Archive – Museums
Women and Finance. An Evolving Image
An intriguing exhibition has opened at Olten recently: “Women and Finance. An evolving image”. Read here, why exotic women and ancient goddesses were pictured on security certificates and how role models changed – not only on these papers, but also in real life economy! [ more ]
Much ado about the Cabinet des Médailles of the Bibliothèque nationale
Recently, throughout the numismatic world emails were sent that referred to a website spreading the news that the Cabinet des Médailles was in imminent danger of being ... [ more ]
Opening of the virtual coin cabinet of the Akademisches Kunstmuseum Bonn
The new website features about 3.350 numismatic objects. Scholars and collectors are invited to work with the coin collection of Akademisches Kunstmuseum... [ more ]
Gold Rush at the Bode Museum
The Numismatic Collection of the National Museums in Berlin and the Kunsthistorisches Museum in Vienna have used the exploding gold price and the run on gold as an occasion to organize a joint exhibition... [ more ]
Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City to open Money Museum and conference center in Denver Branch
The Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City announces extensive renovations to the Denver Branch’s first floor to include the addition of a Money Museum and conference center... [ more ]
Ashmolean Museum Acquires A Hoard of Angels This Christmas
A hoard, which was discovered in the summer of 2007, is part of the collection of the Ashmolean Museum now. More than half of the hoard’s asking price came from private giving... [ more ]
The Language of Money
The Museum for Communication in Nuremberg presents a new exhibition on the "Language of Money“... [ more ]
The Münzkabinett Winterthur celebrates its 150th Anniversary (1861-2011).
In 2011, the Münzkabinett Winterthur celebrates its 150th anniversary. Today Winterthur owns one of the most important and most active numismatic institutions in Switzerland. CoinsWeekly congratulates the Münzkabinett Winterthur... [ more ]
Medieval times in focus – the Coin Cabinet in the Fitzwilliam Museum / Cambridge
Only a few coin cabinets are at the same time centers of research. The Fitzwilliam Museum / Cambridge ranges amongst these. Philip Grierson, Mark Blackburn – they represent the study of medieval numismatics... But there is a lot more going on in Cambridge… [ more ]
Italy celebrates itself and its money
An exhibition to mark the state’s 150th anniversary was opened by President Giorgio Napolitano on the 4th of April. It shows the evolution of the Italian money from Italy’s founding until today... [ more ]
Myth and Coinage
For the first time, the National Archaeological Museum, the Numismatic Museum and the Alpha Bank Numismatic Collection co-organise the temporary exhibition entitled “Myth and Coinage”, which will be presented concurrently in both Museums from April 15 to November 27, 2011... [ more ]
The British Museum celebrates its 150th birthday
In 1861 the Department of Coins and Medals was separated from the Antiquity Department. Since then the BM coin cabinet is ranked among the biggest and most active numismatic research centers. On Friday, February 18, 2011 its 150th birthday was celebrated. A colloquium marked this special occasion... [ more ]
Warren Tucker Named VP of Heritage World Coins
Heritage Auctions announces its new Vice President of the World Coins division and its new New York City Gallery... [ more ]
Prominent Protagonist of the Right to collect becomes President of the J. Paul Getty Trust
James Cuno, hitherto Director of the Art Institute of Chicago, becomes President of the J. Paul Getty Trust. Cuno has won friends all over the world because he advocated the age-old tradition of collecting. [ more ]
New Exhibition of the ANS at the Fed: Coins of the Holy Land
A new exhibition, organized by the American Numismatic Society in conjunction with the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, illustrates the economic and religious aspects of the coins of the Near East... [ more ]
The Japan Mint in Osaka – exponent of Western modernization
By modernizing the coinage system Japan Mint has played an important part in introducing a lot of modern and Western ways of life in Japan since its establishment in 1871: We tell you the Mint’s history and take you to it’s museum full of amazing objects illustrating the long story of coin minting in Osaka... [ more ]
“Myth and Coinage” - a splendid exhibition in Athens
Since 5th July 2011 Internet users may visit the website of the exhibition “Myth and Coinage”, which can be viewed either in Greek or in English... [ more ]
Money and beauty – an impressive exhibition in Florence
From 17 September 2011 to 22 January 2012 a rich exhibition at Palazzo Strozzi, Florence, explores the links between that unique interweave of high finance, economy and art, and the religious and political upheavals of the Renaissance. Don’t miss this! Here you will spot pictures of some sources about numismatics you never have seen before, for example the Secret Account Book of the Medici Bank... [ more ]
Women and finance – An evolving image
Wertpapierwelt, a museum of securities in Zurich, focuses on women’s role in the world of securities. Around 100 objects illustrate the changes of how women were pictured on these papers – but also on how they entered the world of finances... [ more ]
The National Maritime Museum in Amsterdam Re-Opened
An important commercial power presents its history. Once, the Netherlands were the leading seafaring nation. They brought spices from all over the world to Europe. Now this history is one focus of the re-opened National Maritime Museum in Amsterdam... [ more ]
Wickham Market Gold Hoard to be Cleaned-up by Volunteers
At the moment, a gold hoard composed of 840 Iceni coins found in 2008 in a Suffolk field is cleaned by 50 volunteers. This is another example of British style cooperation... [ more ]
Sagalassos – City of Dreams. The ‘Pompeii of Anatolia’ in exhibition
The Gallo-Romeins Museum in Tongeren, Belgium, holds an exhibition on the ancient city of Sagalassos. The exhibition runs from October 29, 2011 to June 17, 2012 and shows mega-images and hundreds of objects... [ more ]
Shop around the clock – The share paves the way to consumer society
The Wertpapierwelt museum in Olten presents its 7th exhibition. It thematizes the consumer society and its links to shares... [ more ]
Treasure Stolen in Benghazi or Hollywood the Libyan Way?
Like in a Hollywood film robbers intruded in a bank in Libya and stole the “Treasure of Benghazi”: thousands of ancient coins and other objects. Months later the Libyans alerted Interpol about the catastrophe. But now doubts have arisen if things happened really this way... [ more ]
Parlamentarium: the European Parliament’s New Interactive Visitors’ Centre
The renowned Atelier Brückner has designed the new visitors’ centre of the European Parliament in Brussels. Since October 14, 2011 the European Union presents itself in its diversity and unity in 23 languages offering an interactive exhibition... [ more ]
International Storage Survey on Museums Reveals Disastrous Situation
Lack of space and lack of trained staff, backlog of indexing objects and damaged buildings: The list of deficits of the museums all over the world is long as a survey recently conducted by UNESCO and the cultural association ICCROM has revealed... [ more ]
New permanent exhibition at Basel Historical Museum
Basel Historical Museum has opened its new permanent exhibition. Objects from collections dating back to the 16th century are focused in this impressive presentation. Among other objects Basel presents medals and coins from the property of Erasmus of Rotterdam... [ more ]
Exhibition “Myth and Coinage” extended
The exhibition „Myth and Coinage“ in Athens is extended until Tuesday, January 3, 2012. This was decided due to its particular interest and the great visitor turnout – approximately 53,000 persons visited the exhibition until October 31, 2011... [ more ]
Sree Padmanabha Swamy Temple Treasure to be Assessed
The Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanam (TTD) is the body which runs the affairs of the Indian temples. Now it is trying to assess the value of the famous treasure found half a year ago in the troves of Sree Padmanabha Swamy Temple in the province of Kerala... [ more ]
Scenography and numismatics: interview with scenographer Prof Eberhard Schlag
The Stuttgart ATELIER BRÜCKNER has acquired an outstanding reputation in regard to putting objects in the proper light. We talked with Prof Eberhard Schlag, Management Partner, how scenography can be put to use in numismatics. .. [ more ]
Roman coin project at the Museum of London
The Museum of London is currently working on an ambitious funded project to deliver over 90,000 of its objects online over the next two years, showcasing its diverse collection and opening it up to a worldwide audience. Part of it will be the Roman numismatic collection of 4000 coins. [ more ]
Huntington Collection For Sale – Spanish history in 37,895 coins
The vast Archer M. Huntington Collection of coins relating to the history of Spain will be offered as a single lot in a sealed-bid auction at Sotheby’s New York ending on 8 March 2012. One of the world’s most famous coin collections is expected to realize between $25 and 35 million. [ more ]
Money gallery at British Museum being rebuilt
The Money gallery at the British Museum opened 14 years ago, and was at the time an innovative way of displaying coins and medals. Now it is being rebuilt and therefore will remain closed to the public until June 2012. [ more ]
Symposium in Early Medieval Coinage 2012
Tony Abramson’s symposia in early medieval and medieval coinage have now become a firm fixture in the numismatic calendar of events. On March 31, 2012 the event returns to the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge. [ more ]
Cutbacks at Geldmuseum Utrecht
For years the new Geldmuseum in Utrecht struggles with serious budgetary problems. Now the bigger part of the staff will be laid off, services will be extremely reduced, the research department cut off, the library closed and much more. Here you will find an information send by the Head of Department and the Librarian. [ more ]
The Immortal Alexander the Great – The myth, the reality, his journey, his legacy
Did you like our last article of the week? Now you have the chance to see originals of that period in Amsterdam! [ more ]
Calvet Foundation puts online its coin cabinet
The Calvet Foundation located in Avignon is putting online its coin collection comprising thousand of specimens of the Roman Republic and Empire and hundreds of important coins of the pre-Roman era. [ more ]
British Museum display on Shakespeare’s money and medals
From 19 April to 28 October 2012 the British Museum shows a display exploring the role of coins and money in Shakespeare’s works, as well as illustrating how money and medals marked the major events of the late Elizabethan and Jacobean world...
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‘Cityscapes’ – City views on historical coins and medals
The Barber Institute of Fine Arts, Birmingham (UK), shows an exhibition on panoramic views of Europe’s great cities on European coins and medals. ‘Cityscapes’ will be on display until 6 October 2013 and in addition it will be accompanied by an online exhibition. [ more ]
Automobile of Sarajevo
The Austrian museums are proposing 100 objects in a large-scale publicity campaign. Some of them might attract especially those interested in history like this automobile in which heir to the throne Francis Ferdinand was shot in Sarajevo in 1914. [ more ]
Citi Money Gallery at British Museum open
Finally the Citi Money Gallery, the new display show at the Money and Medal Department of the British Museum, is open. In ‘Room 68’ more than thousand objects are on display in showcases; video and graphics attract visitors and fascinate children and grown-ups. [ more ]
Numismatics in Jerusalem – Part 2
Actually, numismatics concentrates on quite a narrow space in Jerusalem. There is the Israel Museum, which accommodates beside its own collection the Israel Antiquities Authority as well. And only a fifteen minutes’ walk from there you will find the exhibition of the Bank of Israel. Follow us today on a visit at the Israel Museum. [ more ]
New x-ray imaging technology assists with coin hoards
In collaboration with the British Museum researchers from the University of Southampton are applying an x-ray imaging technology in order to analyse coin hoards. The metal blocks are x-ray scanned, then a computer assembles the images rendering thus a 3D picture of the single coins. [ more ]
Smithonian to renovate its numismatic gallery
The construction of the Smithonian’s new numismatic gallery is expected to cost $1.5 million. Although coin dealers and other companies are contributing $300,000 are still lacking. The museum owns over 1 million artifacts and aims at displaying many more than today from 2015 on. [ more ]
Zürich Exhibition on formation of our economic system
The Landesmuseum Zurich is holding a historical exhibition from 14 September 2012 to 17 February 2013 that will show how it all began. ‘CAPITAL. Merchants in Venice and Amsterdam’ deals with the origins of our economic system, capitalism. [ more ]
New Coin and banknote Gallery in Danish Nationalbank
The Danish Nationalbank has inaugurated a new exhibition in its lobby presenting the Danish coinage since 1818. Additionally banknotes are shown too. [ more ]
New Gallery in Boston focuses on artistic aspect of coins
Five hundred ancient Greek and Roman coins from the Boston MFA’s world-renowned collection will be showcased in the inaugural exhibition of the new coin gallery. The Michael C. Ruettgers gallery is unique in the world for its emphasis on ancient coins as works of art. [ more ]
Jerusalem Electrum Congress Films online
In June 2012 an electrum congress took place in Jerusalem generating new discussions and giving many fresh ideas on this topic. Now videos show all papers given during this event. [ more ]
Kids Zone to Teach Kids About Money in Money Museum
The American Numismatic Association debuts the ‘Kids Zone,’ an interactive exhibit designed to teach children about money. The opening reception was held on Oct. 6 at the Edward C. Rochette Money Museum in Colorado Springs. [ more ]
Banker and money in the British Museum
During their volunteers day Citi employees gave a hand to the British Museum photographing coins and medals and making the objects available online. Why do we hear so seldom of projects like that? [ more ]
Exhibition on stories Greek coins tell
The Fondation Martin Bodmer in Cologny near Geneva (CH) displays a new exhibition until March 17, 2013. ‘Words and Coins: from Ancient Greece to Byzantium’ explores how messages were transmitted through images and texts in Antiquity. [ more ]
Numismatics in Gotha
From November 22 to 23, 2012 a congress on ‘Coin cabinets and numismatics in the baroque epoch’ was held in Gotha. And Gotha is indeed the perfect place for dealing with that topic. This is a picture story on what you can expect in Gotha from a numismatic point of view! [ more ]
British Museum acquires medals of Polar explorer Scott
Recently the British Museum has enriched its large collection of some 70,000 medals acquiring 24 medals that belonged to the family of national icon Captain Scott. [ more ]
Spectacular series of exhibition on French medallic art
In November and December 2012 a series of exhibitions on French medallic art in the 19th and 20th century in France has started. The title of the exhibitions is ‘Au creux de la main: La médaille en France aux XIXe et XXe siècles’. [ more ]
On the re-politicisation of cultural property
In an US indemnity lawsuit against Iran lawyers are trying to seize ‘Iranian objects’ from important museums of their own country in order to sell them. That, however, would mean that in the end US citizens pay for Iran. And then, of course, the academic research. [ more ]
French National Library puts 130,000 coins online
The French National Library is making available 130,000 Greek and Roman provincial coins in an online database. This monumental project is expected to be concluded by the end of 2013, but numerous coins are searchable already. [ more ]
British Museum exhibition on financial crisis in Britain since 1700
The Coins and Medals display ‘Bubbles and Bankruptcy: financial crises in Britain since 1700’, traces the history of financial crisis from the first stock bubbles of the 18th Century through to the current banking crisis. The exhibition will be on show until May 5, 2013. [ more ]
The Medici – a splendid exhibition in Mannheim
The exhibition ‘The Medici – People, Power and Passion’ takes us to the world of Florence, the city inextricably linked to this family’s fate. From February 17 to July 28, 2013 the Reiss-Engelhorn-Museum displays the history of the Medici in Mannheim. [ more ]
Beau Street Hoard being questioned about its secrets
In 2007 an archaeological excavation in the city of Bath revealed an enormous hoard of Roman coins. The content of seven of the eight bags full of coins has been counted. Currently the coins are being analysed and described. The British Museum presents this work in its blog. [ more ]
The Real and the False – an intriguing exhibition in Italy
The most successful numismatic exhibition ever in Italy is being closed in Milan. It dealt with imitations and was the product of a collaboration of coin dealers, numismatists, and the Guardia di Finanza. [ more ]
Animali – Animals and Mythical Creatures in the Swiss National Museum
The Swiss National Museum in Zurich displays the exhibition ‘ANIMALI. Animals and Mythical Creatures from Antiquity to the Modern Age’ from March 1 until July 14, 2013 showing the changes in myths and legends over the course of different epochs. [ more ]
Memorabilia of ‘Gangsters and Gunslingers’ in Britain
The American Museum in Britain displays ‘Gangsters & Gunslingers – The Good, the Bad & the Memorabilia’ from 23 March to 3 November 2013. The show brings together two defining chapters in the history of the United States: the Wild West and the wild years of the Prohibition / Depression era. [ more ]
Life and death in Pompeii and Herculaneum
From March 28 until September 29, 2013 the British Museum will present a major exhibition on the Roman cities of Pompeji and Herculaneum in the Reading Room. It will bring together over 250 fascinating objects looking at the Roman home and the people who lived in these ill-fated cities. [ more ]
Academic collections illustrate research
Until October 27, 2013 the Austrian Museum of Folk Life and Folk Art displays objects from academic collections of the Faculty of Historical and Cultural Studies of Vienna University. ‘Academic Objects? – Paths to Knowledge’ illustrate how research works in real life. [ more ]
Panta rhei – Or a Brief History of the Money Museum
It started in 1999, when Dr Jürg Conzett published his coin collection on the Internet. How the MoneyMuseum has developed during the last years is the focus of this article. [ more ]
The MoneyMuseum is selling pieces from its collection to help finance its presence on iTunes University
The MoneyMuseum is selling some of the precious items from its collection. The money raised won’t be going to ongoing maintenance, however, but rather to financing an innovative new project: The MoneyMuseum will be presenting podcasts on iTunes University on topics from the world of money. [ more ]
Haim Gitler nominated Chief Curator of Archeology at The Israel Museum
Following Michal Dayagi-Mendels, Haim Gitler has been nominated new Chief Curator of Archeology at The Israel Museum in Jerusalem. He has joined the museum’s staff in 1987 and became Curator of Numismatics in 1994. CoinsWeekly congratulates Haim Gitler on his promotion wishing him all the best! [ more ]