Numismatic museums map

[abramo.pavan]

Dear all,
I have create a new web project with the aim to catalogue coins museums. Till now I have added 54 museums to the map, if you notice some missing museums don't esitate to tell me and I will add it to the map.

All you help is precious

The web map is at the following link

http://www.nummusantiqua.com/index.php?option=com_phocamaps&view=map&id=1&Itemid=3462

[Pekka K]

Helsinki: http://www.nba.fi/en/nationalmuseum/exhibitions/permanent#treasure

Eg. Keckman collection of ancient coins.

Pekka K

[Jay GT4]

Museo Nazionale della Magna Grecia
Palazzo Piacentini
Piazza De Nava 26-89100
Reggio Calabria,
Italy

Currently closed and under construction but they had quite an extensive coin cabinet.

Also the Capitoline Museum in Rome has a great coin cabinet but unfortunately as all Italian museums the descriptions are not as precise as one would hope.

Musei Capitolini
Palazzo dei Conservatori 3rd floor
On the Capitoline Hill
Rome

[abramo.pavan]

Helsinki: http://www.nba.fi/en/nationalmuseum/exhibitions/permanent#treasure

Eg. Keckman collection of ancient coins.

Pekka K

Thank you for your suggestion, I have added the museum!

[abramo.pavan]

Museo Nazionale della Magna Grecia
Palazzo Piacentini
Piazza De Nava 26-89100
Reggio Calabria,
Italy

Currently closed and under construction but they had quite an extensive coin cabinet.

Also the Capitoline Museum in Rome has a great coin cabinet but unfortunately as all Italian museums the descriptions are not as precise as one would hope.

Musei Capitolini
Palazzo dei Conservatori 3rd floor
On the Capitoline Hill
Rome

Thank you for your kind suggestion, I have just added your two museums!

[museumguy]

Abramo,

Here are some others that were listed as "Money/Numismatics" Museums in the U.S. Official Museum Directory where they have a section of all museums listed by subject matter.  I cannot speak to the quality nor contents of these museums but feel free to check out their attached websites.

Steve S.


American Numismatic Society, New York - http://www.numismatics.org/
Bureau of Engraving and Printing, Washington,DC - http://moneyfactory.gov/
Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta, Visitor’s Center and Monetary Museum (Atlanta Monetary Museum), Georgia - http://www.frbatlanta.org/about/tours/museum.cfm
The Higgins Museum of Bank Notes, Iowa - http://thehigginsmuseum.org/
Museum of American Finance, New York - http://www.moaf.org/index
U.S. Army Finance Corps Museum, South Carolina - http://www.finance.army.mil/

[Lloyd]

This site lists and links to many Australian and other worldwide museums with numismatic collections http://naa-online.com/linksright.html with many that could be added to your list/map.

Some of my favorites:

RD Milns Antiquities Museum on the campus of University Queensland has a nice Greco-Roman collection open to public viewing http://www.uq.edu.au/antiquities/

ACANS on the Campus of Macquarie Universtity and an extensive collection open to viewing http://www.mq.edu.au/research/centres_and_groups/acans/ including a couple of virtual exhibitions :
http://learn.mq.edu.au/webct/RelativeResourceManager/15043963001/Public%20Files/index.htm
http://www.humanities.mq.edu.au/acans/caesar/Home.htm

The Alpha Bank Collection and museum of world renown  http://www.alpha.gr/page/default.asp?la=2&id=685

Sadly the Kabul Museum lost most of its numismatic collection to the Mujaheddin looting of the early nineties, following the Soviet withdrawal.  But the collection is being rebuilt and some of the looted material has been recovered.  Just wear you body armor when visiting http://www.afghan-web.com/kabul-museum/

And my favorite the Miho Museum holds coins (including exotics from the Mir Zakah II Hoard in its collection of Treasures from Ancient Bactria) in its wonderful world class collection of antiquities http://www.miho.or.jp/english/index.htm What a setting....

[Marsha]

The Alessi Museum in Enna Sicily is home to the large ancient coin collection of Canon Giuseppe Alessi, with the collection dating from the 1700's.   The entire top floor of this museum is devoted to this large ancient coin collection.

Marsha

[abramo.pavan]

Abramo,

Here are some others that were listed as "Money/Numismatics" Museums in the U.S. Official Museum Directory where they have a section of all museums listed by subject matter.  I cannot speak to the quality nor contents of these museums but feel free to check out their attached websites.

Steve S.


American Numismatic Society, New York - http://www.numismatics.org/
Bureau of Engraving and Printing, Washington,DC - http://moneyfactory.gov/
Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta, Visitor’s Center and Monetary Museum (Atlanta Monetary Museum), Georgia - http://www.frbatlanta.org/about/tours/museum.cfm
The Higgins Museum of Bank Notes, Iowa - http://thehigginsmuseum.org/
Museum of American Finance, New York - http://www.moaf.org/index
U.S. Army Finance Corps Museum, South Carolina - http://www.finance.army.mil/

Thank you for you suggestion, I have added your museums!

[abramo.pavan]

This site lists and links to many Australian and other worldwide museums with numismatic collections http://naa-online.com/linksright.html with many that could be added to your list/map.

Some of my favorites:

RD Milns Antiquities Museum on the campus of University Queensland has a nice Greco-Roman collection open to public viewing http://www.uq.edu.au/antiquities/

ACANS on the Campus of Macquarie Universtity and an extensive collection open to viewing http://www.mq.edu.au/research/centres_and_groups/acans/ including a couple of virtual exhibitions :
http://learn.mq.edu.au/webct/RelativeResourceManager/15043963001/Public%20Files/index.htm
http://www.humanities.mq.edu.au/acans/caesar/Home.htm

The Alpha Bank Collection and museum of world renown  http://www.alpha.gr/page/default.asp?la=2&id=685

Sadly the Kabul Museum lost most of its numismatic collection to the Mujaheddin looting of the early nineties, following the Soviet withdrawal.  But the collection is being rebuilt and some of the looted material has been recovered.  Just wear you body armor when visiting http://www.afghan-web.com/kabul-museum/

And my favorite the Miho Museum holds coins (including exotics from the Mir Zakah II Hoard in its collection of Treasures from Ancient Bactria) in its wonderful world class collection of antiquities http://www.miho.or.jp/english/index.htm What a setting....

Thnk you for your kind suggestion, I have added your favourites museums and I will look at the web site I mentioned!

[abramo.pavan]

The Alessi Museum in Enna Sicily is home to the large ancient coin collection of Canon Giuseppe Alessi, with the collection dating from the 1700's.   The entire top floor of this museum is devoted to this large ancient coin collection.

Marsha

Thnk you for your suggestion, I have added the museum to the map!

[Adrian W]

Not sure if you have this one I am in Boston visiting and the museum of fine arts just opened a nice small ancient coin collection here is a link
some nice coins in here I should have take photos.


http://www.mfa.org/collections/featured-galleries/michael-c-ruettgers-gallery-ancient-coins

[Altamura]

The Reserve Bank of India Monetary Museum at Mumbai, India. Its at Amar Building, Sir Phirozesha Mehta Road, Mumbai 400001.
See http://www.rbi.org.in/currency/museum/index.html , but the museum itself is much better than its homepage   . It has a small but well presentetd collection about the monetary history of India.

And in the Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Vastu Sangrahalaya, formerly known as the Prince of Wales Museum, there is a room on Indian coinage as well: http://themuseummumbai.com/Collection_category.aspx?link=Indian%20Coins
It is located at 159/61 Mahatma Gandhi Road, Fort, Mumbai 400 023.

And in Germany we have in Munich the Staatliche Münzsammlung München at Residenzstraße 1: http://www.staatliche-muenzsammlung.de/index.html .

Regards

Altamura

[Abu Galyon]

Greetings from the north-west of England.  The Manchester Museum has a surprisingly good collection of ancients: http://www.museum.manchester.ac.uk/collection/money/

Bill R.

[Michael K5]

There is a money museum at the Federal Reserve Bank in Cleveland, Ohio

http://www.clevelandfed.org/learning_center/index.cfm

[abramo.pavan]

Not sure if you have this one I am in Boston visiting and the museum of fine arts just opened a nice small ancient coin collection here is a link
some nice coins in here I should have take photos.


http://www.mfa.org/collections/featured-galleries/michael-c-ruettgers-gallery-ancient-coins

thank you for your kind suggestion, I have added the museum to the map!

[abramo.pavan]

The Reserve Bank of India Monetary Museum at Mumbai, India. Its at Amar Building, Sir Phirozesha Mehta Road, Mumbai 400001.
See http://www.rbi.org.in/currency/museum/index.html , but the museum itself is much better than its homepage   . It has a small but well presentetd collection about the monetary history of India.

And in the Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Vastu Sangrahalaya, formerly known as the Prince of Wales Museum, there is a room on Indian coinage as well: http://themuseummumbai.com/Collection_category.aspx?link=Indian%20Coins
It is located at 159/61 Mahatma Gandhi Road, Fort, Mumbai 400 023.

And in Germany we have in Munich the Staatliche Münzsammlung München at Residenzstraße 1: http://www.staatliche-muenzsammlung.de/index.html .

Regards

Altamura

Thank you for your kind suggestions, I have added your museums!

[abramo.pavan]

Greetings from the north-west of England.  The Manchester Museum has a surprisingly good collection of ancients: http://www.museum.manchester.ac.uk/collection/money/

Bill R.

Thank you for your suggestion, I have added your museum! Best regards

[abramo.pavan]

There is a money museum at the Federal Reserve Bank in Cleveland, Ohio

http://www.clevelandfed.org/learning_center/index.cfm

Thank you for your kind suggestion!

[maridvnvm]

The National Museum of Wales in Cardiff has a relatively small but quite interesting coin section with some occasional additional numismatic exhibitions. This sits in a side room off the much larger section dedicated to ancient artifacts which are primarily Celtic and Roman.

http://www.museumwales.ac.uk/en/archaeology/numismatics/

http://www.museumwales.ac.uk/en/enquiries/

Martin

[otlichnik]

Abramo,

If I may ask what is your threshold for a numismatic museum?  What amount of numismatic content?

Almost every historical museum I have seen in Europe has some coins.  Even things like a one room display in city hall in a small town might have a few coins in the cases.  There are thousands of these in Europe and few are likely to be of numismatic interest.  Then there are museums that have a case or two of coins along with all of their other stuff.  Then there are museums that have a room (often small) dedicated to coins.   

If you could let us know the threshold it might help.  For now I have listed several with short descriptions and you can choose to use any you want.

The museum at the Archelogical Park Carnuntum (Hauptstraße 1, Petronell-Carnuntum, Austria) only has a small display with some coins and should probably not be listed.  However, the Museum Carnuntinum one town over (Badgasse 42, Bad Deutsch-Altenburg, Austria) is a larger museum and has several display cases of coins.

In Ptuj, Slovenia the Pokrajinskij Muzej Ptuj Ormoz has a numismatic collection in its own dedicated room.  The Ptuj regional  museum is located in a half dozen different places in Ptuj.  The numismatic collection is in the Former Dominican Monestary at the north end of the lower town not in the more famous Ptuj Castle.  The Former Dominican Monestary is currently closed for renovations.

The Museum Lauriacum in Enns, Austria, has a small room dedicated to Roman coins.

The Museum of Danube in Komarno, Slovakia has a small room dedicated to coins and has published a couple of short booklets on their collection.

The Archeological Museum of Split, in Split Croatia (not the same as the City Museum in Dicoletian's palace), has several cases of Roman and Byzantine coins and has published at least three books on its collection.

The National Museum of Bosnia and Herzegovina in Sarajevo, BiH had several cases of Roman and Byzantine coins as well as some medieval coins but I have not been there in 10 years.

The Museo Civico Archeologico di Bologna in Bologna, Italy has a large room dedicated to Roman and pre-Roman Italian coins. 

Shawn

[abramo.pavan]

The National Museum of Wales in Cardiff has a relatively small but quite interesting coin section with some occasional additional numismatic exhibitions. This sits in a side room off the much larger section dedicated to ancient artifacts which are primarily Celtic and Roman.

http://www.museumwales.ac.uk/en/archaeology/numismatics/

http://www.museumwales.ac.uk/en/enquiries/

Martin

Thank you Martin for your kind suggestion, I added the museum!

[zierosaragoz]

Thanks

[abramo.pavan]

Abramo,

If I may ask what is your threshold for a numismatic museum?  What amount of numismatic content?

Almost every historical museum I have seen in Europe has some coins.  Even things like a one room display in city hall in a small town might have a few coins in the cases.  There are thousands of these in Europe and few are likely to be of numismatic interest.  Then there are museums that have a case or two of coins along with all of their other stuff.  Then there are museums that have a room (often small) dedicated to coins.   

If you could let us know the threshold it might help.  For now I have listed several with short descriptions and you can choose to use any you want.

The museum at the Archelogical Park Carnuntum (Hauptstraße 1, Petronell-Carnuntum, Austria) only has a small display with some coins and should probably not be listed.  However, the Museum Carnuntinum one town over (Badgasse 42, Bad Deutsch-Altenburg, Austria) is a larger museum and has several display cases of coins.

In Ptuj, Slovenia the Pokrajinskij Muzej Ptuj Ormoz has a numismatic collection in its own dedicated room.  The Ptuj regional  museum is located in a half dozen different places in Ptuj.  The numismatic collection is in the Former Dominican Monestary at the north end of the lower town not in the more famous Ptuj Castle.  The Former Dominican Monestary is currently closed for renovations.

The Museum Lauriacum in Enns, Austria, has a small room dedicated to Roman coins.

The Museum of Danube in Komarno, Slovakia has a small room dedicated to coins and has published a couple of short booklets on their collection.

The Archeological Museum of Split, in Split Croatia (not the same as the City Museum in Dicoletian's palace), has several cases of Roman and Byzantine coins and has published at least three books on its collection.

The National Museum of Bosnia and Herzegovina in Sarajevo, BiH had several cases of Roman and Byzantine coins as well as some medieval coins but I have not been there in 10 years.

The Museo Civico Archeologico di Bologna in Bologna, Italy has a large room dedicated to Roman and pre-Roman Italian coins. 

Shawn

Shawn,
thank you for your suggestion, I have added museums!

About your question on threshold, I don't put a threshold because maybe that a museum has a small collection but you visited it and found that is very interesting or there are some very rare coins and you want to share this info with others coins passionate collectors.

Best regards

[Michael K5]

Thank you for including the Money Museum at the Federal Reserve Bank in Cleveland. It is a very small museum geared mainly toward children and the history of money. But admission is free, there are a handful of high-grade ancient coins worth a look, and not too many people even know about it, so it's not crowded. It's good for a quick coin fix! I think this is a good example of what Abramo means when referring to the inclusion on his map of small museums with numismatic content that may be of interest.