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MoAF Acquires Two Significant Collections
I am excited to begin my first column of 2026 by announcing the acquisition of two artifact collections. In December, the Museum received a significant donation to its collection from John E. Herzog, who founded the Museum in 1989 and currently serves as trustee and chairman emeritus. The John E. Herzog Collection
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includes rare and important US founding financial documents including Paul Revere’ s bank book, a US Treasury Bond owed by John Hancock and signed by Alexander Hamilton, a Bank of the United States check signed by Thomas Jefferson and an 1808 US Loan Office certificate payable to Harvard College.
Also in December, the Museum acquired all of the financial artifacts, as well as select books, from the Rodney G. Klein Stock Market Museum in Massillon, Ohio. The collection includes a number of historical stock tickers and other financial technologies, as well as stock exchange artifacts, photographs and memorabilia. We will feature more on this collection and Rodney Klein in the next issue of our magazine.
Select objects from both of these collections will be on view in the debut exhibits when we open in Boston in July 2026. A preview of the exhibits is available on our website at www. moaf. org / Boston, along with other material on the project.
In other exciting news, we have one of the strongest line-ups to date set for our annual Gala on March 5. Our Whitehead Award honoree will be Byron Trott, chairman and co-CEO of BDT & MSD Partners, who will be introduced by former US
Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson, Jr. Our Lifetime Achievement Award honoree will be Mary Ellen Stanek, president of the Baird Funds, who will be introduced by Timothy Michael Cardinal Dolan, archbishop emeritus of New York. Our Financial Innovation Award will be presented to David Booth, founder and chairman of Dimensional Fund Advisors, who will be introduced by William( Bill) Bradley, managing director of Allen & Company and former New Jersey Senator.
The Gala will be held at the Ziegfeld Ballroom in midtown Manhattan, with former CNBC Senior Markets Correspondent Bob Pisani and“ WealthTrack” Executive Producer and Managing Editor Consuelo Mack serving as masters of ceremony. We look forward to an evening celebrating the“ Expanding Impact, Reach and Footprint” of the Museum in 2026. More on our Gala, including information on tickets, advertising and sponsorship, can be found at www. moaf. org / 2026Gala.
John E. Herzog Collection, Museum of American Finance
A recent collection donation from the Museum’ s founder, John E. Herzog, includes Paul Revere’ s bank book detailing his financial dealings at his Massachusetts Bank( left). The Museum recently acquired the entire artifact collection of the Rodney G. Klein Stock Market Museum in Massillon, Ohio, which includes a number of historical stock tickers and other financial technologies( above).
Rodney G. Klein Stock Market Museum
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