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June 25, 2015

Swindle! Canadian Phantom Banks

26 June 2015 – 24 June 2016 Built around the story of one phantom bank, this exhibition included an evocative tableau that featured several historical re‑enactments and a host of key artifacts from the period. The latter included phantom and legitimate bank notes, gold and silver coins, a printing plate and even a publication that […]
June 23, 2015

New Acquisitions

By: Paul S. Berry


New Acquisitions / Nouvelles acquisitions
The Canadian financial system of today is diverse… A little known but once prolific system member was loan and building societies. These firms made loans for the construction or purchase of property against mortgages as collateral.
Content type(s): Blog posts
May 21, 2015

New Acquisitions

By: Raewyn Passmore


Everyone loves getting presents, and we’re no exception. We recently received a very exciting donation of 50 silver coins. The collection was purchased in Lima, Peru, at an estate sale in the 1950s.
Content type(s): Blog posts
April 6, 2015

The Adventure of Exhibit Planning IX

By: Graham Iddon


Carousel - The Adventure of Exhibit Planning IX
Our little team from the Museum stood in the education space of the Sherbrooke Nature and Science Museum on a chill November morning while the exhibition technicians assembled our finished exhibition. Yes, finished.
Content type(s): Blog posts
March 11, 2015

An Exhibition Installation

By: Graham Iddon


Rolls of pennies / Rouleaux de monnaie
You could work in the exhibition-fabrication business all your life and still run into things you wouldn’t expect: a never-ending series of “uh-ohs.” It’s one of the things that makes the job so interesting and demands a high level of creative problem-solving skills…
Content type(s): Blog posts
February 26, 2015

New Acquisitions

By: Raewyn Passmore


New Acquisitions - What is money but not money? / Nos nouvelles acquisitions - La monnaie dans tous ses états
What do you think of when you think of money? Is it coins? Is it bank notes? Three-hundred years ago people weren’t sure bank notes were really money; it took a long time for them to get used to the idea.
Content type(s): Blog posts
January 30, 2015

Royal Canadian Numismatic Association Convention

By: David Bergeron, Paul S. Berry


The show… is an ideal opportunity for the Bank of Canada Museum to share a part of the National Currency Collection with Canadians. This year, we decided to tell the story of Canada’s phantom banks and the financial crisis of 1837.
Content type(s): Blog posts
January 22, 2015

The Adventure of Exhibit Planning VIII

By: Graham Iddon


On this trip, we were all excited to see the 8-foot-tall wooden panels with the full copy printed directly onto them. Using a new process, staff of the exhibition fabrication department at the Sherbrooke Nature and Science Museum have produced some very impressive results.
Content type(s): Blog posts
January 14, 2015

The Adventure of Exhibit Planning VII

By: Graham Iddon, Louise-Anne Laroche


An exhibition fabrication company was finally selected by the Museum to produce the upcoming “Voices from the Engraver” travelling exhibition. It’s all very exciting.
Content type(s): Blog posts
January 13, 2015

In the spirit of the engraver 2 - Yves Baril

In the spirit of the engraver 2 - Yves Baril
Video clip of Yves Baril speaking on how he prepares his tools and his approach on engraving.
Content type(s): Multimedia
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