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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 […]
Read more >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; […]
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