These include coins, banknotes, dies, plates, and engraving tools, bank and government ledgers, weights and scales, cash registers, wallets, numismatic medals and cards and examples of counterfeit money.

[1] The National Currency Collection also encompasses a library and archive, which contain over 8,500 books, pamphlets, catalogues and journals dating back to the Middle Ages.

Under his guidance the Bank began collecting artifacts that depicted the development of Canadian currency over the previous 150 years.

Governor Louis Rasminsky directed Carroll to develop as complete as possible a collection of Canadian coins, tokens and paper money.

Carroll also established collections of ancient, medieval and modern foreign currency, and of artifacts related to banking and monetary matters.

This acquisition included paper money issued during the French regime, and a selection of ancient, medieval and contemporary coins.

[5] In May 2023, the Bank of Canada Museum launched the Money in 10 Questions: Kids Edition, a highly interactive exhibition designed to help children understand the basic principles of financial literacy.

Visitors can play an interactive Space Invaders-like game, where you have to shoot targets relating to inflation rates.