Bank of Canada Museum
@bankofcanadamuseum.ca
We are dedicated to helping visitors better understand Canada’s monetary history and the importance of our central bank.
En français: @museedelabanqueducanada.ca
En français: @museedelabanqueducanada.ca
⛸️Drop into the Museum, hang up the skates and get the blood moving with indoor #Winterlude fun.
See (and touch) some really cool money, go on a scavenger hunt…
Family fun all weekend.
See the webpage for details:
👉 https://bit.ly/4pfGleV
See (and touch) some really cool money, go on a scavenger hunt…
Family fun all weekend.
See the webpage for details:
👉 https://bit.ly/4pfGleV
January 29, 2026 at 1:00 PM
⛸️Drop into the Museum, hang up the skates and get the blood moving with indoor #Winterlude fun.
See (and touch) some really cool money, go on a scavenger hunt…
Family fun all weekend.
See the webpage for details:
👉 https://bit.ly/4pfGleV
See (and touch) some really cool money, go on a scavenger hunt…
Family fun all weekend.
See the webpage for details:
👉 https://bit.ly/4pfGleV
👋Grades 6–8 teachers! 🍎📚
Teach your students that debt’s not all bad… but when it is, they need to know how to deal with it.
“Escaping Debt”
It turns the classroom into an escape room.
Download the lesson plan.
👉 https://bit.ly/4g9jcXP
Teach your students that debt’s not all bad… but when it is, they need to know how to deal with it.
“Escaping Debt”
It turns the classroom into an escape room.
Download the lesson plan.
👉 https://bit.ly/4g9jcXP
January 28, 2026 at 1:00 PM
👋Grades 6–8 teachers! 🍎📚
Teach your students that debt’s not all bad… but when it is, they need to know how to deal with it.
“Escaping Debt”
It turns the classroom into an escape room.
Download the lesson plan.
👉 https://bit.ly/4g9jcXP
Teach your students that debt’s not all bad… but when it is, they need to know how to deal with it.
“Escaping Debt”
It turns the classroom into an escape room.
Download the lesson plan.
👉 https://bit.ly/4g9jcXP
💵Why is the US dollar called a “greenback?”🤔
It all started in a Québec laboratory and was made famous by the United States’ first legal tender.
It’s a great story—read about it on the blog. 👉 https://bit.ly/3YvnHF7
#SundayReading
It all started in a Québec laboratory and was made famous by the United States’ first legal tender.
It’s a great story—read about it on the blog. 👉 https://bit.ly/3YvnHF7
#SundayReading
January 25, 2026 at 1:00 PM
💵Why is the US dollar called a “greenback?”🤔
It all started in a Québec laboratory and was made famous by the United States’ first legal tender.
It’s a great story—read about it on the blog. 👉 https://bit.ly/3YvnHF7
#SundayReading
It all started in a Québec laboratory and was made famous by the United States’ first legal tender.
It’s a great story—read about it on the blog. 👉 https://bit.ly/3YvnHF7
#SundayReading
💰James Wilson Marshall discovered gold in Sutter’s Creek, California #OTD in 1848. 🌄✨
He unwittingly sparked the California Gold Rush. ⚒️
It is likely that some of those riches are in this US gold coin. #SaturdayArtifact
He unwittingly sparked the California Gold Rush. ⚒️
It is likely that some of those riches are in this US gold coin. #SaturdayArtifact
January 24, 2026 at 1:00 PM
💰James Wilson Marshall discovered gold in Sutter’s Creek, California #OTD in 1848. 🌄✨
He unwittingly sparked the California Gold Rush. ⚒️
It is likely that some of those riches are in this US gold coin. #SaturdayArtifact
He unwittingly sparked the California Gold Rush. ⚒️
It is likely that some of those riches are in this US gold coin. #SaturdayArtifact
🪙A 17th Century Commemorative Coin.
When James the VI of Scotland became James I of England, the two nations became one.
A British 20-shilling coin of the era was called a “unite” in honour of the event. #FridayFunFact
When James the VI of Scotland became James I of England, the two nations became one.
A British 20-shilling coin of the era was called a “unite” in honour of the event. #FridayFunFact
January 23, 2026 at 1:00 PM
🪙A 17th Century Commemorative Coin.
When James the VI of Scotland became James I of England, the two nations became one.
A British 20-shilling coin of the era was called a “unite” in honour of the event. #FridayFunFact
When James the VI of Scotland became James I of England, the two nations became one.
A British 20-shilling coin of the era was called a “unite” in honour of the event. #FridayFunFact
Do you want to help Canadians understand the economy, our economic heritage, and the work of the Bank of Canada?🏛️📚
Then we want you! We are hiring a Museum Interpreter.
Explore the role and apply today.
👉 https://bit.ly/3H0W1Sp
#MuseumJobs #OttJobs #Careers #Museums
Then we want you! We are hiring a Museum Interpreter.
Explore the role and apply today.
👉 https://bit.ly/3H0W1Sp
#MuseumJobs #OttJobs #Careers #Museums
January 22, 2026 at 2:00 PM
Do you want to help Canadians understand the economy, our economic heritage, and the work of the Bank of Canada?🏛️📚
Then we want you! We are hiring a Museum Interpreter.
Explore the role and apply today.
👉 https://bit.ly/3H0W1Sp
#MuseumJobs #OttJobs #Careers #Museums
Then we want you! We are hiring a Museum Interpreter.
Explore the role and apply today.
👉 https://bit.ly/3H0W1Sp
#MuseumJobs #OttJobs #Careers #Museums
The backs our coins have remained the same since 1937. Or have they? 🦁🦄🍁
“Three 50-Cent Pieces” on the blog.
👉 https://bit.ly/45htWiH
“Three 50-Cent Pieces” on the blog.
👉 https://bit.ly/45htWiH
January 20, 2026 at 4:00 PM
The backs our coins have remained the same since 1937. Or have they? 🦁🦄🍁
“Three 50-Cent Pieces” on the blog.
👉 https://bit.ly/45htWiH
“Three 50-Cent Pieces” on the blog.
👉 https://bit.ly/45htWiH
🙁 The Museum is closed all this week.
We are closed today through Friday for our annual maintenance week.
Please see our website to plan your next visit.
👉 https://bit.ly/3TJrwCz
#SeeYouSoon
We are closed today through Friday for our annual maintenance week.
Please see our website to plan your next visit.
👉 https://bit.ly/3TJrwCz
#SeeYouSoon
January 19, 2026 at 2:00 PM
🙁 The Museum is closed all this week.
We are closed today through Friday for our annual maintenance week.
Please see our website to plan your next visit.
👉 https://bit.ly/3TJrwCz
#SeeYouSoon
We are closed today through Friday for our annual maintenance week.
Please see our website to plan your next visit.
👉 https://bit.ly/3TJrwCz
#SeeYouSoon
👋 Grade 5 teachers! 🍎📚
Introduce your students to financial goals and financial planning.
It’s about careful spending and saving. It’s about goals.
Check out the lesson plan “Spending and Saving.”
👉 https://bit.ly/4kVdR7P
Introduce your students to financial goals and financial planning.
It’s about careful spending and saving. It’s about goals.
Check out the lesson plan “Spending and Saving.”
👉 https://bit.ly/4kVdR7P
January 19, 2026 at 1:00 PM
👋 Grade 5 teachers! 🍎📚
Introduce your students to financial goals and financial planning.
It’s about careful spending and saving. It’s about goals.
Check out the lesson plan “Spending and Saving.”
👉 https://bit.ly/4kVdR7P
Introduce your students to financial goals and financial planning.
It’s about careful spending and saving. It’s about goals.
Check out the lesson plan “Spending and Saving.”
👉 https://bit.ly/4kVdR7P
💵Two-dollar bills were never popular out west. They were victims of rumours about their use in unsavoury activities, but that’s not why they were replaced by the toonie. The economics of printing money, on the blog.
👉 https://bit.ly/3wdGO7D
#SundayReading
👉 https://bit.ly/3wdGO7D
#SundayReading
January 18, 2026 at 1:00 PM
💵Two-dollar bills were never popular out west. They were victims of rumours about their use in unsavoury activities, but that’s not why they were replaced by the toonie. The economics of printing money, on the blog.
👉 https://bit.ly/3wdGO7D
#SundayReading
👉 https://bit.ly/3wdGO7D
#SundayReading
🙁 The Museum is closed this weekend.
We are closed for our annual maintenance week.
Please see our website to plan your next visit.
👉 https://bit.ly/3TJrwCz
#SeeYouSoon
We are closed for our annual maintenance week.
Please see our website to plan your next visit.
👉 https://bit.ly/3TJrwCz
#SeeYouSoon
January 17, 2026 at 2:00 PM
🙁 The Museum is closed this weekend.
We are closed for our annual maintenance week.
Please see our website to plan your next visit.
👉 https://bit.ly/3TJrwCz
#SeeYouSoon
We are closed for our annual maintenance week.
Please see our website to plan your next visit.
👉 https://bit.ly/3TJrwCz
#SeeYouSoon
💰Not all coins were stamped in a press. Some of the earliest coins were cast.
Creating a hollow mould that is then filled with molten metal is a process 1,000s of years old. This Moroccan mould produced 14 coins at once.
#SaturdayArtifact
Creating a hollow mould that is then filled with molten metal is a process 1,000s of years old. This Moroccan mould produced 14 coins at once.
#SaturdayArtifact
January 17, 2026 at 1:00 PM
💰Not all coins were stamped in a press. Some of the earliest coins were cast.
Creating a hollow mould that is then filled with molten metal is a process 1,000s of years old. This Moroccan mould produced 14 coins at once.
#SaturdayArtifact
Creating a hollow mould that is then filled with molten metal is a process 1,000s of years old. This Moroccan mould produced 14 coins at once.
#SaturdayArtifact
💰 Dynastic Currency.
This bronze coin is from the Xin, or “new,” Dynasty. Hardly new any longer, the dynasty’s emperor Wang Mang was overthrown and assassinated around 2,000 years ago! #FridayFunFact
This bronze coin is from the Xin, or “new,” Dynasty. Hardly new any longer, the dynasty’s emperor Wang Mang was overthrown and assassinated around 2,000 years ago! #FridayFunFact
January 16, 2026 at 1:00 PM
💰 Dynastic Currency.
This bronze coin is from the Xin, or “new,” Dynasty. Hardly new any longer, the dynasty’s emperor Wang Mang was overthrown and assassinated around 2,000 years ago! #FridayFunFact
This bronze coin is from the Xin, or “new,” Dynasty. Hardly new any longer, the dynasty’s emperor Wang Mang was overthrown and assassinated around 2,000 years ago! #FridayFunFact
🚨Upcoming Museum Closure
The Museum will be closed for our Annual Maintenance Week🔧 from Saturday, January 17 through Friday, January 23.
We apologize for any inconvenience.🙏
Please check our website to plan your next visit.👉 https://bit.ly/3TJrwCz
The Museum will be closed for our Annual Maintenance Week🔧 from Saturday, January 17 through Friday, January 23.
We apologize for any inconvenience.🙏
Please check our website to plan your next visit.👉 https://bit.ly/3TJrwCz
January 15, 2026 at 1:00 PM
🚨Upcoming Museum Closure
The Museum will be closed for our Annual Maintenance Week🔧 from Saturday, January 17 through Friday, January 23.
We apologize for any inconvenience.🙏
Please check our website to plan your next visit.👉 https://bit.ly/3TJrwCz
The Museum will be closed for our Annual Maintenance Week🔧 from Saturday, January 17 through Friday, January 23.
We apologize for any inconvenience.🙏
Please check our website to plan your next visit.👉 https://bit.ly/3TJrwCz
🍎Know a grade 6–12 educator with a gift for teaching economics?
Nominate them for our Award for Excellence in Teaching Economics!
⏰Closes March 01.
See website for details.
👉 https://bit.ly/3Xrx9Gs
#TeachersRock
Nominate them for our Award for Excellence in Teaching Economics!
⏰Closes March 01.
See website for details.
👉 https://bit.ly/3Xrx9Gs
#TeachersRock
January 14, 2026 at 1:00 PM
🍎Know a grade 6–12 educator with a gift for teaching economics?
Nominate them for our Award for Excellence in Teaching Economics!
⏰Closes March 01.
See website for details.
👉 https://bit.ly/3Xrx9Gs
#TeachersRock
Nominate them for our Award for Excellence in Teaching Economics!
⏰Closes March 01.
See website for details.
👉 https://bit.ly/3Xrx9Gs
#TeachersRock
Beautiful engravings were proposed, test prints made, then…nothing.
See the tests and read about the note on the blog, “Vignettes for a $1,000 Bank Note that Never Was.” 👉 https://bit.ly/48mIbm9
#SundayReading
See the tests and read about the note on the blog, “Vignettes for a $1,000 Bank Note that Never Was.” 👉 https://bit.ly/48mIbm9
#SundayReading
January 11, 2026 at 1:00 PM
Beautiful engravings were proposed, test prints made, then…nothing.
See the tests and read about the note on the blog, “Vignettes for a $1,000 Bank Note that Never Was.” 👉 https://bit.ly/48mIbm9
#SundayReading
See the tests and read about the note on the blog, “Vignettes for a $1,000 Bank Note that Never Was.” 👉 https://bit.ly/48mIbm9
#SundayReading
🦉The Winter Raptor.❄️
Quebec’s provincial bird is the snowy owl. It can be seen across Canada and the northern United States in winter, but during the summer it lives exclusively in the Arctic—and on the Birds of Canada series $50. 😉
#SaturdayArtifact
Quebec’s provincial bird is the snowy owl. It can be seen across Canada and the northern United States in winter, but during the summer it lives exclusively in the Arctic—and on the Birds of Canada series $50. 😉
#SaturdayArtifact
January 10, 2026 at 1:00 PM
🦉The Winter Raptor.❄️
Quebec’s provincial bird is the snowy owl. It can be seen across Canada and the northern United States in winter, but during the summer it lives exclusively in the Arctic—and on the Birds of Canada series $50. 😉
#SaturdayArtifact
Quebec’s provincial bird is the snowy owl. It can be seen across Canada and the northern United States in winter, but during the summer it lives exclusively in the Arctic—and on the Birds of Canada series $50. 😉
#SaturdayArtifact
The HMS Feversham, a British warship, sank at Scatarie Island near Louisbourg, Cape Breton in 1711.
Amongst its cargo was a hoard of coins from several places, including this 17th century Bolivian coin.
#FridayFunFact
Amongst its cargo was a hoard of coins from several places, including this 17th century Bolivian coin.
#FridayFunFact
January 9, 2026 at 1:00 PM
The HMS Feversham, a British warship, sank at Scatarie Island near Louisbourg, Cape Breton in 1711.
Amongst its cargo was a hoard of coins from several places, including this 17th century Bolivian coin.
#FridayFunFact
Amongst its cargo was a hoard of coins from several places, including this 17th century Bolivian coin.
#FridayFunFact
Pop into the Museum this weekend.
On now in our temporary gallery:
“The Greatest Stories Ever Told,” collages of bank note imagery by Canadian artist Ho Tam.
Plan your visit 👉 https://bit.ly/3TJrwCz
On now in our temporary gallery:
“The Greatest Stories Ever Told,” collages of bank note imagery by Canadian artist Ho Tam.
Plan your visit 👉 https://bit.ly/3TJrwCz
January 8, 2026 at 1:00 PM
Pop into the Museum this weekend.
On now in our temporary gallery:
“The Greatest Stories Ever Told,” collages of bank note imagery by Canadian artist Ho Tam.
Plan your visit 👉 https://bit.ly/3TJrwCz
On now in our temporary gallery:
“The Greatest Stories Ever Told,” collages of bank note imagery by Canadian artist Ho Tam.
Plan your visit 👉 https://bit.ly/3TJrwCz
👋Hey, high school teachers.
Don’t forget that we’ve got your back when it comes to financial literacy resources. Visit our “Lesson Plans” page and click your grade level box.
👉 https://bit.ly/4bQho39
Don’t forget that we’ve got your back when it comes to financial literacy resources. Visit our “Lesson Plans” page and click your grade level box.
👉 https://bit.ly/4bQho39
January 7, 2026 at 1:00 PM
👋Hey, high school teachers.
Don’t forget that we’ve got your back when it comes to financial literacy resources. Visit our “Lesson Plans” page and click your grade level box.
👉 https://bit.ly/4bQho39
Don’t forget that we’ve got your back when it comes to financial literacy resources. Visit our “Lesson Plans” page and click your grade level box.
👉 https://bit.ly/4bQho39
👋Hey, elementary school teachers.
Give your students a leg up in small business basics with our lesson plan,
“Entrepreneurship: Kids Edition.”
👉 https://bit.ly/3FrAv8t
Give your students a leg up in small business basics with our lesson plan,
“Entrepreneurship: Kids Edition.”
👉 https://bit.ly/3FrAv8t
January 5, 2026 at 1:00 PM
👋Hey, elementary school teachers.
Give your students a leg up in small business basics with our lesson plan,
“Entrepreneurship: Kids Edition.”
👉 https://bit.ly/3FrAv8t
Give your students a leg up in small business basics with our lesson plan,
“Entrepreneurship: Kids Edition.”
👉 https://bit.ly/3FrAv8t
Thousands of logs make a break for freedom in the nation’s capital!😲
Oddly, it was a good day for Canadian🍁 iconography.
Read “Mishap on the Dollar” on the blog. 👉 https://bit.ly/41PjY3n
#SundayReading
Oddly, it was a good day for Canadian🍁 iconography.
Read “Mishap on the Dollar” on the blog. 👉 https://bit.ly/41PjY3n
#SundayReading
January 4, 2026 at 1:00 PM
Thousands of logs make a break for freedom in the nation’s capital!😲
Oddly, it was a good day for Canadian🍁 iconography.
Read “Mishap on the Dollar” on the blog. 👉 https://bit.ly/41PjY3n
#SundayReading
Oddly, it was a good day for Canadian🍁 iconography.
Read “Mishap on the Dollar” on the blog. 👉 https://bit.ly/41PjY3n
#SundayReading
🎉We’re open for the new year!🥳
Grab the kids and come explore “Money that Almost Was”💸— a fascinating look at proposed Bank of Canada bank note designs spanning over 60 years! 🏦✨
Plan your visit 👉 https://bit.ly/3TJrwCz
Grab the kids and come explore “Money that Almost Was”💸— a fascinating look at proposed Bank of Canada bank note designs spanning over 60 years! 🏦✨
Plan your visit 👉 https://bit.ly/3TJrwCz
January 2, 2026 at 2:00 PM
🎉We’re open for the new year!🥳
Grab the kids and come explore “Money that Almost Was”💸— a fascinating look at proposed Bank of Canada bank note designs spanning over 60 years! 🏦✨
Plan your visit 👉 https://bit.ly/3TJrwCz
Grab the kids and come explore “Money that Almost Was”💸— a fascinating look at proposed Bank of Canada bank note designs spanning over 60 years! 🏦✨
Plan your visit 👉 https://bit.ly/3TJrwCz
🎊🎉#HappyNewYear! We at the Bank of Canada Museum wish everybody a happy, healthy and prosperous 2026.🥳✨
We’re reopening tomorrow—come visit, we’ve missed you!🏦👋
We’re reopening tomorrow—come visit, we’ve missed you!🏦👋
January 1, 2026 at 1:00 PM
🎊🎉#HappyNewYear! We at the Bank of Canada Museum wish everybody a happy, healthy and prosperous 2026.🥳✨
We’re reopening tomorrow—come visit, we’ve missed you!🏦👋
We’re reopening tomorrow—come visit, we’ve missed you!🏦👋
#OTD in 1879, #ThomasEdison demonstrated the first practical electric incandescent light bulbs💡, dazzling the 3,000 people who visited his lab.
🎆May your New Year be filled with even more wonder and light. ✨🥂
🎆May your New Year be filled with even more wonder and light. ✨🥂
December 31, 2025 at 1:00 PM
#OTD in 1879, #ThomasEdison demonstrated the first practical electric incandescent light bulbs💡, dazzling the 3,000 people who visited his lab.
🎆May your New Year be filled with even more wonder and light. ✨🥂
🎆May your New Year be filled with even more wonder and light. ✨🥂