Museum of American Financial History

Previous Address

28 Broadway (by Wall Street.)

New York City, New York 10004-1763

Phone: (212) 908-4519

Fax: (212) 908-4601

The museum will move to 48 Wall Street, New York.

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The Museum of American Financial History is the nation’s first public museum that has been completely dedicated to explore the financial history of the country. The museum was established in 1988 and was used mainly for educational purposes. The organization carries out the mission of educating the public about finance with their varied programs and services. The museum has been aiming at promoting financial literacy among individuals that helps them to achieve better financial stability in the long run. Americans who visit the museum are motivated to learn about their savings, investment and credit plans.  

Recently, the museum has shifted to 48 Wall Street. The museum is adding many new features and will have around ten times the space of the original one. The new building will include a magnificent banking hall, which would be used as an exhibition hall. The extra two floors that are being incorporated in the new museum will have an auditorium, state-of-the-art financial education centre and a research facility.  

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Collections:

The museum’s collection offers an overview on the subject of American finance and its history. The permanent collection includes a number of original inscriptions and artifacts that is almost 10,000 in number. The visitors here will get the opportunity to know about the inspiring stories of America’s best organizations. The structure that is being built at 48 Wall Street includes a grand mezzanine floor and will also feature four permanent and temporary exhibitions. With the help of these exhibits visitors are informed about the various investment plans that they might look at. With the three towers New York’s securities and commodities markets is presented in a realistic manner. High technology electronic stock tickers are used for some exhibits. At one of the sections visitors are also given the chance to converse with prominent American business executives and ask them about their success. An entire room is dedicated to Alexander Hamilton; one of the founding fathers of financial principles. Visiting the museum is a once in a life time experience that should not be missed.

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Resource of the museum:

The resources of the museum are one-of-a-kind and special privileges are provided to media personnel. They can use the gallery for research items, photo and video shoot archives. The museum also provides access to resources on special issues and interaction with the museum staff. One of the most significant sources of museum resource is the Financial History magazine. This is the membership journal which is published by the organization itself. This publication has gained international recognition. The periodical is about the history of commerce and the development of the American capital markets. You can get the copies in the museum shop of the institute. The journal is published quarterly. Magazines are not available on electronic format.

You can also get the copies by mailing at info@financialhistory.org . For further details contact:

(212) 908-4695.

Some of the publications are: Silver Rampage [84] (pdf 510k), The Most Important Airplanes in History [79], History of Corporate Governance [77], and The Men Who Would Be King [75]. Other publications include Wall Street Reacts to Catastrophe, Moves Toward Recovery [74]; Sleepless in New York: Evening Hours at the Exchange [69] ;Rockefeller: A Photographic History [66] ;The History and Development of the Euro [64] and Hetty Green [16]

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Education:

The museum provides educational programs which involves up to 30 people in each group. The education programs take place from Monday to Friday: 10a.m. to 3p.m. Each group gets to acquire knowledge from the inquiry-based discussions. Creative thinking augments the development of skills. The programs are scheduled for about one and a half hours. Guided tours require a single chaperone for ten students. The course fees for the guided tours amounts to $100 only. Many demonstrative and interactive classes are held.

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Museum shop:

The museum shop in Museum of American Financial History is the only finance themed storehouse. Here you will find attractive variety of merchandise and historical items. The antique collection offers you with a good range of jewelry, financial books, statues, sculpture, prints, posters, accessories and ties. You can get your gifts wrapped, delivery is provided nationwide.

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Membership:

Membership at Museum of American Financial History offers you a number of benefits. By becoming a member of this museum you can get a rebate of 10% on any item purchased from the museum shop. For details contact the shop at: 212-908-4613.

The museum allows free Corporate membership. Other membership categories include:

• Regular Individual Membership -$55  
• Student/Senior Member (65 or over)  -$45  
• International Member -$65  
• Institutional Membership - $75  
• Family Membership -$85  
• Smithsonian Affiliate Member  -$150    
• Alexander Hamilton Society -$500  
• Donor Membership -$1000   

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