Working Concept Plan
The experience this room is designed to create
A ten-week war ends Spain's five-century empire and launches the United States as a global military power. Cuba gains nominal independence. The Philippines, Guam, and Puerto Rico change hands. A new kind of imperialism — one that speaks the language of liberation — takes its first steps onto the world stage.
Present Spanish–American War with historical clarity, human dignity, and enough context to understand causes, choices, consequences, and contested memory.
Planning statusThis page is a directional design brief, not a finalized curatorial, architectural, or construction commitment. It will evolve through scholarly, community, accessibility, conservation, and design review.