RBI Monetary Museum

RBI Monetary Museum or Reserve Bank of India Monetary Museum is a museum in Fort, Mumbai that covers the evolution of money in India, from the earliest barter system and the use of cowries to paper money, coins, stock markets and modern-day electronic transactions.^[1]

RBI Monetary Museum

Location	Amar Building, Ground Floor Sir Phirozshah Mehta Road Fort, Mumbai - 400001
Coordinates	18.934107°N 72.836547°E / 18.934107; 72.836547
Type	Numismatics, Economic history
Collections	Ancient cowries, coins, paper money, financial instruments
Collection size	1,500
Owner	Reserve Bank of India
Public transit access	Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus; Churchgate
Website	m.rbi.org.in//Scripts/ic_museum.aspx

History

The museum was established under the educational programme by the Reserve Bank of India, India's central bank, in 2004 and was inaugurated by A. P. J. Abdul Kalam, the then President of India.^[2] It was the first museum in the country devoted to economic history and numismatics.^[3]

The collection, divided into six sections, has about 1,500 objects that include coins dating back to 6th-century BCE and from Indus Valley, the Kushana Empire, the Gupta period and the British Raj; ancient paper money from across India, China and Southeast Asia; financial instruments; and other interactive exhibits.^[1][4] Entry to the museum is free.