Financial History Issue 126 (Summer 2018) | Page 6
THE TICKER MUSEUM NEWS
MoAF Extends Membership Benefits
for Additional Year Due to Flood
The Museum continues to manage in
the aftermath of the flood in our building
that has closed the gallery space since late
January. Our staff is hard at work on the
many resulting disruptions, from insur-
ance issues to finding alternative space
for all of our events—including the Eve-
ning Lecture Series and Lunch and Learn
Series—as well as the Fall semester of the
Museum Finance Academy. We expect
historian William Hogeland, a contribu-
museums in China and Italy, as well as
tor to the new book, Historians on Ham-
the Global Financial Literacy Excellence
ilton, spoke on “The Hamilton Scheme:
Center in Washington, DC. On November
Enemies and Allies in the Creation of the
6–7, more than 20 finance museums from
American Economy.” The program was
around the world will meet in Brussels on
filmed for C-SPAN American History TV
the topic of “‘Financial Education: Global
and can now be viewed online.
Challenges & Perspectives.”
Planning is well underway for our Fall
Finally, I would like to welcome three
events season, and registration is now
new members to our Board of Trustees,
open for many of our September and
all of whom were elected in May and
October events. Programs
bring tremendous talent and experience
include an evening lecture in
to our Board. Mitti Liebersohn, president
partnership with the Ford-
and managing director of Avison Young’s
ham University Gabelli Cen-
New York City office, brings a wealth of
David J. Cowen | President and CEO
ter for Global Security Anal-
real estate experience, which is critically
ysis with one of Wall Street’s
important as we seek a new home for the
most successful investors,
Museum. Saul Van Beurden, managing
to start debris removal shortly so that
Howard Marks, on Mastering the Market
director of global technology for JPMorgan
construction can commence. However,
Cycle, which will be held at Fordham on
Chase, is helping us expand and enhance
there are still areas of our space that are
October 3. Lunch and Learn programs
our digital presence, particularly while our
structurally wet from longer-term prob-
will feature Kim Phillips-Fein on Fear
physical galleries are closed to the public.
lems, and these must be resolved before
City: New York’s Fiscal Crisis and the Rise
And we welcome back to our Board Joe
full construction can happen.
of Austerity Politics and Roy Germano on
Mecane, who previously represented the
Therefore, we do not have a specific
Outsourcing Welfare, both of which will
New York Stock Exchange on our Board
timetable as to when we will be able to
be held on the fifth floor of 48 Wall Street.
and has re-joined in his current role as
re-open, and we appreciate our members’
Also this Fall, our Museum will par-
head of execution services at Citadel Secu-
patience. Please note that all Museum
ticipate in the sixth annual conference of
rities. We are so grateful to have these
members who were current as of January
the International Federation of Finance
leaders in their fields join us as we plan
2018, when the flood occurred, have been
Museums (IFFM), which we co-founded
for the future of the nation’s only finance
extended through the end of the year and
in 2012 in partnership with finance
museum.
will be admitted free of charge to our pro-
grams through 2018.
In the meantime, our Strategic Plan-
ning Committee continues to work on
possibilities for longer-term partnerships,
as our lease at 48 Wall Street will expire in
2021. We are open minded and are explor-
ing a range of alternatives, so it is an excit-
ing time for the Museum.
On July 12, we welcomed a full house to
the rotunda of Federal Hall National Mon-
ument for our annual event commemorat-
ing the death of Alexander Hamilton.
Following our Hamilton-themed walk-
The Museum welcomed three new members to its Board of Trustees in May.
ing tour of the Financial District, noted
Pictured left to right: Mitti Liebersohn, Joe Mecane and Saul Van Beurden.
Message to Members
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