Museum of American Finance

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The Museum of American Finance founded in 1988, is the nation's only independent public museum dedicated to celebrating the spirit of entrepreneurship and the democratic free market tradition which has made New York the financial capital of the world.  The Museum was chartered as an educational institution.  Today, financial education is at the core of the Museum's mission and its public programs and services.  The museum is an advocate of the growing financial literacy movement and is committed to helping guests look to the lessons of American financial history, while taking charge of their own financial lives.

NY State Learning Standards:  Career Development & Occupational Studies (Standards 1 & 2); Social Studies (Standards 1 & 4)

NCLB Standard:  Mathematics, Reading, and Language Arts