Voices from the Engraver
23 November 2014 - 30 November 2017
This exhibition allowed visitors to experience the creative process, the technical skill and the sheer artistry that underlies every series of Canadian stamps and bank notes, from concept to final product.
Swindle! Canadian Phantom Banks
26 June 2015 – 24 June 2016
This temporary exhibition at the Canadian Museum of History featured a fun and compelling storyline of fraud, worthless currency and make-believe banks. A shifting backdrop of changing imagery illustrated the lively story of one “phantom bank,” while a fascinating selection of artifacts provided insight into the economy, the society and the people of rebellion-era Canada.
CENTimental Journey
27 June 2014 - 26 June 2015
This temporary exhibition, hosted at the Canadian Museum of History, walked visitors through more than 150 years of the Canadian 1-cent piece.
Road Trip!
10 September 2012 - 31 March 2013
Museum visitors hopped on a bus, tuned up their old camper vans, or hitched a ride to take a virtual road trip down (or up) the Trans-Canada Highway.
À La Carte
6 January - 27 May 2012
The Museum did credit to the credit card in À La Carte, an exhibition that explored the evolution of credit as currency.
Fakes & Forgeries: Yesterday and Today
26 August - 9 December 2011
Visitors got a chance to play detective and see if they could tell a fake or a forgery from the real deal—courtesy of the Royal Ontario Museum’s exhibition Fakes & Forgeries: Yesterday and Today, on display at the Museum.
By All Accounts: 75 Years of Central Banking
11 March - 24 December 2010
Guests revisited the history of the Bank of Canada and its Governors as seen through the eyes of outside observers— journalists, cartoonists, headline writers, economists, politicians, government-appointed commissions and the Canadian public.
The Good, the Bad, and the Fake
11 January - 11 August 2011
This was a youth-oriented exhibition about counterfeiting and how to tell the difference between real and counterfeit paper money.
Of Kings and Queens and Common Folk: Karsh at the Bank of Canada
12 June 2009 - 10 January 2010
This exhibit provided a glimpse into the early Bank of Canada through the lens of a master.
For a limited time, the Museum proudly displayed a series of Karsh photographs documenting the early years of the Bank of Canada.
Broken Coins and Paper Promises
24 July - 13 December 2009
This exhibition explored the various functions of money and also illustrated what could happen in the absence of a central issuing authority like the Bank of Canada.
Just Add Milk!
27 June – 30 November 2008
This colourful exhibition of curiously shaped and widely varied milk tokens took visitors back to a time when a milkman and the rattle of bottles on your doorstep were a familiar part of every morning.