EXHIBIT: WHAT IS MONEY?
Nickle Galleries at the University of Calgary, Canada distributed images of their current What is Money? exhibit
(discussed earlier by George Manz). -Editor
What is Money?
Exhibition at Nickle Galleries
University of Calgary, Canada
May 3 – Sept 8, 2018
Curated by Marina Fischer
What is Money? is the newest exhibition of ethnographic objects from the Nickle’s numismatic collection, showcasing diverse forms of money
used across the globe through time. From some of the earliest minted metals of the ancient world to Chinese knife money and African metalwork, from
the Canadian Northwest Coast copper shields to unique stone money from the Island of Yap – the exhibition explores a range in cultural understandings
of money, its value in society and asks, what is money?
Located in the Taylor Family Digital Library (TFDL)
Hours: M-F: 8am-9pm, S: 10am-6pm, S: 10am-8pm
Event:
Exhibition talk and tour
Sept 8, 2018, 3-4pm
Website:
http://nickle.ucalgary.ca/
Free admission
To read the earlier E-Sylum article, see:
CALGARY NICKLE GALLERIES WHAT IS MONEY? EXHIBIT
(http://www.coinbooks.org/v21/esylum_v21n20a29.html)
Wayne Homren, Editor
The Numismatic Bibliomania Society is a non-profit organization
promoting numismatic literature. See our web site at coinbooks.org.
To submit items for publication in The E-Sylum, write to the Editor
at this address: whomren@gmail.com
To subscribe go to: https://my.binhost.com/lists/listinfo/esylum
Copyright © 1998 - 2024 The Numismatic Bibliomania Society (NBS)
All Rights Reserved.
NBS Home Page
Contact the NBS webmaster
|