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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).

Upon opening, guests will experience the following seven inaugural exhibits:

• “America in Circulation”: an interactive currency exhibit featuring hundreds of examples of American money on loan from the collection of Mark R. Shenkman
• “Alexander Hamilton Experience”: featuring a multilingual AI-generated Hamilton, the nation’s first Secretary of the Treasury (developed in partnership with FCAT)
• “A Financial Revolution”: which focuses on the founding of the U.S. financial system to mark the nation’s 250th anniversary
• “Investing in US Financial History”: this is a six-station interactive timeline where visitors can explore the history of the U.S. financial markets from the 18th century through today
• “Hub of Innovation”: focuses on the role Massachusetts has played in the financial development of our nation (sponsored by MassMutual)
• “The Future of Finance”: educates about the worlds of blockchain, crypto, tokenization, and the evolution of financial technology (sponsored by Bitwise)
• “Personal Finance” a hands-on exploration of the tools needed for a healthy financial life (presented by the Personal Finance Institute) 

The exhibits were guest curated by some of the nation’s leading experts in finance, economics, and numismatic history, according to the museum, which includes Rahul Arora, Ric Edelman, Mark Higgins and Richard Sylla. The lead sponsors are Fidelity Investments, Bitwise, MassMutual, and Rosalind E. and Mark R. Shenkman, as well as founders John E. Herzog and the Rodney S. Klein Stock Market Museum & Library.

“We are thrilled that our opening in Boston will coincide with our nation’s 250th anniversary, as our exhibits will give school groups, tourists and the local community an opportunity to view the country’s founding financial documents, many of which have never before been on public display,” said David Cowen, the museum’s president and CEO, in a statement. “Visitors will leave our Museum with a greater understanding and appreciation for our nation’s financial history—much of it centered in the Boston Harbor area—as well as knowledge that will help them better their own financial lives.”

Museum admission requires no tickets or reservations.

The museum is closed on Monday and Tuesday and is open 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday, and 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. on Thursdays. Guests can park in the Seaport Garage located on site at Commonwealth Pier.