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Aruba to me

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Create museum memories

ORANJESTAD — Museums are an it can be restored and preserved
integral part of conserving and as one of Aruba's monuments. The
honoring cultures, and Aruba is no Museum of Industry is part of Aruba
exception. Our Island has a wide Museum Foundation (Fundacion
selection of various museums for Museo Aruban), which is a founda-
our locals and visitors to see. Take tion set to maintain, preserve, and
this opportunity to learn about our protect the Aruban cultural sector,
island and experience a different history, and nature. The museum of
day beyond the beach. Let us in- Industry is open daily from 9 am till
troduce to you these museums. 6 pm.
For more information, check out
Museum of Industry Aruba their Facebook page Museum of
The Museum of Industry is located Industry Aruba.
in San Nicolas—better known as need for an adequate housing for sign for the exhibit was completed
the art capital of Aruba. This mu- Archaeological Museum of Aruba its collection and activities. After in November 2007 and the perma-
seum exhibits the industrial history The Archaeological Museum of studying various options, a project nent exhibit, financed by the Aru-
of gold, aloe, phosphate, oil and Aruba is located at Schelpstraat 42 proposal was drawn up, including ban Government and the Union of
tourism through elaborated dis- in downtown Oranjestad. The reno- the acquisition and restoration of Cultural Organizations (UNOCA),
plays and multimedia installations. vated historic Ecury complex in the historical buildings in downtown opened in July 2009.
The Museum of Industry is situated area has been transformed from a Oranjestad.
in the Water Tower in San Nicolas family home to a modern museum At the new location, the National
and narrates Aruba's industrial his- that preserves Aruba’s Amerindian These historical buildings were for- Archaeological Museum Aruba
tory, which began in the 19th cen- cultural heritage. This 21st century merly the property of the Ecury disposes of approximately 500 m2
tury. The Water Tower was built in museum is especially designed to family. The “Ecury Complex”, is a for its permanent exhibit. This exhib-
1939 and consists of three sections: preserve valuable artifacts dating cluster of single and two-story his- it conveys information on the origin
the substructure, the high-rising ver- back to the Pre-Ceramic period of toric buildings, mainly Dutch colo- and culture of the first inhabitants
tical shaft, and the tank at the top. 2500 BC. nial architecture from the late 19th of the island through archaeologi-
The Water Tower was purchased and 20th century on a plot of ap- cal objects and modern exhibition
by the Monuments Fund in 2003 so In the late 1980’s, AMA identified its proximately 1.700 m2. techniques. The new permanent

exhibit gives the visitor an insight
In 1997, the Aruban Government into the cultures that inhabited the
bought the complex for the Na- island in Pre-Historical and Early
tional Archaeological Museum Historical times. The museum also
project. In 2004, a financial agree- hosts attractive public programs,
ment was signed with the Europe- including lectures, educational
an Development Fund and in 2006, projects, temporary exhibits and
restoration and construction work workshops.
began on the monumental build-
ings and the soon-to-be exhibition The museum is open daily from 9:30
space. In December 2007, the key am till 4:30 pm. For more informa-
to the complex was delivered and tion check out the Facebook page
the museum’s employees moved Museo Arqueologico Nacional
to the new location. The final de- Aruba.q