General Information

The Museum was created by the Central Bank with the primary objective of preserving the nation's heritage on the progress of means of payment, based on the principle that money is an important form of a people's cultural expression, and an essencial element in economic history. To this end, the Museum has brought together, organized, and preserved bank notes, coins and other documents and objects that, in some form or another, express monetary value.

The Museum mantains a system of permanent, temporary and travelling exhibits with the purpose of both showing and disseminating information on its collection. It also provides consultation services in the area of numismatics, and has an ongoing program of cooperation with schools.

Telephone: (61) 3414-2093
Fax: (61) 3414-1331 and 3414-1898
E-mail: museudevalores@bcb.gov.br