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Financial museum set to open

After a year of preparation at its new 48 Wall St. location, the Museum of American Finance is set to open with new exhibits in New York City Jan. 11, 2008, the 251st birthday of Alexander Hamilton.
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After a year of preparation at its new 48 Wall St. location, the Museum of American Finance is set to open with new exhibits in New York City Jan. 11, 2008, the 251st birthday of Alexander Hamilton.

A gala dinner Jan. 7 will be held in the museum?s Grand Mezzanine space. The new exhibits will be in place, and the Alexander Hamilton Room will be open.A reception Jan. 10 is open to museum members, according to museum chairman John E. Herzog.

The museum?s mission is to bring visitors a clearer understanding of financial history, and to contribute to the vision of what may be ahead.
Web site for the museum is located at www.financialhistory.org.

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