The Freedom Tower is a building in Miami, Florida, designed by Schultze and Weaver. It is currently used as a museum of contemporary art and headquarters for various disciplines in the arts related to the Miami Dade College. It is located on 600 Biscayne Boulevard at the Wolfson campus, Miami Dade College. The MDC Museum of Art and Design (MOAD) is the flagship institution of Miami Dade College dedicated to the presentation and exhibition of visual arts and design, housed in the Historic Tower of Landmark Freedom National National at Miami Dade College in Downtown Miami. MDC MOAD gives visitors and visitors access to a unique cultural, historical and educational exhibition that enriches a larger community while building and preserving a vast permanent art collection, the Freedom Tower archives, and a collection of designs that Newly established.
The mission of MDC MOAD is to provide an open, critical, and collaborative framework for artistic experimentation and inter-disciplinary risk-taking which explores the intersection of art, design, and other forms of art with cultural action. The Museum puts forward the core values of Miami Dade College, contributing to the college's intellectual life, involving students and audiences from the community and the outside world. Built in 1925 as home to The Miami News, The Freedom Tower in Miami Dade College was modeled after The Giralda Cathedral bell tower in Seville, Spain. Striking in its architectural details with its ornate octagonal towers and facades, it remains one of the most distinctive historic buildings in South Florida.
The mission of MDC MOAD is to provide an open, critical, and collaborative framework for artistic experimentation and inter-disciplinary risk-taking which explores the intersection of art, design, and other forms of art with cultural action. The Museum puts forward the core values of Miami Dade College, contributing to the college's intellectual life, involving students and audiences from the community and the outside world. Built in 1925 as home to The Miami News, The Freedom Tower in Miami Dade College was modeled after The Giralda Cathedral bell tower in Seville, Spain. Striking in its architectural details with its ornate octagonal towers and facades, it remains one of the most distinctive historic buildings in South Florida.
Most notably in its history, the MDC Freedom Tower was operated by the US government as an admissions centre for Cuban refugees from 1962 to 1974. The building is important because it is an important story from the Cuban Exodus to America and resettlement during the Cold War, reporting the U.S. Department of State, which also mentions the tower of Freedom as the "South Ellis Island". Despite operating in that capacity for only twelve years, the building has become an icon representing the belief that democracy carries a difficult life, the generosity of the American people and a hopeful beginning that guarantees thousands of New life in the new land.