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Wiki Loves Monuments Aruba is back!
Wiki Loves Monuments Aruba 2020 Wiki Loves Monuments Aruba is being organized by Monumentsfund Aruba. The Monuments Fund of Aruba (SMFA) is engaged in the financing of restoration and maintenance, management and operation of protected monuments and is the financial institution in the field of heritage conservation. SMFA promotes awareness of monuments and contributes to […]
Read more >A new destination for the Yellow House
A new destination for the Yellow House, The monument at Weststraat 15, popularly known as: Yellow House, Numismatic Museum, Aruba Bank House or Arina, will have a new destination under the name Patio 15. On Friday July 3rd, Stichting Monumentenfonds Aruba (SMFA) signed a lease with Experitours during the presentation of the Patio 15 project. [...] Read more >Monuments Fund Aruba signs agreement with Rancho Foundation
On Friday 3rd of July, Monuments Fund Aruba (SMFA) celebrated the termination of the Lime Kiln restoration project in Rancho and a user agreement was signed with the Rancho Foundation. Starting today the Rancho Foundation can make free use of the lime kiln for their walking tours. For years, the Rancho Foundation has been committed to […]
Read more >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 […]
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