Aruba has been awarded for its efforts to preserve its cultural heritage and make it accessible to the world
ORANJESTAD - Aruba received the Internet Archive Hero Award 2024 at the headquarters of the Internet Archive in San Francisco, California. The award is the result of the efforts made by the partners of Coleccion Aruba to digitize Aruba's cultural heritage.
Through digitization, Aruba's cultural heritage is accessible to all who are interested in learning more about the
history and culture of Aruba. Coleccion Aruba consists of 13 organizations that manage Aruba's cultural and documentary heritage, supported by strategic partners. Coleccion Aruba is available on the website www.coleccion.aw.
People can search more than 150 thousand items of Aruba's history and culture here. There's information that goes back 200 years, all the way to a recording of the Showtime music program from the 80s and 90s. All of this can be seen on collection.aw.