall on display in the Luftbrückendenkmal near the Frankfurt Airport.
  • Hamburg – a segment of the wall is in front of the Elbphilharmonie at Platz der Deutschen Einheit, Hamburg.
  • Hamm – a segment of the wall can be found at Harringholzstr. 37.
  • Hanover – a segment of the wall is located on Weißekreuzplatz.
  • Herford – a segment of the wall is located on Berliner Straße.
  • Kiel – a segment of the wall has been installed outside of the Landeshaus, the seat of the Landtag of Schleswig-Holstein.
  • Koblenz – three segments of the Berlin Wall on permanent display on the Deutsches Eck promontory, in memorial to the division of Germany.
  • Lübeck – a segment of the wall is in the garden of the Willy Brandt House.
  • Munich – a segment of the wall is at the south west corner of Englischer Garten, next to the U.S. Consulate General.
  • Ramstein Air Base – a segment of the wall is in front of the base Passenger Terminal on base.
  • Rheindahlen – until its closure in 2013, a segment of the wall was displayed at British Forces Germany's Joint Headquarters (JHQ) compound.
  • Rust – two segments of the wall stand near the entrance of Europa-Park, the largest theme park in Germany.
  • Speyer – there are two Berlin Wall segments on display at the Technik Museum Speyer.
  • Stuttgart – a segment of the wall is displayed at Kelley Barracks in Mohringen. A second segment is displayed outside Patch Barracks in front of the headquarters of U.S. European Command.
  • Weimar – two segments are installed outside the Atrium shopping Center.
  • Witten – segments of the wall signed by the Thierry Noir can be found in Witten.
  • Wurzburg – A segment of the wall is standing in the Berliner Platz near the Wurzburg train station.

Greece

  • Thessaloniki – a segment of Berlin wall can be found in the garden of Goethe Institut. It was formerly located in a square of the citadel of Lagadas, given as a gift by city of Steglitz-Zehlendorf, upon the twinning of the two cities in 2012.

Hungary

  • Budapest – two sections of the Berlin Wall were originally placed on Krisztina Blvd, in the Tabán district of the city. These were later moved, after someone painted them completely red, to the garden of the Maltese Charity Service in Budapest, where they still stand. Another section of the Berlin Wall was erected in front of Budapest's House of Terror Museum on Thursday, November 11, 2010, in the presence of Hungarian and German politicians. The ceremony marked the 21st anniversary of the fall of the wall.

Iceland

Ireland

Italy

  • Spilamberto – on Valentine's Day 2008, ten segments of the Berlin Wall were delivered to the town of Spilamberto, near Modena. Three of these segments are in public display in the garden of the Rocca Rangoni. By displaying the pieces the town of Spilamberto hopes to affirm its self-proclaimed identity as a town of diversity.

Latvia

Luxembourg

Norway

  • Trondheim – displayed with the word "SALE" on four pieces, it is located beside Solsiden Mall and Portalen.

Poland

Portugal

  • Fátima – the Sanctuary of Our Lady of Fátima, in Cova da Iria, contains a segment of the Wall on the south side of the Rectory. This segment was offered by means of Virgilio Casimiro Ferreira, a Portuguese immigrant to Germany, and is incorporated into a memorial designed by the architect J. Carlos Loureiro, inaugurated on 13 August 1994.
  • São João da Madeira – a segment of wall is on display in the sculpture park of Oliva Creative Factory, home to the Centro de Arte Oliva. This segment of the Berlin Wall from Potsdamer Platz was acquired by collectors Norlinda and José Lima in 2018 and donated to the local municipality in 2021, 30 km outside Porto.

Romania

Russia

  • Moscow – in 1990 the fragment of the wall was presented by the Berlin authorities to the Saharov Museum and Public Centre. Another fragment of the Berlin Wall has been installed on the grounds of a German school.

Spain

  • Madrid – three sections of the Berlin Wall are installed as the centrepiece of a pond in the Parque de Berlín, in the Chamartín district. These segments were a present from the City of Berlin to the City of Madrid and were inaugurated on November 9, 1990. Another segment of wall can be found in Torrejón de Ardoz outside Madrid, in the Parque Europa.
  • Redondela, Galicia – a segment of wall stands outside the Multiusos da Xunqueira.
  • Sevilla – a section of wall stands in the Isla Mágica theme park.

Sweden

  • Trelleborg – a segment stands on the Astrid Lindgren Allé, outside town library.

Ukraine

  • Kyiv – a segment of the wall is on display outside the German Embassy.

United Kingdom

Vatican City

  • The Vatican – a section of Berlin wall is displayed in the Vatican Gardens. It was gifted to the Vatican by Marco Piccininni in August 1994 after Piccininni acquired it in an auction of wall segments in Monte Carlo in 1990. The segments from the Oranienplatz show part of St Michael's Church in Mitte; the parish of which was divided by the wall. A clear view of St Michael's from the Oranienplatz was not possible between 1961 and 1990, because of the Berlin Wall. The lower half of the church, which could not be seen because of the concrete segments of the wall, was painted on the western part of the wall, as Trompe-l'œil, by the Berlin-based, Iranian artist Yadegar Asisi on the initiative of Berlin architect Bernhard Strecker, in order to demonstrate the "permeability" of the wall.

North America

Canada

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Mexico

United States

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  • Eureka Springs – a ten-foot by ten-foot section of the Berlin Wall was erected next to the Church in the Grove. On it, is painted in German "though I walk through the dark valley, I will not fear" from Psalm 23. The church acquired this piece as a tribute and celebration of the Christian faith in the face of adversity.
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  • Culver City – the Wende Museum and Archive of the Cold War features a wall segment that stands at the museum's entrance, which was painted by the French-born, Berlin-based artist Thierry Noir. The exhibition Facing the Wall: Living with the Berlin Wall, currently on display at the Wende Museum explores how the Wall became part of the urban fabric of Berlin, and the place where the realities of political ideology and personal experience came face to face. The museum's Berlin Wall segment was augmented in 2010 by 10 additional sections, constituting the longest stretch outside of Berlin. They are currently on display in front of the 5900 Wilshire Boulevard building, painted and installed as part of the Wende's project organized to commemorate the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall.
  • Los Angeles – a segment of wall is displayed on the main campus of Loyola Marymount University. Other segments can be found at the Variety Building on 5900 Wilshire and the Reef Building Downtown at 1933 S Broadway as part of the LUME Street art Exhibit. At the latter, RISK (graffiti artist) decorated the segments with his signature Butterflies while the Svetlana Talabolina dedicated a section statelessness.
  • Monterey – three segments are on display at the U.S. Army Defense Language Institute-Foreign Language Center.
  • Mountain View – two segments of the wall are displayed outside of the Mountain View Public Library. A plaque memorializes the fall of the wall as "a tribute to American resolve." A cartoon of Elvis is painted on one segment, and the other carries the words "Wir lieben Dich". The segments and plaque were relocated to this location after they were donated to the city by the descendants of a German-born American business man, Frank Golzen, who originally displayed them at an office park.
  • Orange – Chapman University's main campus displays the second largest piece of the Berlin Wall owned by an American university west of the Mississippi River.
  • San Bernardino – a segment of the Berlin Wall was dedicated at the Ronald Reagan Park as part of the Reagan centenary celebrations. The wall segment has been repainted with a black and white image of President Reagan along with his quote "Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall! 6/12/1987 adorning one side.
  • Santa Barbara – a section of the Berlin Wall greets visitors as they arrive at the Rancho del Cielo, reminding of Ronald Reagan's role in calling for the Wall to be torn down.
  • Simi Valley – a segment of the Berlin Wall is on display in Ronald Reagan Presidential Library.
  • Yorba Linda – a segment of the Berlin Wall is on display at the Richard Nixon Library & Birthplace. The Nixon Library's segment of the wall is similar in size to the segment of the wall displayed at the Reagan Library.
;Colorado
  • Denver – Captain Herbert Light brought a piece of the Berlin Wall to Colorado, where it is paired with a sculpture by Veryl Goodnight called "The Day the Wall Came Down at the Mizel Museum."
;Florida
;Georgia
  • Atlanta – a segment of the wall stands on the campus of the Atlanta International School.
  • Fort Moore – three sections of the Wall are part of the U.S. Army's collection on display at the National Infantry Museum in the "Cold War" gallery.
  • Fort Eisenhower – two sections of the Berlin Wall are incorporated in a display that includes a plaque inscribed to "recognize the sacrifices that the United States military made in guaranteeing a free, stable and democratic Europe" in Freedom Park on this US Army installation near Augusta. There is also a segment of the wall at the Signal Corps Museum located within Fort Eisenhower.
  • Kennesaw – a piece of the Berlin Wall was given to Kennesaw State University on loan, which is being displayed outside of the Social Science building.
  • Suwannee – a piece of the Berlin Wall is on display in the town center park.
;Hawaii
;Idaho
  • Sandpoint – a segment of the Berlin Wall, protected by plexiglass, is located on the Hope Peninsula.
;Illinois
;Kansas
  • Hutchinson – a section of the wall is in the Cosmosphere's Hall of Space exhibit at the Kansas Cosmosphere and Space Center.
  • Fort Leavenworth – three sections are displayed in a "falling position" just east of the fort's lake near the Buffalo Soldiers Monument.
  • Wichita – a section of the wall is on loan to the Museum of World Treasures from the American Overseas Schools Historical Society. The section was originally purchased by the Berlin Brats Alumni Association.
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  • Camden – a section of the Berlin Wall is located on private property.
  • Secaucus - a small portion of the Berlin Wall is located in Laurel Hill Park. The piece was donated in 2025.
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  • Bexley – Capital University's Blackmore Library once housed the largest section of the Berlin Wall in the United States. When Blackmore Library was renovated, this section was moved outside behind Huber-Spielman Hall and sprayed with a protective layer to preserve the concrete and keep it from eroding. The segment was moved once again to its current location outside the entrance of Blackmore Library.
  • Cincinnati – a section of the Berlin Wall is on display outside of the National Underground Railroad Freedom Center in downtown. This section is said to be a gift from the city of Berlin, Germany and depicts in red paint what appears to be half of a woman's face.
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  • Chalk Hill – two segments of the wall are on the property of the Frank Lloyd Wright-designed I.N. Hagan house. Lord Peter Palumbo, after purchasing the house in 1986, put one section of the wall in the sculpture meadow, and the other along the drive leading up to the house.
  • Seven Springs – one section is at Seven Springs Resort in Pennsylvania.
  • Warminster – a section of wall is on display at Vereinigung Erzgebirge, Warminster's local German-American club in 1991. It was the first segment that was sent to America after the fall of the wall and was presented in the 1990 Steuben parade in Philadelphia.
;South Carolina
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  • Mount Rushmore – a small section of the wall is contained in the "Honoring Native American Veterans" exhibit in one of the visitor centers.
  • Rapid City – a section of the Berlin Wall is located near the downtown area.
;Texas
;Virginia
;Washington
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Central America

Guatemala

  • Guatemala City – three fragments of the Berlin Wall are displayed at the Berlin Square, at the end of Las Américas Avenue.

Costa Rica

South America

Argentina

  • Buenos Aires – a segment can be found in the gardens of the San Martin Palace. It was a gift of German government to Argentina in November 1999 on the tenth anniversary of the fall of the wall. A number of segments can also be found in the lobby of the office of the Argentine newspaper Perfil. Editorial Perfil, the publishers, claims that these segments were obtained in exchange for funds to build a school in Germany.

Chile

  • Santiago – a segment can be found at the entrance of the German Embassy. The piece arrived at Chile in 1991, being shown at different places and in April 2012 it was definitely installed at the entrance of the embassy, at Las Hualtatas 5677, Vitacura.

Uruguay

  • Nuevo Berlín - a 5 kg segment of the wall was donated to the city of Nuevo Berlín by the Uruguayan-German Chamber of Commerce in 1991.

Unknown locations

Eight pieces of the wall, measuring ten meters in length, with the logo of the Toronto punk band Bunchofuckingoofs were put up for auction at Sotheby's in 2007 after an exhibition in Basel, Switzerland, and then New York City. Their current location is unknown.