News Archive
03.04.2012
“Playing with Lady Luck”
The new special exhibition of the MoneyMuseum
"Alea iacta est" – this utterance attributed to Julius Caesar after the fateful crossing of the River Rubicon in 49 BC could be regarded as a predecessor of the modern "Rien ne va plus." But in the MoneyMuseum at Hadlaubstrasse, the game is only just beginning: on 3rd April, the new special exhibition about games of chance will be opened, which the museum has arranged in cooperation with the Jeton Museum. The exhibition will last until 26th February 2013 ... [ read on ]
07.07.2011
The MoneyMuseum Has a Currency of its Own
The new money machine of the MoneyMuseum
What would be so practical especially at the present time – namely a donkey that produces gold coins or the licence to print money is something that even the MoneyMuseum cannot offer. The coin vending machine, the new attraction at Hadlaubstrasse, is guaranteed to make more out of your money ... [ read on ]
30.05.2011
“Abolishing Money”
The MoneyMuseum's new publication
Abolish money? Why not? That there are difficulties with our money, as can be read in the MoneyMuseum's new brochure, has been shown not only by the latest downturn on the financial markets. No, that is something every low-income worker, who in spite of his efforts, is not getting anywhere, or every female small saver who is annoyed by the measly interest she gets from her savings, to mention only some of the reasons ... [ read on ]
12.05.2011
The Conzett Verlag's New Website Is Online
The Conzett Verlag, run by the Sunflower Foundation since April 2011, appears with a new logo as well as a completely renewed and fresh web appearance ... [ read on ]
27.04.2011
“Money in Other Societies”
The MoneyMuseum's new publication
To want to pay for a boat with a metre-long bulging roll of raffia or the church tax with a few snail shells and for the building of one's own house with musical instruments, that would not be appreciated in the kind of society in which we live … [ read on ]
01.04.2011
“The Female Worker in Zurich around 1900”
The new special exhibition of the MoneyMuseum
The rapidly progressing industrialisation around the turn of the 19th to the 20th century also made high demands on the Swiss workforce, especially on the women. The new special exhibition of the MoneyMuseum at Hadlaubstrasse is devoted to the women of that time and their arduous daily routine as workers at home and in the factories. Its opening will be celebrated on 1st April ... [ read on ]
22.03.2011
The Reorganisation of the Conzett Verlag and its Consequences
The Conzett Verlag, a company of the Sunflower Foundation in law, whose publishing was previously attended to by the Oesch Verlag, returned to the parent house at the end of March ... [ read on ]
25.01.2011
“CoinsHD” – the MoneyMuseum on the iPad
With the iPad app of the MoneyMuseum you can now take its coin collection into your hands. At the same time over 2,000 coins and other means of payment are available to you for historical flying visits about money. In addition some 80 coin tours invite you to explore throughout the history of money of different countries ... [ read on ]
04.01.2011
“Money,” the Newsletter of the Sunflower Foundation, goes online
Mixed reports from the world of money are now sent by electronic mail. "Money," the Newsletter of the foundation, informs you four to six times a year about the activities of the Sunflower platforms MoneyMuseum, MoneyForum, MoneyLab and MoneyWorld ... [ read on ]
02.07.2010
“Gold – Between Dream and Reality”
The new special exhibition of the MoneyMuseum
A subject of myths and legends, the epitome of luxury and affluence and a veritable multi-talent in its use: gold is all that and even more, the object at the centre of the new special exhibition that will be shown in the MoneyMuseum at Hadlaubstrasse from 2nd July ... [ read on ]
14.06.2010
MoneyTests and MoneyGames
The MoneyLab's new test and play page
Do you read the business page of your daily newspaper? Or are you rather daunted when it comes to finances and investing money? Do you find money matters are a nasty subject? Or does money spur you on? You will come across these and other questions in the newly launched MoneyLab's MoneyTests ... [ read on ]
01.02.2010
Digital Galleries with Coin and Picture Tours
The new offer of the MoneyMuseum
Since the beginning of this year an attractive new offer has been available to visitors on the ground floor and in the basement of the MoneyMuseum at Hadlaubstrasse: the wall screens of the digital galleries in which selected coin and picture tours are presented on the current exhibition events ... [ read on ]
09.12.2009
“The Trillion Dollar Crisis”
The MoneyMuseum's new DVD
The essence of a credit is to be found in the meaning of the word: "credit" comes from the Latin "credere" (to believe) and "creditum" (something entrusted to someone in good faith). Whoever grants somebody a credit is also confident that the borrower can pay back the money he has been lent within a certain period of time. But as to control is better than to trust, especially in money matters, a reliable lender checks whether an applicant is creditworthy and asks for securities ... [ read on ]
17.11.2009
China, Islam, War, Saints
The new special exhibition of the MoneyMuseum
The MoneyMuseum at Hadlaubstrasse has renewed the content of its exhibition showcases in the basement and made more space available for the money exhibits by adding an additional showcase on the ground floor. But you will see not only more, but also very unusually varied objects in the form and subjects of their minting ... [ read on ]
03.09.2009
The MoneyForum Starts Up Its Events
Programme in 2009/2010
On 3rd September the MoneyForum is opening its first series of lectures and discussions at Bärengasse in Zurich. The core of its contents is – what else? – the financial crisis ... [ read on ]
17.06.2009
“The History of Coins in China”
The MoneyMuseum's new DVD
Their appearance strikes one as being as exotic as the shell of a marine snail or as playful as the accessory of a (Chinese) doll's house, and then again as familiar as our own money. Yes, in the course of its history over thousands of years China has produced a multitude of forms of money ... [ read on ]
09.06.2009
“Money Moves People”
The MoneyMuseum's new DVD
On the occasion of the Long Night of Zurich's museums in 2002 the MoneyMusuem came up with a very special premiere: its film "Geld bewegt." This film is now also available in English entitled "Money Moves People" ... [ read on ]
07.04.2009
“Coins and Their Production”
The MoneyMuseum's new video
Nowadays coins are minted in fully automatic, serial mass production – and it is a loss-making business as far as small denominations are concerned: the production of a 5-rappen coin, for example, costs more than the purchasing power of the coin. Nevertheless small change is still part of most people's daily purchases, even though its place has been taken by plastic money in the form of credit and debit cards ... [ read on ]
10.03.2009
“Money in the New Testament”
The MoneyMuseum's new DVD
So it is not a matter of what your attitude to religion – i.e. the New Testament – is, but what the attitude of religion is to money. That is the big question which this DVD investigates. And, in fact, there is quite a lot to learn about it in the gospels with their parables ... [ read on ]
09.03.2009
“Coins” – the MoneyMuseum on your iPhone
With the iPhone app of the MoneyMuseum its coin collection now has become mobile and is also available on the way. Every money object, every coin side presented in the application can be enlarged and, thanks to the numismatic description and background information, is shown in its historical context ... [ read on ]
02.02.2009
The MoneyMuseum's New Website Is Online
Thanks to the new clearly and attractively designed website of the MoneyMuseum, what actually first helped the money and currency museum to actually exist places the focus of attention into the foreground even more clearly than hitherto: Jürg Conzett's coin collection, which has expanded considerably in the course of the years. It is the pivot of all further exhibits ... [ read on ]
27.11.2008
When the Bärengasse Museum Closed so Did Two of the MoneyMuseum's Exhibitions
Because of the Federal Government's new museum policy, the Swiss National Museum closed its Zurich showcase at the end of November. This means that the 32-year-old management of the Bärengasse Museum has come to an end ... [ read on ]
16.10.2008
The Online Mediatheque Offers Cinema, Radio, Downloads and More
The Sunflower Foundation's new online offer
Die Sunflower Mediatheque is online and offers you a wealth of informative and entertaining opportunities to spend your time. Thus while sitting comfortably at home you can undertake a virtual city stroll through Zurich, go on a musical journey into the time of the belle époque or learn more about the MoneyMuseum's money personality test and, and, and ... [ read on ]
06.10.2008
“I Ching – The Book of Changes”
The MoneyMuseum's new video
The I Ching is the oldest classical text from the Middle Kingdom and one of the oldest books of mankind. In it the idea of the cosmological and philosophical knowledge of ancient China is concentrated and fascinates many people to this day: as a book of wisdom or an oracle book, as help for life or simply as stimulus for reflection and contemplation ... [ read on ]
06.09.2008
The Long Night of the MoneyMuseum in 2008
From 6th to 7th September 2008 the museums of Zurich make a night of it. Also the MoneyMuseum takes part of the event. Its programme revolves around – how could it be otherwise? – coins ... [ read on ]
14.08.2008
“Bali's Dual Currency System”
The MoneyMuseum's new DVD
The financial resources of states, but also of many medium-sized and small businesses are in short supply these days. It has long been impossible to meet all the requirements of a society by means of official currencies. Complementary currencies are capable of tackling this problem ... [ read on ]
26.05.2008
The Sunflower Foundation's New Website Is Online
Lucid, clearly structured, simple in its navigation, (almost) new in its contents and attractive in its set-up – that is how the Sunflower Foundation's new website presents itself. And at first sight it shows you which projects the Sunflower has added to its field of activity ... [ read on ]
05.05.2008
“Zurich People and Their Money”
The DVD on the special exhibition
That you can do good business by changing money is something the people of Zurich have known for centuries. But the benefits of a public railway network are something they as well as the Swiss population have known only since comparatively recent times. And even more recent is the experience with convenient shopping opportunities: in the last century using Migros shopping trolleys, today by using Internet shops, for example ... [ read on ]
14.04.2008
“Olsen Café”
The Money Museum's new DVD
Without innovation no economic and social progress. A pioneering innovation similar to the invention of book printing or writing in earlier times (though for centuries only accessible to an elite) is represented by Internet technology. It has led to a really explosive growth in information ... [ read on ]
09.04.2008
Find out What Kind of Money Personality You Are
The new website of the “My Money Personality” test
Does money make you happy? Or are you afraid of losing money? Do you find money matters are a nuisance? Or is dealing with finances a matter of course for you? Give your views on the statements of the Money Personality Test and find out which money personality you are ...
[ read on ]
01.04.2008
The Fascination of Swiss Coins and Banknotes
The new main exhibition of the MoneyMuseum
Quality in material and design, security, distinguishing features and national symbolism – these are the attributes that have characterised the Swiss coins and banknotes since the introduction of decimal currency. An excerpt from the development of money in the Swiss Confederation is shown in the new main exhibition of the MoneyMuseum at Hadlaubstrasse opening on 1st April ... [ read on ]
11.03.2008
“Highlights from the MoneyMuseum's Collection”
The new special exhibition of the MoneyMuseum
The coins that the new special exhibition presents in the MoneyMuseum at Hadlaubstrasse are not only beautiful but of outstanding quality ... [ read on ]
12.02.2008
“On the Way to Value-less Money”
The DVD on the special exhibition
An examination of the Western and Eastern monetary tradition is offered anew not only by the MoneyMuseum's special exhibition at Hadlaubstrasse, which is open until the beginning of 2007, but also by the DVD of the same name on the subject ... [ read on ]
03.09.2007
“The Sunflower Philosophy”
The MoneyMuseum's new DVD
The Sunflower Foundation as the body responsible for the MoneyMuseum deliberately bears the sunflower in its name ... [ read on ]
25.08.2007
The Sunflower Foundation Backs the Introduction of Cyclos into Switzerland
Cyclos is an open-source software that was developed by the Dutch foundation STRO and serves the online administration of complementary currency systems. The Sunflower Foundation, in the course of its involvement in such systems, backs Cyclos in its introduction into Switzerland ... [ read on ]
09.03.2007
“Tauschen steigert die Lebensqualität” (Exchanging Improves the Quality of Life)
A conference of experts from the Swiss exchange organisations and the Sunflower Foundation
The Sunflower Foundation continues its involvement, begun at the beginning of 2006, in the area of time and talent exchange and on 9th March is making its debut as one of the organisers of the annual meeting of the exchange circle of experts in Aarau ... [ read on ]
08.01.2007
“Zurich People and Their Money”
The new special exhibition of the MoneyMuseum
What began in the Bärengasse Museum on 28th April 2006 and lasted until 15th July since the beginning of the year is continued in the MoneyMuseum at Hadlaubstrasse: the exhibition "Zurich People and their Money" ... [ read on ]
28.04.2006
“Zurich People and Their Money”
The new special exhibition of the Bärengasse Museum
The new money exhibition conceived by the MoneyMuseum in cooperation with the Swiss National Museum in Zurich covers the period of 2,000 years of Zurich's monetary history, from provocative views of the present-day financial centre to the possibility of discovering one's own attitude to money ... [ read on ]
21.03.2006
The Expansion of the Collection of Roman Coins
The enlarged main exhibition of the MoneyMuseum
In the coin showcases of the MoneyMuseum at Hadlaubstrasse coins exhibited from Roman antiquity have doubled ... [ read on ]
02.02.2006
“Zurich – A Declaration of Love”
The MoneyMuseum's new DVD
The city of banks or the epitome of the Swiss financial centre, a living city of culture and trendy scenes, the secret centre of Swiss power, the smallest metropolis in the world, internationally a town with the greatest quality of life – those are just a few of the features attributed to Zurich, the largest city in Switzerland ... [ read on ]
09.01.2006
Zeta
The Sunflower Foundation's new project
Looking after and caring for people at home can only be financed when an efficient social network supplements the efforts of trained personnel. This is where the Zeta (an acronym of the German name "Zeittausch," i.e. "time exchange") project, which started at the beginning of the year, comes into play ... [ read on ]
03.09.2005
“Womit Casanova in Zürich zahlte ...” (What Casanova paid with in Zurich)
The MoneyMuseum's new special exhibition at the Bärengasse Museum
The MoneyMuseum is expanding its exhibition in the Bärengasse Museum on Zurich's monetary history and is opening the new section on the occasion of the Long Night of the Museums from 3rd to 4th September ... [ read on ]
12.04.2005
“On the Way to Value-less Money”
The first special exhibition of the MoneyMuseum
On 12th April the MoneyMuseum's first special exhibition opens in the small exhibition room at Hadlaubstrasse. It bears the ambiguous title "On the Way to Value-less Money" and outlines the development of money in West and East (resp. China) with the help of accompanying texts and outstanding exhibits. [ read on ]
03.01.2005
Online Surveys
The MoneyMuseum's new online offer
Are you of the opinion that a certain amount of money is necessary to be happy? Or do you believe that the love of money is the root of all evil? And what do you think others feel about this question? Avail yourself of the MoneyMuseum's new online offer and find out ... [ read on ]
14.06.2004
An Audio Guide Takes You through the MoneyMuseum at Hadlaubstrasse
Thanks to the digital audio guide, from now on visitors can discover the MoneyMuseum Hadlaubstrasse on their own initiative ... [ read on ]
04.01.2004
Online Quizzes
The MoneyMuseum's new online offer
What is meant by a yield? What is a daric? What was Istanbul called until its name was changed? And where is the Taj Mahal? On the Quiz page you can answer the questions – or find out the answers ... [ read on ]
02.07.2003
The MoneyMuseum is Awarded the Otto-Paul-Wenger Prize
Jürg Conzett's decision to put his coin collection onto the Internet – together with background information and additional media material – so as to make it accessible to the public free of charge has also met with recognition among the experts ... [ read on ]
01.04.2003
The MoneyMuseum at Hadlaubstrasse Begins its Events
On 1st April the MoneyMuseum at Hadlaubstrasse is opening its first evening programme with a panel discussion on excerpts from the film "Geld bewegt" (Money Moves People). The guest on the panel is the "silk king" Andi Stutz ... [ read on ]
04.02.2003
The MoneyMuseum at Hadlaubstrasse Opens its Doors
The MoneyMuseum at Hadlaubstrasse in Zurich is opening its doors to the general public on 4th February and is open every Tuesday afternoon from 1.00 pm to 5.30 pm ... [ read on ]
01.04.2002
Radio MoneyMuseum Goes on Air
Radio MoneyMuseum's first audio plays are there (in German only). They deal almost exclusively with – what else could it be? – money and give in the trilogy "Wenn Münzen miteinander lachen und streiten" (When Coins Laugh and Quarrel with One Another) important currencies from antiquity, the Middle Ages and modern times a chance to have their say ... [ read on ]
01.03.2002
The MoneyMuseum's First Exhibition Rooms
The MoneyMuseum becomes a physical museum
For the first time the Sunflower Foundation acquires its own exhibition premises at Hadlaubstrasse 106 in Zurich and begins to convert them. The new rooms are to be opened in spring 2003 and to serve mainly as a platform for meetings and discussions on money and the world ... [ read on ]
26.02.2002
The MoneyMuseum Receives the Right of Hospitality in the Bärengasse Museum
Thanks to the support of the Swiss National Museum in Zurich, the MoneyMuseum can expand its physical presence in the town: it is receiving the right of hospitality in the Zurich Bärengasse Museum, a branch of the National Museum, and recently occupied its own room with the permanent exhibition "Geld und Geist" (Money and Mind) ... [ read on ]
01.09.2001
An Expansion of the Website Thanks to a New Publishing Programme
The MoneyMuseum enlarges its website
The new exhibition section on the MoneyMuseum's website has gone online. That means that for the first time the Sunflower Foundation's entire coin collection is open to the public ... [ read on ]
31.05.2001
“Best of Europe”
The joint exhibition of the MoneyMuseum and the Swiss National Museum
Under the title "Best of Europe – Images of Power and Vanity" the first joint exhibition of the MoneyMuseum and the Swiss National Museum in Zurich will open in the New Media Center of the National Museum on 31st May. It exhibits the finest European coins from antiquity to modern times ... [ read on ]
31.12.2000
A Review of 2000
The year 2000 revolved completely around building and extending. On the one hand, the MoneyMuseum as a guest in the New Media Center of the Swiss National Museum in Zurich fitted out its first physical exhibition room. On the other hand, the expansion of the website has gone ahead ... [ read on ]
22.07.2000
“Drachme, Dirhem, Taler, Pfund” (Drachm, Dirham, Thaler, Pound)
The MoneyMuseum's first publication
Today Europe has not come together by reason of characteristic national features, but because of its common roots – and they stretch far back into history. It is these roots that we are also looking at in the MoneyMuseum's first publication ... [ read on ]
13.04.2000
Our Vision
To each his own museum! That is the vision behind www.moneymuseum.com and thus the beginnings of the MoneyMuseum as a pioneer project of the Sunflower Foundation. The information technology should make it possible for every user to experience a personal museum visit ... [ read on ]
