Archives

• June 6, 2014

  Broken Coins and Paper Promises

  

  24 July - 13 December 2009
  Broken Coins and Paper Promises explored the various functions of money and also illustrated what could happen in the absence of a central issuing authority like the Bank of Canada.
• June 6, 2014

  Of Kings and Queens and Common Folk: Karsh at the Bank of Canada

  

  12 June 2009 - 10 January 2010 This exhibit provided a glimpse into the early Bank of Canada through the lens of a master.
  For a limited time, the Museum proudly displayed a series of Karsh photographs documenting the early years of the Bank of Canada.
• June 6, 2014

  The Good, the Bad, and the Fake

  

  11 January - 11 August 2011
  This was a youth-oriented exhibition about counterfeiting and how to tell the difference between real and counterfeit paper money.
• June 6, 2014

  By All Accounts: 75 Years of Central Banking

  

  11 March - 24 December 2010
  Guests revisited the history of the Bank of Canada and its Governors as seen through the eyes of outside observers— journalists, cartoonists, headline writers, economists, politicians, government-appointed commissions and the Canadian public.
• June 6, 2014

  Fakes & Forgeries: Yesterday and Today

  

  26 August - 9 December 2011
  Visitors got a chance to play detective and see if they could tell a fake or a forgery from the real deal—courtesy of the Royal Ontario Museum’s exhibition Fakes & Forgeries: Yesterday and Today, on display at the Museum.
• June 6, 2014

  À La Carte

  

  6 January - 27 May 2012
  The Museum did credit to the credit card in À La Carte, an exhibition that explored the evolution of credit as currency.
• June 6, 2014

  Road Trip!

  

  10 September 2012 - 31 March 2013
  Museum visitors hopped on a bus, tuned up their old camper vans, or hitched a ride to take a virtual road trip down (or up) the Trans-Canada Highway.
• June 6, 2014

  Past Exhibitions

  

  What happens at the Bank of Canada Museum stays at the Museum, right? Wrong. You can still visit our previous exhibitions, from as far back as 2009.
• June 6, 2014

  Voices from the Engraver

  

  Take a close look at a bill from your pocket or at the stamp on a post card. In this exhibition, the long meticulous processes that go into producing a stamp or bill—from the original art to the design itself—are brought to life.
• June 6, 2014

  In The Money

  

  How is paper made? Can good engraving foil a counterfeiter? What are those little holograms for? In The Money explores the science of note-based currency.