How Do They Spend It?
Kids and Paper Money Around the World

Paper Money

Exhibition Dates: April 23, 2008 through September 2, 2008

The Museum presents a children's exhibition featuring currency around the world. Curated and designed by Georgia Tech students enrolled in the History, Technology, and Society course Introduction to Museums, this exhibition highlights paper money and its hidden beauty.

The exhibit looks at paper money from ten countries and focuses on the images on the money. Who are the people on the money and why were they immortalized? Audiences will also learn about watermarks and how they are created for money. Several artifacts are on loan from the Crane Paper Museum. Spirit money is also showcased, examining how it is used and how it evolved over time.

The exhibit features an interactive section where visitors can draw their own paper money and play games. The primary audience is children between the ages of five and twelve years, but everyone can enjoy the experience and learn something new about paper money from around the world.

The exhibition is open through September 2, 2008.

For more information, contact Cindy Bowden at 404-894-7840 or send an email.

UPCOMING EXHIBITIONS (Subject to change.)

Thanks to special funding from the Mead Witter Foundation and other donors, we are expanding our exhibit space. The Changing Exhibit Gallery is closed for remodeling until September 18, 2008.

Cutting Fine, Cutting Deep
September 18, 2008 – November 14, 2008
Our remodeled Changing Exhibition Gallery will reopen September 18, 2008 with Cutting Fine, Cutting Deep: Cut Paper Works from Switzerland and North America. Curated by Atlanta artist Julie Puttgen, this unique exhibit "introduces viewers to parallel, complementary worlds of environmentally focused cut-paper art".

Beyond the Page: The Art of Carol Barton
December 8, 2008 – February 20, 2009
Carol Barton is a book artist, teacher, and curator who runs Popular Kinetics Press, and has published numerous artist book editions. Her work is exhibited internationally and is in numerous collections, including The Smithsonian Institution, Library of Congress, Museum of Modern Art, The Getty Museum, and the Victoria and Albert Museum in London.

Click here for more information on upcoming exhibits at the Robert C. Williams Paper Museum.