MoneyMuseum is a private museum in Zürich, Switzerland that focuses critically on monetary history and the future of money. It is funded by the nonprofit Sunflower Foundation.[1]
History
editFinancial analyst Jürg Conzett founded the MoneyMuseum in 1999. He assigned his private collection to the Sunflower Foundation, which he created as the umbrella organization of the MoneyMuseum. It was the world’s first numismatic museum.[2]
In October 2000, the MoneyMuseum opened a branch in the Swiss National Museum. In 2002, it opened a permanent exhibit in the Museum Bärengasse.[3] That was also the venue of the highly regarded exhibition 'The People of Zürich and their Money' which highlighted the ways people make use of money.[4] In February 2003, the MoneyMuseum opened a 500-square-meter (5,400 sq ft) facility at Hadlaubstrasse 106. Since then, the permanent exhibition is regularly supplemented by special presentations and events.[5]
The MoneyMuseum aims to "the visitor aware of the historical, economic and social background of the individual objects, thus making him reflect about his own use of money."[6]
Online
editThe MoneyMuseum offers free material on the Internet.[7] Materials include are works on the history of money as well as ‘Money:critical’ where economic theorists deal with current aspects of money.[8] As of 2016, the MoneyMuseum placed a new focus on 'Crisis'.[9]
References
edit- ^ "Money Museum – The Power of Money". City of Zürich. Retrieved 18 May 2018.
- ^ Lemma ‘Jürg Conzett’ in ‘Numismatic Who’s who’ and Kampmann 2008, p. 39.
- ^ Kampmann 2008, p. 42.
- ^ Kampmann 2006, pp. 43–49 and 'Wer interessiert sich schon für Geld?'. Neue Zürcher Zeitung from 4 May 2006. Retrieved 22 June 2016.
- ^ Kampmann 2008, pp. 42–43.
- ^ Kampmann 2008, p. 43.
- ^ Money Museum website. Printed publications, and audiobooks and other audio products are available there.
- ^ "'Money:critical'". Archived from the original on 2017-03-31. Retrieved 2017-03-31.
- ^ New contributions to the topic of crisis
Further reading
edit- Kampmann, Ursula (2008). Panta rhei oder eine kurze Geschichte des MoneyMuseums. Retrieved 19 May 2018.
- Kampmann, Ursula (2006). 'Die Zürcher und ihr Geld. 2000 Jahre Zürcher Geldgeschichte', Vernissage 10.