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               Wednesday 29 January 2025

              Alhambra Casino has their Bingo Progressive Winner!


                                                                                                                     (Oranjestad)  -  Alhambra  Casino  is
                                                                                                                     proud to announce their Bingo Pro-
                                                                                                                     gressive Winner, who took home the
                                                                                                                     big prize on January 23rd, 2025 dur-
                                                                                                                     ing the casino’s weekly Super Bingo
                                                                                                                     event.

                                                                                                                     The  lucky  winner  won  the  progres-
                                                                                                                     sive of $71.168,44 for the special pro-
                                                                                                                     gressive  game,  where  players  can
                                                                                                                     hit the jackpot within 50 calls.  With
                                                                                                                     only 1 number missing, G48, the win-
                                                                                                                     ner won within the last 10 calls. Con-
                                                                                                                     gratulations to the lucky winner!


                                                                                                                      Today’s progressive is $ 19, 325.


                                                                                                                     Alhambra Casino is one of Aruba’s
                                                                                                                     most visited casinos on the island by
                                                                                                                     both  locals  and  tourists.  Last  year
                                                                                                                     they  celebrated  their  40th  anniver-
                                                                                                                     sary, marking a huge milestone and
                                                                                                                     affirming  the  casino’s  position  as
                                                                                                                     one  of  the  leading  casinos  on  the
                                                                                                                     island.  q


            Create museum memories


            ORANJESTAD — Museums are an integral
            part of conserving and honoring cultures,  Located at Schelpstraat 42 in downtown
            and Aruba is no exception. Take this op-   Oranjestad,  the  renovated  historic  Ecury
            portunity  to  learn  about  our  island  and  complex in the area has been transformed
            experience  a  different  day  beyond  the  from a family home to a modern museum
            beach at the Archaeological Museum of  that preserves Aruba’s Amerindian cultural
            Aruba.                                     heritage. This 21st century museum is espe-











                                                                                                   cially designed to preserve  National   Archaeological
                                                                                                   valuable  artifacts  dating  Museum Aruba disposes of
                                                                                                   back  to  the  Pre-Ceramic  approximately  500  m2  for
                                                                                                   period of 2500 BC.           its  permanent  exhibit.  This
                                                                                                                                exhibit  conveys  informa-
                                                                                                   In  the  late  1980’s,  AMA  tion on the origin and cul-
                                                                                                   identified  its  need  for  an  ture  of  the  first  inhabitants
                                                                                                   adequate  housing  for  its  of  the  island  through  ar-
                                                                                                   collection  and  activities.  chaeological  objects  and
                                                                                                   After  studying  various  op-  modern  exhibition  tech-
                                                                                                   tions,  a  project  proposal  niques.  The  new  perma-
                                                                                                   was  drawn  up,  including  nent exhibit gives the visitor
                                                                                                   the acquisition and restora-  an insight into the cultures
                                                                                                   tion of historical buildings in  that inhabited the island in
                                                                                                   downtown Oranjestad.         Pre-Historical and Early His-
                                                                                                                                torical  times.  The  museum
                                                                                                   These  historical  buildings  also hosts attractive public
                                                                                                   were  formerly  the  proper-  programs,  including  lec-
                                                                                                   ty  of  the  Ecury  family.  The  tures, educational projects,
                                                                                                   “Ecury Complex”, is a clus-  temporary  exhibits  and
                                                                                                   ter  of  single  and  two-story  workshops.
                                                                                                   historic  buildings,  mainly
                                                                                                   Dutch  colonial  architec-   The  museum  is  open  dai-
                                                                                                   ture from the late 19th and  ly  from  9:30  am  till  4:30
                                                                                                   20th  century  on  a  plot  of  pm.  For  more  information
                                                                                                   approximately 1.700 m2.      check  out  the  Facebook
                                                                                                                                page Museo Arqueologico
                                                                                                   At  the  new  location,  the  Nacional Aruba.q
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