UNESCO Aruba opens Travelling Poster Exhibition: Slavery
ORANJESTAD - In April 2024, the Caribbean Office of UNESCO in Jamaica approached UNESCO Aruba with the proposal to organize an Aruban version of the exhibition “Travelling Poster Exhibition: Slavery. Ten True Stories of Dutch Colonial Slavery & Aruba’s Stories.”
The exhibition will take place in 2024 at various embassies and regional UN offices, the National Library of Trinidad & Tobago, and the Tula Museum in Curaçao. With the cooperation of partners from the Ministries of Culture and Education, they created a noteworthy route for the exhibition, taking it from the National Library to UNESCO, Educampus Aruba, the Archaeological Museum, the School of Art in San Nicolas, and the National Archives. The exhibition will have a different focus at each location since its display is in a different setting, to a different audience, or with adapted activities.
This exhibition presents a series of 14 posters developed by the Rijksmuseum, containing deep and personal stories of the period of Dutch colonial slavery, ten individual stories, three introductory posters, and one world map.
Additionally, it includes for the Aruban public:
- The film 'Francisca y Eugenio,' directed and produced by Mrs. Rebecca Roos, which tells the story of the Ecury family, a story of resilience and perseverance;
- A poster of the slave 'Thomas' based on information from the National Archives. The poster tells a story of resistance;
- Various books on slavery.
This traveling exhibition will be at the National Library in San Nicolas until October 18 and then move to a different location.
This exhibition is a collaboration between the UNESCO Office for the Caribbean in Jamaica, EducationUSA, UNOCA, the National Archives, the Archaeological Museum Aruba, the National Library, Educampus Aruba, and UNESCO Aruba.
These efforts reflect the commitment of our international and local community to recognize and value our past and to use this knowledge to build an inclusive future.