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What's on
March Break 2025
March 3–14.
Join us for fun crafts and family activities every day during the Quebec and Ontario March Breaks.
Sensory Sundays
On select Sundays throughout 2025.
We’re turning down the lights and the volume for our sensory-sensitive visitors—explore the Museum using more than eyes and ears.
February 26, 2025
New acquisitions—2024 edition
Bank of Canada Museum’s acquisitions in 2024 highlight the relationships that shape the National Currency Collection.
Content type(s):
Blog posts
February 11, 2025
Money’s metaphors
Buck, broke, greenback, loonie, toonie, dough, flush, gravy train, born with a silver spoon in your mouth… No matter how common the expression for money, many of us haven’t the faintest idea where these terms come from.
Content type(s):
Blog posts
August 6, 2024
Treaties, money and art
The Bank of Canada Museum’s collection has a new addition: an artwork called Free Ride by Frank Shebageget. But why would a museum about the economy buy art?
Content type(s):
Blog posts
Subject(s):
Arts,
History
Plan your visit
Here's what you need to know, how to make the most of your visit and where to find us.
The origin of?sign?
— Bank of Canada Museum (@BoCMuseum) March 2, 2025
Pillars wrapped in banners?
Sloppy handwriting?
It’s fun to explore the theories.
Read “How Does $=Dollar” on the blog. https://t.co/NctFSuARY8 #SundayReading pic.twitter.com/pytcDtn1l9
