About Us

This Money & Medals website is funded by the Department of Coins and Medals at the British Museum and Arts Council England, and is supported by a number of key partner institutions.

It has five main aims:  
Act as an information exchange for curators within the UK whose collections include coins, medals and other objects relating to monetary and economic history and numismaticsProvide information on best practice, new research and news items relating to the understanding, care and public access of those collectionsEncourage and facilitate collaborative ventures between the curators of those collections and to nurture links between those curators and individuals outside museums with an interest in related subject areas Make the broad case for the potential of those collections and the importance of numismatic expertise for bringing them effectively to a wide audience and; Work to identify new and exciting ways in which those collections can be presented to the public.