MDC Freedom Tower

Name: MDC Freedom Tower
Address: 600 Biscayne Boulevard, Miami, FL, 33132, US
Telephone: (305) 237-7700
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Historic Landmark in Downtown Miami. Home to Museum of Art and Design Miami Dade College and MDC Special Collections. We are temporarily closed for renovations.

While this National Historic Landmark is currently closed for renovations, Miami Dade College is creating multimedia exhibitions that will allow visitors to immerse themselves in the iconic building’s history, including its role as the headquarters of the Miami Daily News, as well as the home of the Cuban Refugee Center, which welcomed hundreds of thousands of Cuban exiles to the United States. Help us build a world-class museum experience at the nexus of democracy, freedom, and education as a Friend of the Freedom Tower. Miami Dade College is an equal access/equal opportunity institution which does not discriminate on the basis of s*x, race, color, marital status, age, religion, national origin, disability, veteran’s status, ethnicity, pregnancy, s*xual orientation or genetic information. To obtain more information about the College’s equal access and equal opportunity policies, procedures and practices, please contact the College’s Civil Rights Compliance Officer: Cindy Lau Evans, Director, Equal Opportunity Programs/ ADA Coordinator/ Title IX Coordinator, at (305) 237-2577 (Voice) or 711 (Relay Service). 11011 SW 104 St., Room 1102-01; Miami, FL 33176. [email protected]

10/08/2026

Last week we turned the mic over to NWSA student Emmanuel Ramirez for a conversation with artist Sharon Louden. This talk welcomed many students and offered an opportunity for dialogue and reflection. Sharon Louden’s sculptural installation, Windows of Freedom Tower, has amplified light, space, and place in our Knight Skylight Gallery, home to our programs and events.

We were thrilled to hear directly from Sharon and to learn from Emmanuel through his thoughtful questions and consideration of the artist’s practice.

Photos by Rudolph Pierre

09/14/2026

These photographs shared by Elena Solorzano-Robinson recently entered the Freedom Tower Archive. Solorzano-Robinson is the co-owner of Rum Cake Factory with her husband Larry Robinson. Her father, Omer Solorzano arrived first in Miami in 1967, and shortly after Elena, her mother Emma Crespo, and sister Clara Elena Solorzano arrived in 1968. The family received services at the Freedom Tower where they were given food, comfort kits and winter clothes before being relocated to New York to reunite with other family members that have been living in the city. These photos belong to Solorzano-Robinson’s family legacy and enhance our Freedom Tower Archive, a digital database available for visitors to search at the Freedom Tower. We are grateful to Elena for sharing her story with us.

All photos courtesy of Elena Solorzano-Robinson

09/05/2026

This Labor Day Weekend visit the Freedom Tower. We are open from 10am to 6pm on Saturday and Sunday. Bank of America cardholders enjoy free admission. We are grateful for the support of Bank of America’s Museums on Us Program.

Free parking is available in Lot #1, south of the Freedom Tower. Lot #1 at Miami Dade College’s Wolfson Campus is located on NE 5th Street between NE 2nd Avenue and Biscayne Boulevard.

Photos by Vivian Vo

09/03/2026

Family, Friends, Celebrations, and Love.

Family photos record special events and cherished moments. These family photos portray the February 1961 wedding of Sergio and Hortensia as well as Hortensia’s bachelorette party. You can find these pictures in our installation “Leaving Cuba” and in our Freedom Tower Archive.

Stop by the museum this weekend and learn more. Friday through Sunday, 10am to 6pm.

Images courtesy of Ivonne de la Vega

08/25/2026

💃 MOAD Moves is back with a free Salsa Workshop at the Freedom Tower led by Michelle Gonzalez de la Cruz!

Learn the fundamentals of salsa, from basic steps to rhythm and timing, and put it all together through movement and music. 🎶 No experience necessary—all ages and levels are welcome!

📅 Sunday, August 30
⏰ 11:00 AM–12:15 PM
📍 Knight Skylight Gallery, Freedom Tower
🎟️ Free and open to the public
🅿️ Free parking at MDC’s Parking Lot 1, on the south side of the Freedom Tower, between NE 5th and NE 6th Streets.

Register here:

https://tr.ee/1kBihzeVsY

08/24/2026

Welcome back, Sharks!

After an active summer, we are thrilled to welcome back MDC students for the fall semester. MDC students, staff, and faculty receive free admission at the Freedom Tower. Drop by before, after, or in-between classes. Enjoy these photos from a special class visit from MDC students last term. This curated tour called “The Art of Care” welcomed MDC Medical Campus students for a visit to all four exhibitions and concluded with a special art making activity in the Knight Skylight Gallery.

08/18/2026

*Join us for a photography workshop this Saturday at the Freedom Tower led by Matias J. Ocner*

Born in Buenos Aires and raised in Miami, Matias J. Oner, a staff photojournalist for the Miami Herald and El Nuevo Herald, has occupied a front-row seat to history, documenting pivotal events through his photography. His coverage spans natural disasters, immigration, protest movements, sporting events, and more. As a team member covering the collapse of Champlain Towers South condominium in Surfside, his impactful images contributed to work that earned the newsroom the 2022 Pulitzer Prize for Breaking News Reporting.

Ocner’s photographs are on view in the installation “Journeys of Freedom” in the Libertad exhibition at the Freedom Tower.

Join us this Saturday from 5 to 7pm for an opportunity to meet with Matias Ocner and learn about his approach to photography. Participants will meet at the Freedom Tower and walk around downtown with the photographer making pictures side by side.

Register here:

https://moadmdc.org/programs-events/moad-makes-with-matias-j-ocner

This event is free and open to the public.

Photo captions:

All photos by Matias J. Ocner.

Activists gather in celebration during a protest in Downtown Deral Park
Digital reproduction, 2019
Courtesy of the Miami Herald

Protesters gather in Bayfront Park rally against election fraud in Venezuela
Digital reproduetion, 2024
Geurtesy ef the Miami Herald

Demonstrators outside the Freedom Tower and the Versailles restaurant express support for protests in Cuba
Digital reproduction, 2021
Courtesy of the Miami Herald

08/17/2026

Today, we share photos of one of our oral history participants, Gladys Gómez-Rossié, one of five Cuban American women to found the Cuban Heritage Collection (CHC) at the University of Miami. The CHC is a critical partner for the Freedom Tower’s exhibition, “Libertad.” Gómez-Rossié’s voice can be heard in “El Refugio in Context” and these images of her childhood in Cuba are accesible vía the Pedro Pan interactive. Gómez-Rossié came to the US at age 14 as an unaccompanied minor through Operation Pedro Pan.

08/14/2026

Tonight marks a special moment for art, justice, and human storytelling. We inaugurate Luis Manuel Otero Alcántara: Nos encontramos, a project organized by the team at the Museum of Art and Design at Miami Dade College for the Freedom Tower.

The evening will include a conversation with the artist and film director Ernesto Fundora, moderated by journalist Gloria Ordaz.

New and recent works by the artist wil be on view. Some works, produced during his imprisonment in Cuba, will be on view for the first time. He was arrested on July 11, 2021, while attempting to join nationwide protests in Cuba and was subsequently sentenced to five years in prison.

The event is from 6 to 10pm.
It is free and open to the public.

Otero Alcántara is co-founder of the San Isidro Movement. His has received significant international recognition, including the Prince Claus Award, the Václav Havel Prize for Creative Dissent, and the Rafto Prize. In 2021, Time magazine named him one of the 100 most influential people in the world.

Address

600 Biscayne Boulevard
Miami, FL
33132

Telephone

(305) 237-7700

Website

https://linktr.ee/freedomtowermiami

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