Crafts and Heritage Centre of Excellence at the Alte Feste Building

Windhoek’s oldest building to be turned into business center

Windhoek’s oldest building to be turned into business center

Steve Nashama The Ministry of Education, Arts and Culture last Thursday announced that it will establish and maintain the Arts, Crafts and Heritage Centre of Excellence at the Alte Feste Building, after they entered into a ten-year-agreement with the Namibia Arts, Craft and Design (NACD) to renovate, manage and redefine the complex into a business center. The Alte Feste is the oldest building in Windhoek and is of significant historical value to the country. It was declared a national museum in 1957 and turned into the National Museum of Namibia after independence. The building became severely dilapidated, and it is…
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