Events

Words and coins, from ancient Greece to Byzantium The Martin Bodmer Foundation in Geneva presented until March 31, an exhibition confronting currency and ancient literature.
This exhibition is an invitation to travel into nearly 20 centuries of history (from ancient Greece to Byzantium). It was a dialogue of the coins, which were trading daily (…)
The Cité de l’Economie et de la Monnaie opens its Twitter account Already on Youtube and Flickr, the Cité de l’économie et de la monnaie now offers his Twitter account @citedeleconomie.
To follow our publications, news of the project, events that, for some, we participate (seminars, conferences, exhibitions, …), etc. ..
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L’économie : krach, boom, mue ? On March 26, the Cité des sciences et de l’industrie (Paris) opens a temporary exhibition dedicated to economics. “L’économie: krach, boom, mue?” seeks to convey, in an accessible language, several concepts and mechanisms in order to provide a better understanding of a topic which makes the (…)
E for economy On 13 February, La Gaité Lyrique will be showing a selection of artists’ films on the theme of the economy. This event is part of Moving Image, La Gaité Lyrique’s monthly film cycle presenting an ‘ABC’ of video art works. Six films have been selected this month that invite the viewer to discover the (…)
Filming work After the Belfort “money” cycle in November 2012, the camera zoomed in on work, between 8 and 17 February 2013 in Poitiers.
The fourth edition of the “Filming work” festival taked an often critical look at various aspects of this major part of our daily life – a constant focus of political, social (…)
career path: economics Following on from Ma voie Littéraire, Ma voie scientifique and Ma voie Pro, ONISEP, the French office for information on education and work, has created Ma Voie Économique, a site providing advice and guidance for college students considering or already studying economics-oriented subjects. (…)
Talking about trade The second ‘Académie de Paris’ economics and social sciences forum will take place at the Pierre Gilles de Gennes college on 22 January 2013. This is a key annual event intended to raise students’ awareness of the economy and surrounding issues. It provides an opportunity for classes from around 15 (…)
The Rothschilds in the 19^th century Having arrived in France in 1812, James de Rothschild quickly rose to become one of high-end banking’s key players. He was active not only in finance and industry but also in the arts and culture, medical research and town planning.
Other renowned families from all over Europe, such as the (…)
H5 “HELLO™” exhibition on marketing La Gaîté Lyrique theater (Paris, 3^rd arrondissement) is staging an artistic installation and a discovery trail on the theme of brand marketing strategy. In it the H5 collective presents the fictitious company Hello™, recounting its history and economic development from its (…)
The French and the economy On 8 November, for the inauguration of the fifth edition of the Economy Days, Banque de France and TNS Sofres published a survey on “The French and the economy”.
It targeted around a thousand people representing the French adult population as a whole, asking their opinion about people’s level of (…)
Money hits the big screen at Belfort The “Entrevues” international film festival, which took place at Belfort until 2 December, offered a packed programme of films on the theme of money. The 27^th edition of the festival was part of the “History and cinema” series of events and provides an opportunity to rediscover both major classics (…)
’Changing the economy: a practical guide’: forum in Rennes from 16 to 17 November On 16 and 17 November, the Champs Libres cultural centre in Rennes is hosting a forum entitled
“Changing the economy: a practical guide”.
This two-day event, organised in conjunction with Alternatives économiques magazine and the French association of economics and social science teachers (…)
’Journées de l’économie 2012’ The ’Journées de l’Économie’ (JECO) in Lyon are one of the main events on the French calendar for raising awareness about the economy. Cité de l’Économie et de la Monnaie homed in on four events from the extensive programme for the 2012 edition, which included more than 40 conferences and a book (…)
15^th ’Rendez-vous de l’histoire’ The 15^th ’Rendez-vous de l’histoire’, the annual history lovers’ convention and a favoured destination of history teachers in particular, took place in Blois from 18 to 21 October 2012. The featured theme this year was “The peasant farmer”. Over the four days, more than 300 conferences and debates (…)
23^rd International Festival of Geography The 23^rd International Festival of Geography took place from 11 to 14 October 2012 in Saint-Dié-Des-Vosges
The theme of this year’s festival was “Aspects of landscape, nature, culture and the economy” and the special guest country was Turkey. More than 50,000 visitors and 600 speakers were (…)
Third edition of the’ Festival de l’Économie’ The third edition of the ’Festival de l’Économie’ took place from 9 to 14 October 2012 in and around Annecy. This festival targets citizens everywhere with the aim of showing that the economy concerns us all.
The event encourages participants to share ideas on the economy, with a special emphasis on (…)
Heritage Days at the Banque de France The Banque de France opened its doors to the public for the Heritage Days from 15 to 16 September 2012, providing a chance to explore the Hôtel de Toulouse, with in particular its famous Golden Gallery designed by architect François Mansart. It was also an opportunity to learn more about France’s (…)
The 2012 “Entretiens Enseignants-Entreprises” The “Entretiens Enseignants-Entreprises” (“The Teachers-Businesses Conference”) takes place on the 30^th and 31^st of August at Jouy-le-Moutier (95) on the Veolia Environnement Campus.
This 9^th edition, organized by the Institut de l’Entreprise, will provide an opportunity for business (…)
The economy at the Avignon Festival On stage of the Avignon Festival, this year, three plays about the economic world.
“15%”, refers to a rate of return: it is the name of a play by Bruno Meyssat. He looks back on the subprime crisis which erupted in the United-States in 2008. The theatre play was shown from the 19^th to the 26^th of (…)
Art and economy at “la ferme du Buisson” The art centre “La ferme du Buisson” in Noisel (in the Paris’ surroundings) was exhibiting until July 22, the work of thirteen artists in the framework of the temporary exhibition “Plus de croissance, un capitalisme idéal” (more growth, an ideal capitalism).
The issue of economic growth (…)
Les Rencontres Économiques d’Aix-en-Provence (Economics meeting) A key meeting of economists “Les Rencontres Économiques d’Aix‐en‐Provence” (Aix-en-Provence economics meetings) were created in 2001 by the Cercle des Économistes and are an opportunity for academics, policy makers, entrepreneurs and students to gather and discuss about current issues in economics. (…)
What is the use of money? The Belgian collective C-Page (Childhood and Youth Animation Promotion) has initiated a project gathering a hundred pupils from the city of Liège. All are enrolled in primary school classes of underprivileged neighborhoods.
Workshops are offered to children around the highly classical and (…)
I film the job I like When we are young, it is always tough to have a clear idea of what we want to do later. The competition “I film the job I like”, dedicated to 14-20 year old, offers an original way to discover the working world: the shooting of a video.
Along with a teacher acting as coordinator, high school (…)
The QSEC initiative talking about the economy on the 19^th of June! The project QSEC – Questions of Sciences, Citizens Issues – aims at fostering citizen’s thinking on sciences. Last year, the theme was “food”. This year, the 3^rd edition of QSEC focuses on “money”. Supported by the Ile de France regional authority, the participating initiative QSEC facilitates the (…)
Women and labor: an exhibition at the Nantes History Museum The Nantes History Museum presents, until May 20^th, 2012, an exhibition on the relationship between the women of Nantes and labor from the 18^th century to nowadays.
The exhibition sheds light on the fact that women have always been part of the workforce and looks at the jobs they occupied and (…)
Victor Hugo at the National Bank of Belgium’s Museum On the occasion of the 150^th anniversary of Victor Hugo’s classic novel Les Misérables, the National Bank of Belgium’s Museum presents an exhibition on Victor Hugo. Indeed, the French writer spent 500 days in exile in the Belgian capital. He was one of the first shareholders of the Belgian central (…)
Presidential elections : understanding economic programs better The Association Française de Science Économique (AFSE) proposes a blog, developed thanks to a partnership with LeMonde.fr and the Journées de l’économie, which enables visitors to get a closer look at the candidates’ economic programs.
A questionnaire has been sent to the candidates on the (…)
Trésor Académie : understanding taxation better Making youngsters more aware of the main tax-related matters and helping them understand the role of tax for society: this is the ambition of Trésor Académie, an association which was created in 2010.
On January 19^th, 2012, children of two day-care centers of Issy-les-Moulineaux (…)
Discover the Cité de l’économie et de la monnaie’s Youtube channel ! Thanks to its own Youtube channel, the Cité de l’économie et de la monnaie enables you to discover more educational videos on economic themes.
You will find the videos already published on the Cité de l’économie et de la monnaie’s website, but also many more resources which have been selected for (…)
Swiss banknotes: an exhibition at the Gutenberg Museum, Fribourg The Gutenberg Museum of Fribourg, in Switzerland, presents a temporary exhibition, on the history of Swiss banknotes and on the history of their counterfeiting, until August 31^st, 2012.
The permanent exhibition of the museum, achieved in cooperation with the Swiss national Bank, presents a (…)
A new coin for the euro’s 10^th anniversary The euro was launched on January 1^st, 1999. It then became the official currency of the 11 member states. For three years, the euro was used only in non-cash payments (checks, credit cards, wire transfers, etc.). National currency units were still used for payments in cash, until January 2002 (…)
Geoeconomics : emerging countries change the world The 4^th edition of the Geopolitics and Geoeconomics Festival was held in Grenoble, from March 8^th until March 11^th, 2012. This year, three days of conferences enabled the public to study the theme: “Emerging countries change the world. China, Brazil, India.”.
These three emerging countries (…)
The 1960s and the new franc The exhibition “Sweet sixties” is presented at the Charles de Gaulle Memorial, at Colombey-les-deux-églises, until May 31^st, 2012.
18 posters from the sixties, lent by the Centre de l’affiche de Toulouse, invite the visitor on a historical journey back in de Gaulle’s France, in the heart of a (…)
Money: a conference for children, 10 and up Former Banque de France Governor and former European Central Bank President Jean-Claude Trichet presented the history of money to children at one of the Nouveau Théâtre de Montreuil’s ‘Little Conferences’, on February 11^th, 2012, at 3:00 pm.
This conference, which mainly addressed (…)
Les Rencontres des SES by the Paris Academy Les Rencontres des SES are an initiative of the Ministry for education (Académie de Paris) to raise the pupils’ awareness of economic themes, and to allow them to understand current issues better.
During these meetings, 11^th grade high school students studying economics and social sciences (…)
’Reading economics’ : High school students voted A jury, composed of the Minister for Education and of a comity of teachers, has selected three economics books which are proposed to high school students. They had until December 4^th 2011 to elect the one they most like among the selection.
The students had to determine the book that best puts (…)
‘Journées de l’économie’ The Banque de France is one of the ‘Major Partners’ of the ‘Journées de l’économie’ (Jéco), which held for the fourth time in Lyon, from November 9^th to November 11^th 2011. The main aim of the Jéco is to increase the public’s awareness of economic matters, which are essential to understand the society (…)
Rallye Euro 2012: online contest for the 9 - 12 years old The contest Rallye euro France, organized by the European Central Bank, is held on the Internet until March 31^st, 2012.
Children aged 9 to 12 from metropolitan France are invited to discover this game of skill where the players get to learn more about euro coins and banknotes as they play (…)
Pawnbroking: an exhibition in Paris The Crédit Municipal de Paris – the French main pawnbroker - opened its museum early October 2011. It presented an unprecedented exhibition until January 5^th, 2012 on the history of this institution, also called Mont-de-Piété.
This historical overview shed light on a retrospective of the (…)
Exhibition: Money and art, Florence, Italy The Strozzi Palace’s Foundation presents an exhibition in Florence on the links between art and money, from September 17^th 2011 to January 22^nd 2012.
The exhibition, entitled “Money and beauty. Bankers, Botticelli and the Bonfire of Vanities”, underlines the links established, during the (…)
Exhibition: the Bretons and money The Musée de Bretagne presented the exhibition “the Bretons and money” until October 30^th 2011, in Rennes.
Conferences, debates, projections, tale-reading, guided visits: the exhibition was organized around seven thematic areas which analyzed the daily life of Bretons throughout the historical (…)
Festival de l’Économie – Annecy The second edition of the Festival de l’Économie was held in Annecy and the near-by towns, from October 7^th to October 13^th, 2011. This festival aimed at underlining the importance of the economy in our daily lives.
The festival invited the public to exchange on the economy (with a special focus (…)
“Journées du Patrimoine” 2011 The Banque de France invited you to its open doors days during the “Journées du Patrimoine”, on September 17 th and 18^th, 2011.
As you wander around the Parisian headquarters of the Banque de France, you learned more about money, thanks to three exhibitions:
• The key dates of the Banque de (…)
Journées du Patrimoine 2011 : Money in French overseas départements and territories The Institut d’Emission des Départements d’Outre-mer (IEDOM) and the Institut d’Emission d’Outre-mer (IEOM) presented an unprecedented exhibition on money in French overseas territories, during the “Journées du Patrimoine” (September 17^th and 18^th, 2011), in partnership with the Ministry in charge (…)
Euro Exhibition The Bank of France was involved with the European Central Bank in the organization of the exhibition “Euro: Expo” being held for the first time in France from June 10, 2011 to September 4, 2011 in the library of the Cité des sciences et de l’industrie (CSI).
Looking at money with new eyes: this was (…)
An exhibition in Roma : “the currency of united Italy, from lira to euro” Banca d’Italia is organising, from 5 April to 3 July 2011, an exhibition on « The currency of united Italy: from lira to euro » as part of the celebrations for the 150^th anniversary of Italian unification in 1861 with the creation of the Kingdom of Italy.
The numerous currencies previously used (…)
The Exhibition “Fake! Spotlight on counterfeit goods” Cité des sciences et de l’industrie (20 April 2010 – 13 February 2011)
The Banque de France and the ECB contributed to the organisation of the exhibition “Fake! Spotlight on counterfeit goods”, held at the Cité des Sciences et de l’Industrie in Paris between 20 April 2010 and 13 February 2011.
The (…)

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