Is this considered racism?

I work on a decommissioned WW2 battleship. We have an overnight sleepover program, families and other groups spend the the night on the ship and sleep in the same bunks as the sailors did. There is one bunking area that is pretty much unknown, its the furthest bunking area at the front of the ship. that's where they made the non whites sleep because of segregation. There's about 300 hundred bunks in that section, and its much more practical to use that room for our overnight guests due to the way the program works. The upper management of the ship refuses to even open the room and have it on exhibit. Even though the racism and segregation of those days is a very negative time in American history, its still important to remember. Regardless of skin color they were all Americans fighting for the same cause and I think its a very reasonable idea to open that section and make a memorial. Does it seem like they are slightly racist or embarrassed of the past and want to sweep it under the rug?maybe forget it never happened on the ship.