The Digital Wall
A spectacular interactive display
You’ve never seen anything like it: a 6.5 metre-long touch screen featuring 400 artifacts that you can explore with a tap, a drag and a swipe. Enlarge and rotate the images, view more content and then let your fancy lead you onto the next artifact that catches your eye.
Decoding E-Money at the Galt Museum & Archives
Our latest travelling exhibition stops at the Galt Museum & Archives in Lethbridge, Alberta. September 23, 2018 to January 7, 2019.
A dynamic exhibition exploring the electronic payment methods we use today and may use in the future. Discover the high-tech intricacies of Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies and take a look back at 200 years of objects that challenged notions of what money is.
Museum Blog
October 5, 2018 For Teachers: Designing a Bank Note that Reflects Canada
October 2, 2018 Canada Financially Comes of Age
By: Paul S. Berry
October 1, 2018 #AskACurator Day 2018
By: Graham Iddon
August 30, 2018 Happy Birthday, Dear Bank of Canada Museum!
By: Graham Iddon
August 15, 2018 Death in the Ice
By: Graham Iddon
Hours
Tuesday to Sunday, from 10:00 to 17:00
Free Admission
Remembrance Day: open from 12:00 to 17:00
Learn more about the exciting, interactive Bank of Canada Museum.
Remembrance Day at the Museum
Drop into the Museum after the Remembrance Day Ceremony for some wartime economic history and activities.
Chief Curator Paul Berry presents: Financing the First World War in Canada. Take a self-guided tour and discover some very interesting war-related artifacts.
Plan Your Visit
Welcome to our Museum!
Hey, #CdnHistory teachers, have you thought about teaching historical significance using the new #ViolaDesmond bank note? We have! Check out our lesson plan suggestions. #HistoricalThinking https://t.co/pD37DdiZs1 pic.twitter.com/goD16HxbZA
— BoC Museum (@BoCMuseum) May 10, 2018
Complete Commemorative Note Series
Since issuing its first series of bank notes in 1935, the Bank of Canada has issued four commemorative bank notes. Each commemorative note marks an important milestone for the reigning monarch or a defining moment in Canadian history.
Search the Collection
Looking for specific items in our Collection? Here you will be able to access all of the items in our Collection that have been digitized so far.
Travelling Exhibitions
If you are unable to come to us, then we’ll just have to come to you. Welcome to our travelling exhibitions program. It’s our way of extending the walls of the Bank of Canada Museum all across Canada.
