MoneyMuseum Zurich
Our focus is to take you on a journey of discovery around the topic of money. We invite you to explore your own feelings, thoughts and beliefs about money and to enter into a lively dialogue about them. With our diverse online offering, we expand your access to in-depth knowledge about the complex aspects of money.
Your visit to the MoneyMuseum
You can visit the MoneyMuseum on Tuesdays and Thursdays. Guided tours are offered on Thursdays by appointment. Opening hours 10 am - 5 pm.
For visits and guided tours please call the following number:
- +41 44 242 76 80, or
- send an e-mail to info@sunflower.ch, or
- book an appointment by clicking here.
Please note that the MoneyMuseum may remain closed on Tuesdays if there are no bookings.
The exhibition explores the history of money, its future, and its profound influence on our daily lives. The main exhibition shows the story of the first forty years of the Manesse Library of World Literature, a remarkable achievement in fostering cultural understanding across borders.
Our Money Type Quiz
Our Money Quiz highlights the values and beliefs that shape the way we handle money. There are no right or wrong answers, just different perspectives. The quiz encourages us to reflect on money, trust, prosperity and the future, and to engage in conversation with one another.
Exhibition Room
How do we shape the future?
The Future Forum invites participants to see the future not as fate, but as a space for shaping and creating. Together, we explore possible developments, discuss utopian visions, examine historical ideas about the future, and ask how imagination, knowledge, and responsibility can help us actively shape the world of tomorrow.
The Future of Money
Money accompanies us every day. We earn it, save it, spend it—and trust that it will continue to hold its value. But where does money come from? Why does our economy seem to require constant growth? What role will debt, gold, cryptocurrencies, and central bank digital currencies play in the future?
The five themes of this exhibition trace the story of money from the medieval origins of the modern monetary system to the financial challenges of tomorrow. Together they show that money is far more than a means of payment. It shapes our economy, our society, and our politics—and, ultimately, the future we are creating.
History of Money
The history of money is primarily the history of coinage—from the first minted coins in ancient Greece and Asia Minor to the currencies of the modern age. Each coin tells a story of power, trade, and trust, while also reflecting the cultural and political orders of its time.
Satoshi Nakamoto
The 15-year history of Satoshi Nakamoto began in 2008 with the vision of an independent, digital currency that no longer ties trust to states or banks, but to mathematics and technology. Its outcome is uncertain – whether Bitcoin and its successors will change the world does not depend on Satoshi, but on ourselves.
Archaic Means of Payment (first floor exhibition)
Digital Coin Collection
Over 2000 coins from all over the world in high-resolution for download.
