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The E-Sylum: Volume 19, Number 50, December 11, 2016, Article 5

NEWMAN PORTAL RELEASES NEWMAN MUSEUM VIDEOS

The latest additions to the Newman Numismatic Portal are videos of the Newman Money Museum. Project Coordinator Len Augsburger provided the following report. Thanks. -Editor

For those who have not had the opportunity to visit the Newman Money Museum at Washington University in St. Louis, a 12-minute overview video is now available on the Newman Portal. Brief remarks from Eric P. Newman are interspersed throughout and provide Eric’s rationale and thinking behind the museum project. Although the Newman Money Museum certainly contains any number of numismatic treasures, a closer look reveals the true challenge – to think more deeply about how societies physically interact with money, and how money conveys more than just monetary value. While the heyday of bank-based numismatic museums (the Chase Manhattan, the National Bank of Detroit, and others) is long gone, the Newman Money Museum continues on at Washington University in St. Louis, and this presentation provides an opportunity for anyone to make a virtual visit.

In addition to the overview video, individual videos of each separate exhibit in the museum have been posted, as well as the famous "talking Ben Franklin" animatron that greets museum visitors.

Link to Newman Money Museum videos on Newman Portal:
https://nnp.wustl.edu/library/multimediadetail/515508

Here are selected stills from the videos. There are 30 in all - enjoy! -Editor

Newman Museum The Art of Paper Money

Newman Museum Curious Money

Newman Museum Preparing Coins

Newman Museum Preparing Coins2


Wayne Homren, Editor

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