Supported by the offices of the President and the Provost, the Vice Provost for the Arts and the Hefner Collection. The Berlin Wall at UVA made possible by Robert & MeiLi Hefner.
The Berlin Wall at UVA was made possible by Robert & MeiLi Hefner & the Hefner Collection. Four panels of the Berlin Wall, measuring a total of 16 feet in length and 12 feet in height and weighing more than 8,000 pounds, were installed on the quad adjacent to Alderman Library and the Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library.
The Berlin Wall has officially been gone as long as it existed. The wall, built in 1961 to divide the former and future German capital between its Western-controlled sectors and Communist East Germany, stood for 29 years. This year will mark the 29th anniversary of its toppling.
