The Exile Experience: A Journey to Freedom

The Exile Experience: A Journey to Freedom
The Exile Experience: A Journey to Freedom

September 2014 - Ongoing
Freedom Tower, Mezzanine Level

The Exile Experience: Journey to Freedom is a pictorial account of the struggles that the Cuban exile community has endured since Fidel Castro's rise to power, and the successes they have achieved in the United States. Having covered the Cuban exile community and its struggle for freedom extensively throughout the years, Miami Dade College and The Miami Herald Media Company now present this journalistic chronology, which showcases the spirit and accomplishments of the Cuban American community. The permanent exhibition is housed at the College's National Historic Landmark Freedom Tower, itself central to the story of Cubans in the United States.
MDC's Freedom Tower was operated by the U.S. Government as a reception center for Cuban refugees from 1962 to 1974. "The building is significant because it represents the important story of the Cuban exodus to America and resettlement during the Cold War," reports the U.S. Department of the Interior, which has also called the Freedom Tower the "Ellis Island of the South." Though it operated in that capacity for only 12 years, the building has become an icon representing the faith that democracy brought to troubled lives, the generosity of the American people and a hopeful beginning that assured thousands a new life in a new land.
FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC Museum Hours: 12 - 5 pm
Location Information:
MDC Museum of Art + Design
Freedom Tower at Miami Dade College
600 Biscayne Blvd.
Miami, FL 33132
Contact Information:
MDC Museum of Art + Design | 305-237-7700 | MDCMOAD.ORG

at MDC Museum of Art + Design
600 Biscayne Blvd.
Miami, United States

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