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Monumentsfund Aruba celebrates its 24th anniversary
Twenty-four years ago, Monuments fund Aruba (SMFA) was funded with the goal to purchase, restore and maintain monumental buildings of Aruba. The first project SMFA financed was the restoration of the City Hall and the Ex Hotel Colombia. After twenty-four years SMFA currently owns thirteen monumental buildings and three objects. These last years we have [...] Read more >Uncle Louis Store participating for ‘Pieter van Vollenhovenprijs’
The Pieter van Vollenhoven Prize is an annually recurring prize to a private individual or organization that has taken up the challenge of preserving a monumental building in the Dutch Kingdom by giving it a new destination. In 2013 the prize was presented to Prof. Pieter van Vollenhoven on his retirement after a 27-year chairmanship […]
Read more >Monuments Fund Aruba projects on the Fast Track projects list
Monuments Fund Aruba (SMFA) proposed some projects to the government of Aruba to be on the Fast Track projects list. Some of the projects SMFA has been working on for a long time already some are in a very advanced phase and some in the feasibility study phase. The main goal is to get these […]
Read more >The restoration project of the Uncle Louis Store building has come to an end
After nine months of restoration, the contractor Van Kessel Havenbouw NV delivered the building known as ‘Uncle Louis Store’ completely restored to the director of the Monuments Fund Aruba (SMFA). At the same time the keys were handed to the government of Aruba and the Department of Nature and environment (DNM) who will be using […]
Read more >SUEN5831 International Day for Monuments and Sites
Monumentsfund Aruba celebrated the International day for monuments and sites with the acquisition of a typical cunucu house. In 1982, ICOMOS established April 18 as the International Day for Monuments and Sites. This year the theme was Rural Landscapes. Monumensfund aruba (MFA) made use of this opportunity to announce the purchase of a monument at [...] Read more >Beautiful monument for rent
Office Space for Rent: Huisje Wild Beautiful monumental building for rent in Oranjestad with own private backyard and parking. Suitable as office, retail, horeca space. The ground floor can be divided into office spaces and the first floor can be used as office or meeting room. For more information : 582 4014 | [email protected]
Read more >Visit the California Lighthouse and get your lighthouse passport stamped!
The California Lighthouse is now official member of the United States Society of Lighthouses. The United States Lighthouse Society is a non-profit, historical and educational organization incorporated to educate, inform, and entertain those who are interested in lighthouses, past and present. For those who loves to visit the lighthouses when on vacation, the society created […]
Read more >Monuments Fund Aruba gives tour to Dutch Minister of Culture
Last Wednesday the Monuments Fund Aruba Foundation (SMFA) was allowed to give a guided tour to the Dutch Minister of Culture, Mrs Ingrid van Engelshoven. This in the context of her working visit to the Caribbean part of the Kingdom and in preparation for the Vierlanden consultation, which took place on Curacao on Friday 8 […]
Read more >The history and future of Eagle
Eight students from SUS workshops at Hogeschool Rotterdam have realized a project on Aruba for eighth year in a row. With this time the assignment to bring back the History of the neighborhood of Eagle in a sustainable way. The group has been immersed for two weeks in the culture of Aruba and the history […]
Read more >Heritage for generations
Every year on 18 April, ICOMOS celebrates the International Day for Monuments and Sites. The 2018 theme for the ICOMOS International Day for Monuments and Sites is Heritage for Generations. Sharing stories and the transfer of knowledge between generations is a crucial step in cultural development. On this day we celebrate the inter-generational transfer of […]
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