MoAF Newsletter - May 16, 2013

Museum News

Admission to the Museum will be FREE for all visitors on Saturdays through 2013. In addition, students with valid ID who visit the Museum on Saturdays will receive authentic historical stock certificates.

This program is made possible through the generous support of Southport Lane.

Lecture/Symposia Series

Author and historian Thomas Fleming will speak on his new book, A Disease in the Public Mind: A New Understanding of Why We Fought the Civil War. Presentation will be followed by reception. Reservations required. Admission is free for Museum members and students, or $15 for non-members.

Register online, or contact Tempris Small at tsmall@moaf.org for more information.

WALKING TOUR

Join us for a 90-minute historical walking tour of FiDi (the Financial District). $15 per person includes Museum admission.

Register online, or contact Tempris Small at tsmall@moaf.org for more information.

Lunch and Learn Series

Robert G. Hagstrom is one of the best-known authors of investment books for general audiences. Turning his extensive experience as a portfolio manager at Legg Mason Investment Counsel into valuable guidance for professionals and nonprofessionals alike, he is the author of six successful books on investment, including The Warren Buffett Way, a New York Times best-seller. In Investing: The Last Liberal Art, Hagstrom explores basic and fundamental investing concepts in a range of fields outside of economics, including physics, biology, sociology, psychology, philosophy and literature.

Talk will be followed by book signing. $5 tickets may be purchased online or at the door. Members admitted free. Feel free to bring your lunch.

Lunch and Learn Series

Economist correspondent Adam LeBor offers the first, never-before-told history of the Bank for International Settlements in Basel, known as the BIS. It is a legally inviolable bank, protected by international treaty, whose assets can never be seized. Created by a group of bankers including JP Morgan, Montagu Norman and Hjalmar Schacht in 1930, it played an unusual role in World War II under American President Thomas McKittrick. It was instrumental in the creation of the Euro and plays a significant role in monetary policy across the world.

Talk will be followed by book signing. $5 tickets may be purchased online or at the door. Members admitted free. Feel free to bring your lunch.