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Stichting Monumentenfonds Aruba attended the Curacao Heritage Conference 2017
Last November the third edition of the Caribbean Conference of National Trust and Preservation Societies took place in Curacao. Stakeholders, professionals and those interested in conservation of cultural heritage attended the conference which this year held the title of ‘Making Heritage Matter’. The conference was organized in connection with the celebration of the twentieth anniversary […]
Read more >Go back in time with us at Fiesta di Cunucu 2017!
This year Monumentsfund Aruba together with Departamento di Cultura, Santa Rosa and Fundacion Museo Arubano are organizing Fiesta di Cunucu once again. On November 26th visitors can enjoy traditional music, dance, clothing and get a glimpse of how the cunucu house style of living used to be. An old cunucu house at Tanki Leendert 65 [...] Read more >Maintenance work at the Yellow House has begun
In the last years Monumentsfund Aruba has been focusing on the maintenance of its monumental buildings. The City Hall, Henriquez building, Wild House and School 1888 have already been through a complete maintenance. Now it’s the turn of the monument on Weststreet which is currently the Arina office and is also known as the Yellow [...] Read more >Monumentsfund Aruba paid a working visit to the Netherlands
In early April, the director, Anne Witsenburg, and project leader, Joost Saris, of Monumentsfund Aruba (SMFA) paid a work visit to the Netherlands. The directors of Curaçao Monumentsfund and the Monuments Foundation Curaçao were also in the Netherlands and have worked with SMFA to deepen existing contacts and to make new contacts. The visit began [...] Read more >Celebrate Aruba’s cultural heritage on April 18th 2017
International day for Monuments and Sites on April 18, is held each year around the world with different types of activities. The aim is to promote awareness about the diversity of cultural heritage, their vulnerability and the efforts required for their protection and conservation. In 2017 the theme is “Cultural Heritage and Sustainable Tourism”. Monumentsfund [...] Read more >More than nine thousand monumentswalk books for Aruban schools
These last years SMFA has been focusing more on awareness and education about our monuments as an important part of our cultural heritage. About a year ago two students from IPA (pedagogic institute), Magaly Kelly and Sharine Aponte approached us with the proposal to make their social project about monuments. The final result we presented on [...] Read more >A monumental 2016
SMFA celebrated this year its 20th anniversary. These twenty years SMFA has worked on preserving the past for the future and we have had once again a successful year for Monumentsfund Aruba (SMFA). Maintenance and restoration projects Huisje Wild (Wild House) and School 1888 went through a complete maintenance. We also restored two very important buildings; […]
Read more >‘Playa mi Orguyo’ (Playa my pride)
During the last two weeks, a group of students from Hogeschool Rotterdam came to Aruba for their minor project. The assignment was to create a plan for Huize Veneranda. They had just two weeks to study the area and develop a plan for this monumental building. Tuesday November 1st the students presented their plan titled […]
Read more >A plan for Veneranda Building
New developments can be seen every day in the Wilhelmina street. Buildings that have been neglected for years are now being renewed and new buildings are being constructed, all these investments give a new face to the well-known street but with all these developments the still disused and deteriorated buildings becomes more obvious. An example […]
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