The history of Aruba has a lot to tell, many monuments that keep it alive in our community, reflecting a history and a past with different details that may be insignificant samples but it really is an incredible and valuable one.
Aruba can count on monuments located in the heart of a district that is gradually being filled with different arts that amaze every tourist who comes to enjoy a part of Aruba that reflects the creativity and beauty of our country.
If we are talking for themselves about the beautiful and creative district of San Nicolás, which for a long time has been changing little by little as the simply most beautiful district of our country because of the arts that are exhibiting, each one dedicated and with a different story, one made for not only its beauty but also to strengthen our history and expand the knowledge of ourselves in our history and past.
Nicolaas Store, which by the way bears the name of the district where it is located, expands and gives a different heartbeat to the heart of San Nicolás, San Nicolás is a district where many people go for a little quiet and where having a coffee in Nicolaas Store can be a possibility. Nicolaas Store is located halfway where your exploration for a day full of art and history can start.
Nicolaas Store, can also be known as a place that Monument fund foundation Aruba bought from the Nicolaas family in August 2013. Once the building has been restored to its former glory, the Nicolaas Store will host the Community Museum.
To carry out this project, the Monument fund foundation Aruba worked together with the Monument bureau Aruba and the Nationaal Restoration fund of the Netherlands. The restoration began in 2014 and by September the project was completely finished.
Built around 1940, it consisted only of the ground floor and served as a store where books, instruments, newspapers, gifts, etc. were sold. Later, the first floor was built and became the house where the owner lived with his family. Nicolaas store was a very popular store at the time. The building was empty for about 20 years.
Now this building is not only a Museum, but a Community Museum that shares the stories of the community as we know it. And it is that it is the “real” contact of the past of San Nicolás and Nicolaas Store. But it is also the Kulture Cafe building, which provides a place that can be spent learning something about our past and history but also enjoying a sweet meal and coffee.
Its new opening hours from August 15, 2023 will be.
Tuesday to Friday 9:00am-5:00pm/ Sunday 10:00am-2:00pm
Nicolaas store is just part of the beautiful tour that your person can do in the vicinity of San Nicolaas, San Nicolaas is the district with the most mural art here in our country, which makes the perfect place to hold events such as art fair, carnival and also the visit of our reality, everyone who enters San Nicolaas leaves with a new inspiration of creativity, San Nicolaas and Nicolaas Store are definitely on the way to visit on your holidays.
The Community Museum of San Nicolás is the latest addition to the Asturian museums, which was inaugurated in the second half of 2017. This museum will be an invitation to explore deeper layers of culture in Aruba.
The Community Museum is located in the Nicolaas Store, a recently restored monument in the heart of downtown St. Nicholas. Only the restored beauty of two levels is worth a visit by itself, with original floors and wooden doors. A terrace on the second floor offers 360-degree views over our country.
The exhibition focuses on drawing our attention to specific authentic aspects of the St. Nicholas Community.
Let’s explore and live San Nicolás in another way and with another view, Nicolaas Store, Kulture Cafe and Community Museum are waiting for your visit and hope to fill your heart with beautiful history and feelings of the past as well as your barrel with a sweet meal. Stop by today from 9 to 5 or from 10 to 2 and celebrate and exalt our history and past.
Our monument, our history, let’s explore!
