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 (you may describe any expectations or interests), or
- book an appointment online.
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: 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.”
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.
