Visit to the MoneyMuseum
Your Visit
For visits please call the following number:
+41 44 242 76 80, send an e-mail to info@sunflower.ch (you may indicate your preferences or interests) or book directly an appointment online.
Info
You can explore the MoneyMuseum alone or in groups with the help of AudioGuide and captions, or delve into the books in the library. You can also book an introduction. This is free of charge. Please inform us about the desired date so that we can be there for you. We are looking forward to your visit.
book a visit or send an e-mail to info@sunflower.ch
Money Discussion at the MoneyMuseum
Travel though the world of finance witht chatGPT.
To prepare for using ChatGPT, we recommend that you read literature, familiarize yourself with the various topics and formulate specific questions.
In a small group, we will then show you how to use ChatGPT effectively. Just bring your own computer or smartphone on our date and let's learn together!
To prepare for using ChatGPT (Monday only), we recommend that you read literature, familiarize yourself with the various topics and formulate specific questions. In a small group, we will then show you how to use ChatGPT effectively. Just bring your own computer or smartphone on our date and let's learn together!
Main Exhibition: A Kaleidoscope of Beautiful Books
Words Like Paintings
A Kaleidoscope of Beautiful Books
What makes a book beautiful? Is it the cover, the paper, the printing quality, the illustrations or even the content? This is the question the MoneyMuseum presents in its exhibition “Words Like Paintings – A Kaleidoscope of Beautiful Books”. See for yourself which of the books in the exhibition you find the most beautiful.
We’ll be presenting private press books and artist’s books, and exploring the English Arts and Crafts movement. But we’ll also be telling the stories of some truly Swiss phenomena, such as the Olten Book Lovers Association, the Zurich-based magazine du and the Manesse library of world literature. This exhibition aims to show its visitors one thing: behind every beautiful
book are people who love beautiful books!
The exhibition will also be accompanied by a catalogue entitled: “Words Like Paintings. Reflections on Beautiful Books.”
Audio-Guide
your guide to the museion
We recommend downloading the booklet "100 Links MoneyMuseum" to your smartphone using the following link; this will make it easier for you to navigate the MoneyMuseum: sunflower.one/linksenglish
Traditional Means of Payment
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
Link Collection MoneyMuseum
Roman Coin Collection
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
a 10-minute introduction
Over 2000 coins from all over the world in high-resolution for download.
