Din l-Art Helwa – National Trust of Malta

Safeguarding our heritage for future generations

Din l-Art Ħelwa, National Trust of Malta, is a non-governmental, not-for-profit, voluntary organisation founded in 1965 to safeguard the historic, artistic and natural heritage of Malta. Since its foundation, Din l-Art Ħelwa has restored and managed numerous cultural sites of immense historic and environmental importance.

We promote the preservation and protection of historic buildings and monuments, the character of our towns and villages, and places of natural beauty and importance and the flora and fauna of such places, especially in relation to the problems arising from modern urban development. We stimulate the enforcement of existing laws and the enactment of new ones for the protection of our natural and built heritage.

RESTORATION

The small canvas painting representing the Sacred Heart of Jesus at the Church of Our Lady of Victory has been restored by Amy Sciberras our resident conservator.The strainer and decorative frame were first disinfested. Unstable areas of the paint/preparatory layers were consolidated and deformations were improved. Surface deposits and grime were cleaned and losses were infilled. The decorative frame was also cleaned, consolidated and infilled. See slide show of more restoration work here

Lunchtime Concerts by the Kalypso Ensemble


THE RED TOWER MELLIEĦA	BIR MIFTUĦ INTERNATIONAL MUSIC FESTIVAL	SUBSCRIBE/JOIN US Join to help us safeguard the historic, artistic and natural heritage of Malta. Click for instructions.
OUR LADY OF VICTORY CHURCH VALLETTA	Din l-Art Ħelwa's annual spring fête Din l-Art Ħelwa's holds an annual fund-raising Spring Fête at the exquisite Garden of Rest on the bastions in Floriana. Watch these pages for more details.
BIR MIFTUĦ CHAPEL GUDJA	MONTHLY LECTURES Din l-Art Ħelwa organises monthly public lectures on cultural, historical and environmental topics. The lectures are held every first Thursday of the month, between October and June at the DLĦ centre in Valletta at 6 pm.