Fondazzjoni Wirt Artna - the Malta Heritage Trust, is a voluntary non-governmental organisation which is active in the fields of cultural heritage preservation and management. Amongst its principal aims are:
FWA is responsible from seven military museums and their collections of artefacts. Our collections are mostly of a military nature and consists of thousands of original items from the 16th century to the present time. It holds graphic and printed material, uniforms, armour, badges and insignia, medals, weapons, ammunition, equipment, personal items, instruments, artillery pieces and even tanks.
FWA also keeps an extensive reference library and an archive consisting of the personal documentation of Maltese and foreign servicemen who had served in Malta in both World Wars.
- raising of public awareness about Malta’s cultural heritage diversity and richness
- salvaging through restoration and sympathetic use of abandoned or threatened heritage monuments and buildings
- facilitating public accessibility to heritage monuments, buildings and sites under its care
- creation and management of cultural heritage museums and collections
- preservation of the national collective memory through the collection of oral histories and personal documentation and records of individuals with a story to tell
FWA is responsible from seven military museums and their collections of artefacts. Our collections are mostly of a military nature and consists of thousands of original items from the 16th century to the present time. It holds graphic and printed material, uniforms, armour, badges and insignia, medals, weapons, ammunition, equipment, personal items, instruments, artillery pieces and even tanks.
FWA also keeps an extensive reference library and an archive consisting of the personal documentation of Maltese and foreign servicemen who had served in Malta in both World Wars.