The museum tells the story of the Bank of England, from its origins in 1694, as a national bank to fund the war with France, to the present. As well as ancient coins and original artwork for ...

The Bank of England has been accused of "severing British history" after announcing plans to consider removing historic ...

Figures explored include the first Governor of the Bank of England, Sir John Houblon, who was the grandson of the Huguenot refugee. Nearby Spitalfields is the ideal place to continue an ...

Our final post about our March museum of the month looks at a few of the documents, paper artifacts and banknotes lodged in the Bank of England Museum's collection. We couldn't get you a shot of ...

Or is the Bank holding out for younger, sexier subjects? "A Decoration and a Safeguard - The Portrait of the Monarch on Bank of England Notes" is at the Bank of England Museum, Bartholomew Lane ...

The Bank of England Museum has presented the new ten-pound note, featuring a portrait of King Charles III. These new banknotes will enter circulation from June 5, gradually, replacing those ...

The Bank of England Museum is to publicly display two slave trade reparation plaques. The signs, which carry the phrase Black Lives Matter, emphasise that the Bank was involved in paying millions ...

Art History Two Ukrainian Conservators Who Fled War in Kyiv Have Restored Portraits at England’s Huguenot Museum, Dedicated to an Earlier Wave of Refugees The unique project brings to light the ...

LONDON — The Bank of England has stopped displaying art depicting several former governors and directors after a review found they were connected to the trans-Atlantic slave trade.

Also the child of Huguenot refugees, Houblon served as the first governor of the Bank of England – set up in 1694, when Huguenots contributed around 10 per cent of its capital.

A museum dedicated to the Huguenot people has been officially opened in Rochester in Kent.

'The Tenner' at the Bank of England Museum is an exhibition which tells the story of the ten pound note.