Special Exhibitions Archives
Past Exhibitions at the Money Museum
GUSTAV KLIMT and the Central Bank
The exhibition features numerous works that illustrate Klimt’s rise from poverty to one of Europe’s most successful and highest paid portraitists. Next to the banknote drafts by Gustav Klimt and Franz Matsch, it includes rare treasures like Klimt’s handwritten …
Early Types of Money in Europe
Salt, axes and cattle – not your usual means of exchange. These barter objects are just three of a wide variety of early forms of money that may seem odd to us today, but that helped pave the way to a modern monetary system in Europe.
The exhibition reviews the key events leading up to Economic and Monetary Union (EMU) in Europe and looks into related frequently asked questions: Who is responsible for the stability and security of our currency? What is the basis for EMU? What role does the …
This is the first exhibition in Austria that examines the manifold functions of gold bars as means of payment, monetary standard and store of value. It traces the various stages of gold bar production – mining, casting, minting – and highlights the …
On the occasion of the 180th anniversary of Ludwig van Beethoven’s death on March 26, 1827, the exhibition “Be embraced, ye millions! Beethoven and money” is dedicated to the great composer’s personal finances.
No other symbols reflect the European motto “Unity in diversity” better than the euro coins,whose uniform face sides and country-specific reverse sides convincingly combine both these values.
The Schilling Monument provides an overview of all schilling banknotes and circulated coins dating from the period from 1924 to 2002.
Central Bank Buildings as a Manifestation of Architectural Epochs
The architects of central bank buildings have to consider requirements specific to these institutions. After all, central banks should not only be housed in representative functional edifices, but they should also convey – both on the outside and inside – …
Copperplate Engravers at the OeNB in the Past 40 Years
The Oesterreichische Nationalbank (OeNB) and the Oesterreichische Banknoten- und Sicherheitsdruck GmbH (OeBS) have organized a small exhibition with works by the three copperplate engravers Maria Magdalena Laurent, Kurt Leitgeb and Gerhart Schmirl to celebrate the …
The euro banknotes were designed by Robert Kalina of the Oesterreichische Nationalbank. But what alternatives would there have been?Seven years after the design competitíon, the ECB has made available to the public the banknote designs that were entered in the …
What were the highlights in the process that led up to the introduction of euro banknotes and coins? Who is responsible for the soundness and stability of our currency? What is the basis for Economic and Monetary Union (EMU)? Who belongs to EMU? What were the …
The Austrian schilling became history upon the introduction of euro cash. The schilling was first introduced as Austria’s currency in 1925 and became part of Austria’s identity for decades.The exhibition shows how closely a currency’s fate is linked to a …