A Museum with a Bunker Mentality

If you were planning a museum devoted to the Cold War, you couldn’t pick a much better venue than a thick-walled fortress built in 1949 to prepare for World War III.

That’s where the Wende Museum is housed — in a former National Guard Armory in Culver City. For decades, the building stored weapons, food and water in anticipation of World War III; it even has a special bunker for sheltering humans.

But since last year, it’s been the home of The Wende, founded