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 .

The achievements and legacy of the Huguenots, the French protestant refugees who came to Britain during the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, are celebrated ...

A special display opens today at our Museum of the Month marking fifty years since the Queen appeared on a banknote.. Although monarchs' heads have long adorned our coinage, it wasn't until 1960 ...

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 ...

To celebrate the tenner's anniversary, a display has been added to the Bank of England Museum. The £15 note is there, too, which sounds as funny now as a £2 coin used to. If you like money this ...

Two painting conservators from Ukraine who are currently living in the U.K. as refugees have been given the opportunity to practice their professions at the Huguenot Museum in Kent, England.

The Bank of England, which has its own museum, said it had appointed a researcher to “explore the Bank’s historic links with the trans-Atlantic slave trade in detail,” adding that the ...

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. ... Between 40,000 and 50,000 Huguenots sought refuge in England from 1670 to 1710, ...

A museum dedicated to the Huguenot people has been officially opened in Rochester in Kent. Let us know you agree to data collection on AMP. We and our partners use technologies, ...