Financial History Issue 122 (Summer 2017) | Page 6

THE TICKER

MUSEUM NEWS

Summer greetings from the Museum! It has been peak tourism season here in New York, and we continue to welcome a steady stream of visitors from around the world who come to learn about American finance and financial history through our exhibits, tours and classroom programs. One of my favorite recent thank you notes came from a student named Shia, who

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said,“ Thank you for letting us visit your Museum. It was fun to learn how much debt our society is in!”

Although“ fun” is not a word often associated with our national debt, we did recently pay tribute to the creator of that debt, as we honored Alexander Hamilton on July 12( the anniversary of his death), with a talk by Hamilton scholar Robert Wright on“ Hamilton’ s Blessed Debt.” There was a full house to hear Bob speak about Hamilton’ s conception of excessive debt and how the national debt, as reformed and revitalized by Hamilton, served to cement our young nation and spur economic growth. The program will soon air on C-SPAN’ s American History TV.

We have several other engaging programs lined up for the coming months, and we’ ll be launching our Fall Lunch and Learn Series on September 7 with a program featuring Fidelity fund manager Joel Tillinghast on his new book, Big Money Thinks Small.

The following week, on September 12, we will launch our Fall Evening Lecture Series with a talk by award-winning Harvard Business School professor Mihir Desai on The Wisdom of Finance: Discovering Humanity in the World of Risk and Return. This event will be live streamed on our YouTube channel( www. youtube. com / FinanceMuseum / live) in partnership with Bloomberg for Education, in order to reach a global audience of students and professors, in addition to our live audience. For a complete list of upcoming events, visit our website at www. moaf. org / events.

Also in September, stay tuned to our YouTube channel for the launch of our CEO video series, which will feature monthly videos of finance executives speaking on the topic of“ Why Wall Street Matters” from a variety of perspectives.

And, finally, I would like to welcome to our Board of Trustees Ranch Kimball, who brings to our Museum a vast amount of knowledge and experience in both the for-profit and non-profit sectors, including as the Chairman of the Board of Overseers at the Museum of Science, Boston. We are excited to work with Ranch as we continue to develop our vision for the future of our Museum.

Financial historian Robert Wright’ s talk on“ Hamilton’ s Blessed Debt” was filmed for C-SPAN and will air later this year.

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