CUR TravelGuide 02.04.20 - Flipbook - Page 82
MUSEUMS
Children’s Museum. This is in every way the youngest museum of Curaçao.
Founded in 2017, this museum features numerous interactive exhibits
where children learn through the power of play. Unlike a traditional
museum, children are encouraged to touch, create, and manipulate. The
museum is accessible for all children (ages 1-8) and their families.
Curaçao Museum. In this spacious museum, the geological history
of Curaçao comes to life, displaying pre-Colombian Indian artifacts,
professions the Afro-Curaçaoans practiced after the abolition of slavery
and how that transformed their beliefs and mode of living. The Snipgallery
also houses the cockpit of the “Snip”, the first KLM plane to cross the
Atlantic Ocean in 1934.
Mongui Maduro Museum at “Rooi Catootje”. Landhuis Rooi Catootje,
a typical Curaçao plantation house from 1735, is home to the Mongui
Maduro Museum which tells the story of the last four owners of the former
Plantation Rooi Catootje since Salomon Elias Levy Maduro bought it in
1853. Originally known as “Rust en Vrede” (Rest & Peace), the buildings
name was changed into “Rooi Catootje” around 1830.
Curaçao Liqueur Distillery. Visit the Curaçao Liqueur
Distillery at Landhuis Chobolobo to learn about the
distillation process of the island’s signature Blue
Curaçao Liqueur, which is produced at this former
plantation house (landhuis) turned distillery
since 1896.
DID YOU
KNOW?
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Did you know the fragrant oils in the peels
of the island’s oranges serve as the base of
Blue Curaçao Liqueur. They were originally
brought here by the Spaniards, and then
abandoned by them as a crop when the
fruit turned bitter in the island’s soil.