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ORANJESTAD — as from seum of Industry is part of tions, a project proposal
now on two interesting mu- Fundacion Museo Arubano was drawn up, including
seums on Aruba are open (FMA), which is a founda- the acquisition and restora-
to the public again. Take tion set to maintain, pre- tion of historical buildings in
this opportunity to learn serve, and protect the Aru- downtown Oranjestad.
about our island and ex- ban culture sector, history,
perience a different day and nature. The museum of These historical buildings
beyond the beach. Let us Industry is open daily from 9 were formerly the proper- financed by the Aruban exhibit gives the visitor an
introduce to you the two lo- am till 1 pm. ty of the Ecury family. The Government and the Union insight into the cultures that
cations. For more information check “Ecury Complex”, is a clus- of Cultural Organizations inhabited the island in Pre-
out their Facebook page ter of single and two-story
Museum of Industry Aruba Museum of Industry Aruba. historic buildings, mainly (UNOCA), opened in July Historical and Early Histori-
cal times. The museum also
2009.
Museum of Industry in San Dutch colonial architec- hosts an attractive public
Nicolas, better known as Archaeological Museum of ture from the late 19th and At the new location the program including lectures,
the art capital of Aruba. Aruba 20th century on a plot of National Archaeological educational projects, tem-
This museum presents the The Archaeological Mu- approximately 1.700 m2. Museum Aruba disposes of porary exhibits and work-
history of gold, aloe, phos- seum of Aruba is located approximately 500 m2 for shops.
phate, oil and tourism at Schelpstraat 42 in down- In 1997 the Aruban Govern- its permanent exhibit. This The museum is open daily
through elaborated dis- town Oranjestad. The reno- ment bought the complex exhibit conveys through ar- from 9:30 am till 4:30 pm.
plays and multimedia in- vated historic Ecury com- for the National Archaeo- chaeological objects and
stallations. plex in downtown Oranjes- logical Museum project. modern exhibition tech- For more information check
The Museum of Industry is tad has been transformed In 2004 a financial agree- niques information on the out the Facebook page
situated in the Water Tower from a family home to a ment was signed with the origin and culture of the Museo Arqueologico Na-
in San Nicolas and narrates modern museum that pre- European Development first inhabitants of the is-
Aruba's industrial history serves Aruba’s Amerindian Fund and in 2006 restaura- land. The new permanent cional Aruba.q
which began in the 19th cultural heritage. This 21st tion and construction work
century. The Water Tower century museum is espe- began on the monumental
was built in 1939 and con- cially designed to preserve buildings and the new to
sists of three sections: the valuable artifacts dating build exhibition space. In
substructure, the high-rising back to the Pre-Ceramic December 2007 the key to
vertical shaft, and the tank period of 2500 BC. the complex was delivered
at the top. The Water Tow- and the museum’s em-
er was purchased by the In the late 1980’s AMA ployees moved to the new
Monuments fund in 2003 identified its need for an location. The final design
so it could be restored and adequate housing for its for the exhibit was com-
preserved as one of Aru- collection and activities. pleted in November 2007
ba's monuments. The Mu- After studying various op- and the permanent exhibit,