{"id":4371,"date":"2024-08-20T09:26:30","date_gmt":"2024-08-20T07:26:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/numismatic-directory.com\/oum-location\/museum-of-the-national-bank-of-belgium\/"},"modified":"2024-10-23T08:40:57","modified_gmt":"2024-10-23T06:40:57","slug":"museum-of-the-national-bank-of-belgium","status":"publish","type":"oum-location","link":"https:\/\/numismatic-directory.com\/en\/oum-location\/museum-of-the-national-bank-of-belgium\/","title":{"rendered":"Museum of the National Bank of Belgium"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-3j2htk3a-473db45d533349d52657364f2c388b22\">\n#top .flex_column.av-3j2htk3a-473db45d533349d52657364f2c388b22{\nmargin-top:0px;\nmargin-bottom:0px;\n}\n.responsive #top #wrap_all .flex_column.av-3j2htk3a-473db45d533349d52657364f2c388b22{\nmargin-top:0px;\nmargin-bottom:0px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  id=\"Inrto-News-Beitrag\"  class='flex_column av-3j2htk3a-473db45d533349d52657364f2c388b22 av_one_full  avia-builder-el-0  el_before_av_one_half  avia-builder-el-first  first flex_column_div  '     ><section  class='av_textblock_section av-ltmrcirw-03a37476a7723042495c89cd76c23b47 '   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia_textblock beitragsueberschrift'  itemprop=\"text\" ><h1>Museum of the National Bank of Belgium<\/h1>\n<\/div><\/section><\/div>\n<div class='flex_column_table av-3epa6zjq-784b862d4568b1aab66787c2c8906956 sc-av_one_half av-equal-height-column-flextable'>\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-3epa6zjq-784b862d4568b1aab66787c2c8906956\">\n#top .flex_column_table.av-equal-height-column-flextable.av-3epa6zjq-784b862d4568b1aab66787c2c8906956{\nmargin-top:15px;\nmargin-bottom:0px;\n}\n.flex_column.av-3epa6zjq-784b862d4568b1aab66787c2c8906956{\npadding:30px 30px 30px 30px;\nbackground-color:#ffffff;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  id=\"angaben-institutionen\"  class='flex_column av-3epa6zjq-784b862d4568b1aab66787c2c8906956 av_one_half  avia-builder-el-2  el_after_av_one_full  el_before_av_one_half  first no_margin flex_column_table_cell av-equal-height-column av-align-top  column-top-margin'     ><p>\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-ltmrcypz-12030ff6e633f74e6b5aa12901672677\">\n.avia-image-container.av-ltmrcypz-12030ff6e633f74e6b5aa12901672677 img.avia_image{\nbox-shadow:none;\n}\n.avia-image-container.av-ltmrcypz-12030ff6e633f74e6b5aa12901672677 .av-image-caption-overlay-center{\ncolor:#ffffff;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='avia-image-container av-ltmrcypz-12030ff6e633f74e6b5aa12901672677 av-styling-no-styling avia-align-  avia-builder-el-3  el_before_av_textblock  avia-builder-el-first '   itemprop=\"image\" itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\" ><div class=\"avia-image-container-inner\"><div class=\"avia-image-overlay-wrap\"><img decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\" class='wp-image-2535 avia-img-lazy-loading-not-2535 avia_image ' src=\"https:\/\/numismatic-directory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/logo-nl-1.jpg-1.jpg\" alt='' title='logo-nl.jpg'  height=\"450\" width=\"860\"  itemprop=\"thumbnailUrl\" srcset=\"https:\/\/numismatic-directory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/logo-nl-1.jpg-1.jpg 860w, https:\/\/numismatic-directory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/logo-nl-1.jpg-1-300x157.jpg 300w, https:\/\/numismatic-directory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/logo-nl-1.jpg-1-768x402.jpg 768w, https:\/\/numismatic-directory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/logo-nl-1.jpg-1-705x369.jpg 705w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 860px) 100vw, 860px\" \/><\/div><\/div><\/div><br \/>\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-3a3gz0fq-33447291e79a94e9ae12b778e88b9f2d\">\n#top .av_textblock_section.av-3a3gz0fq-33447291e79a94e9ae12b778e88b9f2d .avia_textblock{\ncolor:#fc0000;\n}\n<\/style>\n<section  class='av_textblock_section av-3a3gz0fq-33447291e79a94e9ae12b778e88b9f2d '   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='av-desktop-hide av-medium-hide av-small-hide av-mini-hide avia_textblock av_inherit_color'  itemprop=\"text\" ><p>Wenn es kein Logo gibt, wird diese Spalte einfach leer gelassen. Das Bild oben bitte l\u00f6schen.<br \/>\n(Dieser Text wird nicht dargestellt.)<strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><\/p><\/div>\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-369w1yye-048c8bd9f7853490271bcdfcae3f1bff\">\n#top .flex_column_table.av-equal-height-column-flextable.av-369w1yye-048c8bd9f7853490271bcdfcae3f1bff{\nmargin-top:15px;\nmargin-bottom:0px;\n}\n.flex_column.av-369w1yye-048c8bd9f7853490271bcdfcae3f1bff{\npadding:30px 30px 30px 30px;\nbackground-color:#ffffff;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  id=\"angaben-institutionen\"  class='flex_column av-369w1yye-048c8bd9f7853490271bcdfcae3f1bff av_one_half  avia-builder-el-5  el_after_av_one_half  el_before_av_one_full  no_margin flex_column_table_cell av-equal-height-column av-align-top  column-top-margin'     ><section  class='av_textblock_section av-amy0rau-be7e29fe590f78467faba98af89487bc '   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><p>Rue du Bois sauvage 10 (Wildewoudstraat10)<br \/>\n1000 Belgium<br \/>\nPhone: +32 (0)2 221 22 06<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"mailto:museum@nbb.be\">museum@nbb.be<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbb.be\/en\/contacts\/museum-national-bank-belgium?language=fr\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">www.nbbmuseum.be<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><\/div><\/div><!--close column table wrapper. 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Berlin<\/span><\/div><\/li><li  class='avia-slideshow-slide av-m2lgogkc-09b1046ff86edb892bdef1356667f246__1  slide-2 slide-even'><a href=\"https:\/\/numismatic-directory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/02-3-1.jpg\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/numismatic-directory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/02-3-1.jpg 860w, https:\/\/numismatic-directory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/02-3-1-300x157.jpg 300w, https:\/\/numismatic-directory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/02-3-1-768x402.jpg 768w, https:\/\/numismatic-directory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/02-3-1-705x369.jpg 705w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 860px) 100vw, 860px\"  data-rel='slideshow-1' class='avia-slide-wrap '   ><img decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\" class=\"wp-image-2543 avia-img-lazy-loading-not-2543\"  src=\"https:\/\/numismatic-directory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/02-3-1.jpg\" width=\"860\" height=\"450\" title='02' alt=''  itemprop=\"thumbnailUrl\" srcset=\"https:\/\/numismatic-directory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/02-3-1.jpg 860w, https:\/\/numismatic-directory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/02-3-1-300x157.jpg 300w, https:\/\/numismatic-directory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/02-3-1-768x402.jpg 768w, https:\/\/numismatic-directory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/02-3-1-705x369.jpg 705w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 860px) 100vw, 860px\" \/><\/a><div class='av-image-copyright av-copyright-left'><span>\u00a9 Howard M. Berlin<\/span><\/div><\/li><li  class='avia-slideshow-slide av-m2lgogkc-09b1046ff86edb892bdef1356667f246__2  slide-3 slide-odd'><a href=\"https:\/\/numismatic-directory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/05-2-1.jpg\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/numismatic-directory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/05-2-1.jpg 860w, https:\/\/numismatic-directory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/05-2-1-300x157.jpg 300w, https:\/\/numismatic-directory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/05-2-1-768x402.jpg 768w, https:\/\/numismatic-directory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/05-2-1-705x369.jpg 705w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 860px) 100vw, 860px\"  data-rel='slideshow-1' class='avia-slide-wrap '   ><img decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\" class=\"wp-image-2537 avia-img-lazy-loading-not-2537\"  src=\"https:\/\/numismatic-directory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/05-2-1.jpg\" width=\"860\" height=\"450\" title='Obverse of a 1619 gold double sovereign of Archdukes Albert and Isabella of the Spanish Netherlands.' alt=''  itemprop=\"thumbnailUrl\" srcset=\"https:\/\/numismatic-directory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/05-2-1.jpg 860w, https:\/\/numismatic-directory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/05-2-1-300x157.jpg 300w, https:\/\/numismatic-directory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/05-2-1-768x402.jpg 768w, https:\/\/numismatic-directory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/05-2-1-705x369.jpg 705w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 860px) 100vw, 860px\" \/><\/a><div class='av-image-copyright av-copyright-left'><span>\u00a9 Howard M. Berlin<\/span><\/div><\/li><li  class='avia-slideshow-slide av-m2lgogkc-09b1046ff86edb892bdef1356667f246__3  slide-4 slide-even'><a href=\"https:\/\/numismatic-directory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/04-2-1.jpg\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/numismatic-directory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/04-2-1.jpg 860w, https:\/\/numismatic-directory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/04-2-1-300x156.jpg 300w, https:\/\/numismatic-directory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/04-2-1-768x400.jpg 768w, https:\/\/numismatic-directory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/04-2-1-705x367.jpg 705w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 860px) 100vw, 860px\"  data-rel='slideshow-1' class='avia-slide-wrap '   ><img decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\" class=\"wp-image-2541 avia-img-lazy-loading-not-2541\"  src=\"https:\/\/numismatic-directory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/04-2-1.jpg\" width=\"860\" height=\"448\" title='A rare 1834 Belgian gold 40-franc coin minted during the reign of Leopold I.' alt=''  itemprop=\"thumbnailUrl\" srcset=\"https:\/\/numismatic-directory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/04-2-1.jpg 860w, https:\/\/numismatic-directory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/04-2-1-300x156.jpg 300w, https:\/\/numismatic-directory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/04-2-1-768x400.jpg 768w, https:\/\/numismatic-directory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/04-2-1-705x367.jpg 705w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 860px) 100vw, 860px\" \/><\/a><div class='av-image-copyright av-copyright-left'><span>\u00a9 Courtesy of Heritage Auctions<\/span><\/div><\/li><\/ul><div class='avia-slideshow-arrows avia-slideshow-controls' ><a href='#prev' class='prev-slide  avia-svg-icon avia-font-svg_entypo-fontello' data-av_svg_icon='left-open-big' data-av_iconset='svg_entypo-fontello' tabindex='-1' title=\"Previous\"><svg version=\"1.1\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"15\" height=\"32\" viewBox=\"0 0 15 32\" preserveAspectRatio=\"xMidYMid meet\" aria-labelledby='av-svg-title-1' aria-describedby='av-svg-desc-1' role=\"graphics-symbol\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n<title id='av-svg-title-1'>Previous<\/title>\n<desc id='av-svg-desc-1'>Previous<\/desc>\n<path d=\"M14.464 27.84q0.832 0.832 0 1.536-0.832 0.832-1.536 0l-12.544-12.608q-0.768-0.768 0-1.6l12.544-12.608q0.704-0.832 1.536 0 0.832 0.704 0 1.536l-11.456 11.904z\"><\/path>\n<\/svg><span class='avia_hidden_link_text'>Previous<\/span><\/a><a href='#next' class='next-slide  avia-svg-icon avia-font-svg_entypo-fontello' data-av_svg_icon='right-open-big' data-av_iconset='svg_entypo-fontello' tabindex='-1' title=\"Next\"><svg version=\"1.1\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"15\" height=\"32\" viewBox=\"0 0 15 32\" preserveAspectRatio=\"xMidYMid meet\" aria-labelledby='av-svg-title-2' aria-describedby='av-svg-desc-2' role=\"graphics-symbol\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n<title id='av-svg-title-2'>Next<\/title>\n<desc id='av-svg-desc-2'>Next<\/desc>\n<path d=\"M0.416 27.84l11.456-11.84-11.456-11.904q-0.832-0.832 0-1.536 0.832-0.832 1.536 0l12.544 12.608q0.768 0.832 0 1.6l-12.544 12.608q-0.704 0.832-1.536 0-0.832-0.704 0-1.536z\"><\/path>\n<\/svg><span class='avia_hidden_link_text'>Next<\/span><\/a><\/div><div class='avia-slideshow-dots avia-slideshow-controls'><a href='#1' class='goto-slide active' >1<\/a><a href='#2' class='goto-slide ' >2<\/a><a href='#3' class='goto-slide ' >3<\/a><a href='#4' class='goto-slide ' >4<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-1ogfdgty-ec5da45c4262560d2165f7b6c18b2142\">\n#top .flex_column.av-1ogfdgty-ec5da45c4262560d2165f7b6c18b2142{\nmargin-top:6%;\nmargin-bottom:0px;\n}\n.responsive #top #wrap_all .flex_column.av-1ogfdgty-ec5da45c4262560d2165f7b6c18b2142{\nmargin-top:6%;\nmargin-bottom:0px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  id=\"Texte-Geschichte-Bestand-Aktivitaeten\"  class='flex_column av-1ogfdgty-ec5da45c4262560d2165f7b6c18b2142 av_one_full  avia-builder-el-9  el_after_av_one_full  avia-builder-el-last  first flex_column_div  column-top-margin'     ><p><section  class='av_textblock_section av-1nnvrapi-80b0b9bd46e2763bb44f434143ebe36f '   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><p>The Museum of the National Bank of Belgium is located on a small street across from the well-known Cathedral of Saints Michael and Gudula. It is the Museum of Belgium\u2019s central bank and the exhibits are distributed over 15 rooms, focusing on four main themes: the history of means of payment and the Bank\u2019s own background, its tasks and activities, the role of the currency in the economy and finally, money as a cultural phenomenon.<\/p>\n<p>The majority of the displays are in French only, and to a lesser extent, a few are bilingual: French and Flemish. At the entrance to each room, the text is in French, Flemish, and English.<\/p>\n<p>The first three rooms comprise the former office of the governor, the Board room, and the room in which the annual General meeting of shareholders used to be held. These offices were in use until 1953 and are now open to the public.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><br \/>\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-5ctlkxi-4a55430ec89eba663f164f423413a05f\">\n#top .hr.hr-invisible.av-5ctlkxi-4a55430ec89eba663f164f423413a05f{\nheight:15px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='hr av-5ctlkxi-4a55430ec89eba663f164f423413a05f hr-invisible  avia-builder-el-11  el_after_av_textblock  el_before_av_textblock '><span class='hr-inner '><span class=\"hr-inner-style\"><\/span><\/span><\/div><br \/>\n<section  class='av_textblock_section av-1dxhkcvq-7d743568f308aa371bf4cb23aae57882 '   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><h2>Money in All Its Forms<\/h2>\n<p>In the largest of the exhibit rooms (Room 4), are displays of various forms of money used as means of exchange, as money did not always exist in its present form. Examples follow the evolution of money from its origins to the present day.<\/p>\n<p>Pre-coinage commodities used for barter exchange such as teeth, ivory, and bracelets are on display, followed by the first known coins of Lydia and the Classical and Hellenistic periods of Greece. Other areas of coins on display include Celtic (150-50 BC), Roman Republic and Empire, 14th- and 15th-century Middle Ages, 17th- and 18th-centuries, Spanish coins in America, and Belgian coins from 1830 to 2001.<\/p>\n<p>There are multiple displays of banknotes. Two have themes from World Wars I and II, with the latter including notes from Ravensbr\u00fcck and Theresienstadt Nazi concentration camps, a Japanese East Indian occupation note, and a \u00a320-Operation Bernhard forgery. Banknotes about wars and revolutions from the 16th-20th centuries feature a pair of U.S. 1864 Confederate notes, and high denomination inflation notes issued during the 18th-20th centuries. Also included are a series of Belgian notes from 1830 to 2002, notes from its previous Belgian Congo from 1885 and the independent country up to 1971, and one high-denomination note from each country prior to their entry in the euro area (i.e., euro zone).<\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><br \/>\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-17gtualy-28e1a737d7025b0d26f5edd58876a9f3\">\n#top .hr.hr-invisible.av-17gtualy-28e1a737d7025b0d26f5edd58876a9f3{\nheight:15px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='hr av-17gtualy-28e1a737d7025b0d26f5edd58876a9f3 hr-invisible  avia-builder-el-13  el_after_av_textblock  el_before_av_textblock '><span class='hr-inner '><span class=\"hr-inner-style\"><\/span><\/span><\/div><br \/>\n<section  class='av_textblock_section av-14rqztme-43d6edfe17e615e15cde7acca034baeb '   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><h2>Banknotes and Their Secrets<\/h2>\n<p>The various stages in the production of the banknote and the different security features incorporated into it is the theme of Room 6. All the euro banknotes are produced by 14 printing processes, under the control of the National Bank of Belgium. In order to fulfill its role properly, the banknote must be easily identifiable by the user, resistant to handling and safe against forgery attempts.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><br \/>\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-9y4yjw6-f61c3efd06fff32ebf0b01df40081d78\">\n#top .hr.hr-invisible.av-9y4yjw6-f61c3efd06fff32ebf0b01df40081d78{\nheight:15px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='hr av-9y4yjw6-f61c3efd06fff32ebf0b01df40081d78 hr-invisible  avia-builder-el-15  el_after_av_textblock  el_before_av_textblock '><span class='hr-inner '><span class=\"hr-inner-style\"><\/span><\/span><\/div><br \/>\n<section  class='av_textblock_section av-ltmrhba6-4428f339771fee84fab529fb1692b2ea '   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><h2>The Role of the Central Bank<\/h2>\n<p>Several rooms explain the National Bank of Belgium\u2019s role as the nation\u2019s central bank. Be it the guardian of the currency to keep prices stable, it also controls monetary policy by adjusting the interest rate on very short-term loans. Exhibits explain how the central bank influences the rates charged by the commercial banks and how it will raise or lower its rates in response to the threats of inflation or deflation.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><br \/>\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-5l6ux12-8f83958b65c9fa625ea7466146a7d917\">\n#top .hr.hr-invisible.av-5l6ux12-8f83958b65c9fa625ea7466146a7d917{\nheight:15px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='hr av-5l6ux12-8f83958b65c9fa625ea7466146a7d917 hr-invisible  avia-builder-el-17  el_after_av_textblock  el_before_av_textblock '><span class='hr-inner '><span class=\"hr-inner-style\"><\/span><\/span><\/div><br \/>\n<section  class='av_textblock_section av-ltmrj4pg-3d99df42c7302fb14b78975d3e0d0cd0 '   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><p class=\"TextA\"><span lang=\"EN-US\">This text was written by Howard M. Berlin and first published in his book The Numismatourist in 2014.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"TextA\"><span lang=\"EN-US\">You can order his <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Dr-Howard-Berlin-Numismatourist-Worldwide\/dp\/B00RWU02F4\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"color: #0070c0;\">numismatic guidebook at Amazon<\/span><\/a><span lang=\"EN-US\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"TextA\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.numismatourist.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"color: #0070c0;\">Howard M. 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