Museum of American Financial History
Looking northeast from Wall Street toward the museum.
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| Established | 1988 (as the Museum of American Financial History) |
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48 Wall Street New York City, New York, United States |
| Coordinates | 40°42′23″N 74°00′33″W / 40.70639°N 74.00917°WCoordinates: 40°42′23″N 74°00′33″W / 40.70639°N 74.00917°W |
| Type | Finance museum; Smithsonian Institution affiliate |
| Website | www |
The Museum of American Finance is the United States's only independent public museum dedicated to preserving, exhibiting and teaching about American finance and financial history. Located in the Financial District in Manhattan, New York City it is an affiliate of the Smithsonian Institution. It is a tax-exempt 501(c) 3 organization chartered by the Board of Regents of the New York State Department of Education. With education at the core of its mission, it is an active national-level advocate on behalf of financial literacy.
The museum was founded in 1988 as the Museum of American Financial History but was renamed the Museum of American Finance in 2005. Until December 2006, it was located at 26 Broadway. On January 11, 2008, the Museum opened in a new location at 48 Wall Street, the former headquarters of The Bank of New York.
In 2010, the Museum founded its Center for Financial Education, which offers classroom programs for students in grades kindergarten through masters of business administration (MBA) in addition to its tour programs. In 2011, it launched the Museum Finance Academy (MFA), an eight-week after school personal finance program open to high school juniors and seniors. In 2011–2013, the Museum partnered with Junior Achievement to offer its “Finance Park” program within the Center for Financial Education.
As part of its mission to document US financial history, the Museum actively collects documents and related to the financial markets, money and banking. Its world-class collection includes more than 10,000 , bonds, prints, engravings, photographs, bank notes, checks and books.
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