There is a new permanent exhibit at Miami’s American Museum of the Cuban Diaspora that uses interactive displays to show the injustices of Cuba’s communist dictatorship, which has terrorized Cubans since 1959. Titled “Why Freedom Matters,” the exhibit tells the stories of the Castro regime’s victims using artifacts, photos, and videos.
“Why Freedom Matters” is the tagline of a new permanent exhibit at the American Museum of The Cuban Diaspora. It immerses visitors in the history of Cuba’s revolution, telling the stories of Cuban exiles as well as those who lost their lives fighting Fidel Castro’s regime.
“It’s the story of how a country can go from being a prosperous democracy into an impoverished dictatorship in just one generation,” Marcell Felipe, the chairman of the museum, told WLRN.
“The Cuban Experience” simulates the historical period with interactive sections that include hundreds of artifacts, photos, videos, as well as experiences like a walk through a recreated prison cell like those where anti-Castro rebels were detained and a simulated execution wall similar to the space where televised mass executions in Cuba would take place.
Felipe, who developed the concept of the exhibit, said this project was one that had been on his mind since he was a student at Florida International University where he worked with former Cuban political prisoners at La Casa del Preso in Miami.
You can get more information and tickets to the exhibit HERE.