MoneyMuseum Zurich
The MoneyMuseum will be closed over the Christmas period, i.e. from December 28 to January 5.
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 (you may describe any expectations or interests), or
- book an appointment online.
- our audio guide for the exhibitions
Public guided tour: Books - Window to the world
The MoneyMuseum Zurich is also an - extraordinarily beautiful - library. On this tour you will get to know the MoneyMuseum: its bibliophile library, traditional means of payment, coins of the Roman Republic and our special exhibition "Education and training since antiquity".
- Thursday, 12. Dezember, 12:15 - 13:00 Uhr
- Thursday, 23. Januar 2025, 12:15 - 13:00 Uhr
- Thursday, 20. Februar 2025, 12:15 - 13:00 Uhr
- Thursday, 20. März 2025, 12:15 - 13:00 Uhr
- Thursday, 24. April 2025, 12:15 - 13:00 Uhr
You may discover the museum on your own initiative. Our videoguide, textguide, audioguide and virtualguide may help you. Use these tools to prepare for a discussion with our staff.
Please note that the MoneyMuseum may remain closed on Tuesdays if there are no bookings.
Our virtual exhibitions are best viewed with the Apple Vison Pro glasses provided by the MoneyMuseum.
The projects we are currently working on
Main Exhibition: Education and training since Antiquity
Our education is rooted in antiquity. Our canon of subjects still contains content that was developed in Athens and Rome. Latin and Greek, mathematics, music and sport were already on the curriculum around 2,000 years ago.
Bildung comes from the Old High German bilidunga for image and reflection: this takes us back to where education began, namely in the extended family: every child lived with its clan and helped where it could. They learned by imitation.
Then came writing, and since then education is no longer what we learn from our parents, but what we learn from books.
The new exhibition at the MoneyMuseum in Zurich deals with what we call education today. We illustrate different educational ideals with the help of books.
Traditional Means of Payment (upper floor)
Traditional Means of Payment
Traditional societies have a hierarchical organization. The position of a person, and with it his prestige, depends not on how much he possesses, but on how many goods he has given to the other members of the society.
Library (lower floor)
Link Collection MoneyMuseum
Roman Coin Collection (exhibition room)
Roman Coins Introduction
As a rule, coins are manufactured to be recognized as a reliable currency in the largest possible geographic area. The recognition effect was important – for instance, the most successful coins from Greek antiquity, the tetradrachms introduced by the Athenians and by Alexander the Great, featured the same image for more than one and a half centuries.
The denarii of the Roman Republic, on the other hand, are a completely different matter. Here, the coin motifs change quicker than the years. We find everything: scenes from the past, allusions to the present, images of everyday political life, buildings, people, and of course deities. The ones responsible seem to have squeezed their whole world into the small space a denarius provides for coin motifs.
Coins (online)
a 10-minute introduction
Over 2000 coins from all over the world in high-resolution for download.
