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Working Visit SMFA to the Netherlands
Last week Minister Oduber paid a working visit to the Netherlands. The director of Monument Fund Foundation Aruba (SMFA) traveled with the ministerial group. Aim for SMFA was a further deepening of relations with the Netherlands. In the vision of Aruba Culture is an important pillar for tourism. This message is conveyed in the Netherlands […]
Read more >Monumentsfund Aruba starts restauration ‘Nicolaas Store’
In 2015 the restoration of the former Nicolaas Store in San Nicolas will start. This protected monument will be the house of the Community Museum. Architect Selection Important for a successful outcome of the restoration and remodeling, is the choice of architect. As the owner of the property Monumentsfund Aruba wants to make the selection […]
Read more >Celebrating 18 years of Stichting Monumentenfonds Aruba!!
Stichting Monumentenfonds Aruba celebrated its 18th Anniversary on June 17th. Together with the team we visited some of our partners to thank them for these 18 years. Stichting Monumentenfonds Aruba | Est. 1996 Stichting Monumentenfonds Aruba viert 18 jaar!! Stichting Monumentenfonds Aruba vierde op 17 juni haar 18 de verjaardag. Met het team hebben we […]
Read more >Establishment of the Dutch Caribbean Heritage Platform
Different foundations of the islands of the Kingdom of the Netherlands came together last week on Wednesday, June 11th to establish the Dutch Caribbean Heritage Platform (DHCP). For some time there were ideas for strengthening the cooperation between the islands. In February last year, a number of foundations came to Bonaire and spoke together for […]
Read more >Aruba visits symposium to mark the retirement of George Herman as Director of Curacao Monuments Foundation
Tuesday June 10th and Wednesday June 11th there was a symposium on Curacao to mark the retirement of George Herman. He was director of the Curacao Monuments Foundation for 22 years and has done so much in that role for the monuments there. His great contribution and his long career took care a room filled […]
Read more >Aruba Doet 2014 | Project Water Alley
ARUBA DOET | Volunteer events This year for the first time Stichting Monumentenfonds Aruba together with Stichting Rancho participated with Aruba Doet. We worked together with volunteers and the help of our sponsors for two days in the Rancho area to create the ‘Water alley’. The water reservoir is a more than hundred years old […]
Read more >Exhibition Monumento Historia di nos Futuro
Photo courtesy of The Morning News On 24th of January there was at the office of Stichting Monumentenfonds Aruba (SMFA) the opening of the exhibition by the artist Franco Koolman. The title of the exhibition is Monumento Historia di Nos Futuro (Historic Monuments of our future), the title can be seen back in the works […]
Read more >Maintenance City Hall
On January 13th, the maintenance began at City Hall. On December 9th, the parties signed the contract for maintenance of the building. The work will be led by Monumentenbureau and is scheduled to finish both buildings within 5 months. Monumentenbureau is also the architect of this project and Van Kessel Havenbouw NV will perform maintenance […]
Read more >Aruba Doet | January 2014
SMFA will be part of Aruba doet kingdoms largest volunteers’ event the 21st and 22nd of March. For this event Stichting Monumentenfonds Aruba decided to clean the water reservoir in the neighborhood of Rancho. In November 2013 a group of students from Rotterdam came to Aruba to participate in a workshop about sustainable building. The […]
Read more >Dutch Students present their Sustainable Building study of Rancho area
Source: The Morning News Oranjestad – Government architects Raffy Kock and Glen Goddijn had been host to sixteen students of the University of Rotterdam under the tutelage Associate Professor Sustainable Building Technology, Arjan Karssenberg for two weeks beginning on November 25. The group was on island for third Sustainable Building study on Aruba, with Professor Karssenberg has […]
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