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We have twin goals:
To increase economic literacy for people of all ages. This new
museum, to be located in Lower Manhattan in New York City, will
assist in:
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Demystifying economics;
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Enhancing the public's understanding of money;
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Creating more interest in the world's financial
system; and,
- Forming a natural and vital part of the rebuilding of Lower
Manhattan post September 11. The Museum will reflect the core
values and the vitality of democracy and open economic systems.
To utilize the potential of networked computers to develop a virtual
museum as an innovating independent entity, not merely an appendage
to a brick and mortar museum. Both finance and computing deal largely
with the manipulation of numbers. As such, multimedia computing
is a natural fit for a science museum of economics. The International
Center for Finance at Yale University will host the Internet aspects
of the Museum of Money and Financial Institutions. |
