The record
One segment outside the volunteer-run museum of the former air base, dedicated in 2014 as its Berlin Wall Monument.
The Norton Air Force Base Museum is a non-profit in the former NCO Club of the closed base, now the Norton Regional Event Center at 1601 E. 3rd Street. In January 2015 it described itself as one year old as of March 2014, and said the 63rd/445th Norton Veterans Group Memorial stood just outside the building. The Wall Net places one segment in that veterans' memorial area.
The museum's own news pages, as archived in November 2014 and February 2015, announced a 'Berlin Wall Monument' and a '5th Evening at the Museum event with Col. Paul Green, former Commandant of Norton AFB and Tuskegee Pilot with Berlin Wall Monument dedication', with a flyer dated July 2014 and a wall collage dated August 2014 attached. Museum text quoted by The Wall Net says the Wall was set in place on the 25th anniversary of its fall, which would be November 2014; the two dates are not reconciled here.
Visitors' comments published on the museum's site today mention 'a section of the Berlin wall' and 'that chunk of Berlin Wall outside', seen even when the museum was closed. Where in Berlin the segment came from, who gave or sold it and its size are not known. It is a different piece from the slab in Ronald Reagan Park, which has its own page.
How did it get here?
Not known; the museum's surviving pages do not say where the segment came from or who gave it.
Sources
Listed by the Berlin Wall Archive as #363.
Berlin Wall Monument - Norton Air Force Base Museum (archived 7 November 2014) ↗
The museum's announcements list a 'Berlin Wall Monument' and the '5th Evening at the Museum event with Col. Paul Green, former Commandant of Norton AFB and Tuskegee Pilot with Berlin Wall Monument dedication'.
Institutional sourceSource accessed 2026-09-17
Col. Paul Green and Berlin Wall Monument Dedication - Norton Air Force Base Museum (archived 4 February 2015) ↗
The dedication announcement, with attachments titled 'Col Green Flyer Final Jul 2014', 'Opening Slide', 'Wall 9932_NortonAFB_20x20-proof' and 'Wall Collage Aug 2014'.
Institutional sourceSource accessed 2026-09-17
Norton Air Force Base Museum, home page (archived 20 January 2015) ↗
Updated 13 January 2015: the non-profit museum is 'now 1 year young (as of March 2014)', in the former NCO Club, with the 63rd/445th Norton Veterans Group Memorial just outside.
Institutional sourceSource accessed 2026-09-17
NAFBM Reviews - Norton Air Force Base Museum ↗
Visitors' comments published by the museum: 'We also saw a section of the Berlin wall', 'check out that chunk of Berlin Wall outside!!', 'Was closed for me but they have the piece of the Berlin Wall'; address 1601 E. 3rd Street, open Thursday and Saturday 10am-2pm.
Institutional sourceSource accessed 2026-09-17
San Bernardino, CA - NAFB Museum - The Wall Net ↗
18 June 2018: one segment at the museum's Veterans Memorial Area; quotes the museum that the Wall was set in place on the 25th anniversary of its fall in 1989.
General referenceSource accessed 2026-09-17
Berlin Wall Archive ↗
The source lists this place as a Berlin Wall location. Coordinates, where supplied, are source-reported and may represent a general area. This is not independent verification of authenticity, current presence, or public access.
Inventory listingSource accessed 2026-09-17 · Source record 363
Source-reported segments: 1. This is not a separately verified count.
No photograph of this one has been published. If you have taken one, or know when it arrived or who gave it, we would like to hear. Contribute to this record