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Monumentsfund Aruba is looking for a Maintenance and Projects Assistent
Monumentsfund Aruba is looking for a Maintenance and Projects Assistant to help us preserve the past for the future. If you are interested in Monuments have a minimum education level of EPI (construction) have a minimum of three years of experience in construction are a team player like working in an open office are willing […]
Read more >The royal family visited three projects of Monumentsfund Aruba
At the end of January, the royal family visited the Caribbean part of the Kingdom with the aim of introducing the Princess of Orange to the islands. In the Aruba program there were various themes that were given attention. These included; nature, colonial history, sports but also the culture of Aruba. Also represented in the […]
Read more >DCHP gives presentation to state secretary Uslu.
Last week, Anne Witsenburg, president of the Dutch Caribbean Heritage Platform, gave a presentation to Gunay Uslu, state secretary for culture and media. During this presentation, some members of the different islands of the Dutch Caribbean Heritage Platform were introduced online and the state secretary was informed about the functioning of the Platform, the conference [...] Read more >Maintenance with lime based plaster test at monument of school 1888
At the beginning of January, Monumentsfund Aruba (SMFA) began maintenance work on the exterior of the Court of Audit building, which is a monument known as School 1888. Today it is the office of the Court of Audit (ARA). The building on Wilhelminastraat belongs to one of the 16 monuments that SMFA owns and is [...] Read more >“LOOKING FOR BOY” project has come to an end.
Work like I’ve never done before, and God knows someday will do. Work I love, not for the work itself, but because it is work that needs to be done. If everyone says leave it to others, then no one will ever do anything. I therefore regard this work as my duty. -Boy Ecury- The […]
Read more >Wiki Loves Monuments Aruba is Back
It’s september and it’s monuments month! After a succesfull Wiki Loves Monuments competition in 2020. Monumentsfund Aruba is once again organizing Wiki Loves Monuments, world’s largest photography competition to document monuments around the world. Wiki Loves Monuments is an international competition organized by Wikimedia. Wikimedia is the organization behind Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia and a […]
Read more >Pieter van Vollenhoven Prize awarded to four successful projects
OnFriday 22 April, four initiators of a redevelopment of a monument received the Pieter van Vollenhoven Prize. De Volmolen in Amersfoort, Fifth in Eindhoven, Fort van Hoofddorp and Uncle Louis Store in San Nicolas (Aruba) received the repurposing award for the way in which they have given these monuments a new function. In the redesignated Fort van Hoofddorp, the prize was personally presented […]
Read more >Conference Dutch Caribbean Heritage Platform
In recent days, the third learning and network conference of the Dutch Caribbean Heritage Platform has been held on Bonaire, which is formed by various organizations on the various islands of the Kingdom working in the field of built heritage. The theme was ‘Sustainable use and conservation of the heritage in the Caribbean part of […]
Read more >The restoration of former Botica Aruba has been completed
In presence of the Minister of Culture, Monumentsfund Aruba (SMFA), celebrated the finalization of the restoration project of Steenweg 19 known as former Botica Aruba or El Mercado. SMFA would like to thank everyone who worked on this project. The restoration project was executed by contractor Van Kessel Havenbouw NV. The design of the building […]
Read more >25 years preserving the past for the future!
These last nine years I have had the honor of working at Monuments Fund Aruba. Today we will look back at a much longer period:25 years ago the foundation was founded after the Monuments Bureau and Monuments council. I would like to congratulate them also on their twenty-five years of existence. Together we are the […]
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