Visitors at Boston’s new Museum of American Finance will soon be in the room where an AI-generated Alexander Hamilton happens.
The 5,400 square foot Smithsonian-affiliated museum, which has signed a 10-year lease for exhibit space at Commonwealth Pier in Boston’s Seaport, opens July 3 — just in time for the nation’s 250th anniversary. Admission is free.
The Hamilton exhibit is one of seven inaugural exhibits opening in the museum’s six galleries. The MoAF announced it would open in Boston last year. The ADA-compliant museum will educate the public on three centuries of American financial history through exhibits, financial literacy programs, and public events.
Founded in 1989, the Museum of American Finance was formerly housed on Wall Street in New York City before a 2018 flood badly damaged the facility. Since, the museum has hosted traveling exhibits and temporary installations nationwide. This is the first time since 2018 that the museum will have a permanent exhibit headquarters.
The museum worked with firm G&A Strategy and Design to create exhibits that draw from the museum’s collections and uses the latest technologies in a partnership with the Fidelity Center for Applied Technology (FCAT).