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Monday 3 april 2023

Photo collection Brothers of Tilburg is now also online via Coleccion Aruba

ORANJESTAD - Since the place with the Royal Ar- of Stadsmuseum Tilburg:
end of March 2023, part chives, and with the Royal “I think it’s great that this
of the Brothers’ collection, Library. Soon e hope to an- cultural heritage is reach-
namely all photographs re- nounce other similar col- ing a wider audience from
lated to Aruba, is also part laborations with Dutch col- our database through Col-
of the Aruba Collection: lection holdings.” eccion Aruba. In fact, by
https://coleccion.aw/frat- “This collaboration with the opening up our data to
ers. Stadsmuseum Tilburg for the them, the awareness of this
collection of the Brothers of collection is increased with
The Brothers of Tilburg Tilburg has been very high the push of a button.”
worked for many years in on the ‘wish list’ for many
the Caribbean, taking nu- years. I am very happy that Rien Vissers, archivist Broth-
merous photographs in Cu- we have succeeded with ers CMM: “The Central Ar-
racao, Bonaire, Suriname, Stadsmuseum Tilburg and chives of the Brothers of
Aruba, Trinidad, French, Erfgoed Brabant! We espe- Tilburg (CMM) finds it very
and British Guiana, among cially want to thank Petra special that the photo col-
others. Part of the Carib- Robben, Rien Vissers, Cris lection of the brothers who
bean Heritage collection lections, and research at from the broader heritage Kremers, and the Brothers lived and worked in Aruba
of the Brothers of Tilburg Biblioteca Nacional Aruba community, such as from of Tilburg for their permis- for many years is now made
has been digitally acces- (BNA). the museum field and the sion and pleasant cooper- available through Colec-
sible since 2018 through the built heritage/monuments ation,” Scholing said. cion Aruba. It is honorable
Tilburg City Museum web- “BNA has had a digital col- protection field. to remain part of Aruban
site: https://stadsmuseum- lection online since 2019, Petra Robben, city curator history in this way.”q
tilburg.nl/collecties/. with nearly 50,000 items “The collaboration with
now available. Stadsmuseum Tilburg in the
“Within the ‘Coleccion area of the Fraters collec- Aruba to me
Aruba’ project, we are cur- This digital collection tion fits well into this broad-
rently working to make all formed the basis for ‘Col- er vision, to also make
the heritage puzzle pieces eccion Aruba in 2022, a available in a digital way
related to Aruba available new, Aruba-wide initiative the collections that are not
in one place. The collection with, in addition to BNA, physically located on the
of the Brothers of Tilburg is Archivo Nacional Aruba island in the ‘original’, lo-
one of the (photographic) (ANA), and UNOCA, the lo- cal context, namely within
treasure troves of Aruban/ cal cultural fund as found- the Collection Aruba, just
Caribbean heritage,” said ing partners. Meanwhile, as collaborations and con-
Peter Scholing, responsible this initiative has expanded tent exchanges are tak-
for digitization, digital col- to include local partners ing place and have taken

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