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Money: A History

Museum of American Finance
48 Wall Street
(at William Street)
New York, NY  10005
Tel: (212) 908-4110
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Ongoing

Hours

Tues – Sat: 10 am – 4 pm
Though much emphasis is placed on obtaining money, few people actually stop and think of the history behind this much coveted commodity. In this exhibition, visitors learn the basis for the American financial system and how the currency has evolved over time.
  • Directions: Subway: 2, 3, 4, 5 to Wall Street; J, M to Broad Street; 1, R, W to Rector Street

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Museum of American Finance

An affiliate of the Smithsonian Institution, the museum is the nation's only public museum dedicated to finance, entrepreneurship and the open market system.
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Museum of American Finance Listings

  • Entrepreneurs

    Ongoing Video interviews with Jeremy Allaire, Brightcove/Flash's Donald Burr, People’s Express' Robin Chase, Zipcar's Steve Hindy, Brooklyn Brewery's Princess Jenkins, The Brownstone's Kay Koplovitz, USA Network's Raymond Kurzweil and countless other entrepreneurs reveal the impact of self-starters on the American financial landscape.

  • Tracking the Credit Crisis

    Ongoing Breaking down the recession, this timeline offers insight into the 2008 American financial system collapse, from the burst of the housing bubble in late 2006 to the federal government's recovery package entailing trillions of dollars in in government aide, offered by the Obama administration in 2009.

  • Alexander Hamilton Room

    Ongoing This room, designed in the style of a bank managers office from the 1700s, pays tribute to the lasting contributions of Alexander Hamilton, one of the primary architects of American capitalism.

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