Swiss Finance Museum
The Swiss Finance Museum opened on June 28, 2017 in Zurich .
The origins of today's economic system and the role of the Swiss stock exchange are explained in an interactive and multimedia exhibition . The permanent exhibition deals with global economic history from the 16th to the 21st century, important technical innovations of the modern era and the Swiss financial market.
exhibition
Using an interactive and multimedia concept, the exhibition bridges the gap between economic history and modern innovations in the financial industry. Securities relevant to economic history document the development of the financial sector from the 16th to the 21st century. On display are shares in companies from the age of industrialization, securities of art historical value and an earlier share in the Dutch East India Company (VOC), the world's first public limited company. The focus is on the Swiss stock exchange before and after the abolition of ring trading, the capital market, financial instruments, payment transactions and technical products of the financial industry.
Radio plays, interactive film sequences and touchscreen animations provide information on key players, processes and developments in the Swiss financial center. The LiveX trading software, which stock exchange traders use to prepare for admission to the Swiss stock exchange, is now publicly available as a game. Touchscreen infographics show how national and global political events have influenced the development of the SMI since its launch in 1988, interviews with personalities close to the stock exchange give an outlook on the near future of the stock exchange.
Foundation, endowment
The Finance Museum is run by the Foundation for the Collection of Historical Securities. They have a collection of historical securities that includes around 10,000 securities from over 150 countries (as of July 2017). SIX established the foundation on October 31, 2001. From 2003 to 2016, the foundation operated the Wertpapierwelt museum on the SIX premises in Olten . Since June 2017 the Finance Museum has been located in the new SIX headquarters in Hard Turm Park, Zurich West.
Web links
Media reports on the opening of the Swiss Finance Museum
literature
- Jakob Schmitz: Moving on to shares. From long-distance trade to industrialization. England, Ireland, France, Belgium, Luxembourg. Düsseldorf 1996 (world economy on securities) . Available in the Swiss Finance Museum.
Coordinates: 47 ° 23 '29.4 " N , 8 ° 30' 24.6" E ; CH1903: 680 649 / 249512