The Bank of Canada Museum

A few days after my presentation about accessible coin exhibits, I got a call from the Bank of Canada Museum, which was previously called the Currency Museum, to enquire about my presentation, and it turned into an on-site visit. I spent a day with the museum’s employees where we discussed my ideas about accessible exhibits, …

Really BIG Money at the Smithsonian

Recently I learned that the Smithsonian has a new accessible exhibit, called Really BIG Money. And you know me, I just need to check things like that, so I used the excuse that flying home from Cincinnati there was no direct flight and I had to switch flights in Washington DC. Layovers are where good …

The New Orleans Mint, when things don’t go well

I spent the last week in New Orleans, and as soon as I found out about my trip, I started to prepare to visit the Mint museum. However, things didn’t turn out too well. Previously I was writing about fun travels and museum visits, and maybe a few years ago I wouldn’t have admitted what …

Visiting the Hungarian National Museum’s numismatic collection

Another numismatic bucket list was checked off when we visited the Hungarian National Museum’s numismatic collection. This time, again, we traveled with the family. I kept putting it off, as I was traveling to Hungary quite often and I thought I’ll always have time for it. I wish I have started with this museum. Before …

Visiting the Numismatic Museum of Iceland

It was a very unusual start for a trip. In a long time, the first time I wasn’t traveling for business. Just recently they introduced a daily flight from Cleveland to Reykjavik. At home we have talked about it, soon after which My daughter, Emily brought home a book from the library about Iceland, and …