The Tianjin Financial Museum officially opened on June 9, 2010, located on Jiefang North Road, which has a century old financial history in Tianjin. It is a professional financial museum that integrates exhibition, education, financial cultural consumption, and financial history research activities. The building was originally a French club, built in 1931, and is a modern French style building with a display area of 2400 square meters.
Venue Overview
With exhibition and collection as the basic tool and appreciation and education as the leading theme, Tianjin Finance Museum undertakes the task of popularizing financial knowledge to the audience, transmitting financial concepts, interpreting Financial innovation, focusing on financial issues, and promoting financial peer exchanges. It is the only professional museum in China that comprehensively introduces China's financial history, displays financial knowledge from an all-round perspective, and connects the current situation and future of financial industry development. The museum uses various display methods such as sound, light, electricity, film, and objects to strive to comprehensively and clearly introduce the historical development trajectory of finance to the audience.
Basic/Special Display
The Tianjin Financial Museum displays permanent exhibitions such as "History and Current Situation", "Finance and Us", and "History of Chinese Finance", showcasing the history and current situation of finance, exploring the charm and power of finance, and becoming an important venue for government agencies, financial institutions, various universities, and the public to understand finance. In addition to permanent exhibitions, the Tianjin Financial Museum also plans to hold dozens of temporary and touring exhibitions of various types, Including "Tianjin Modern Financial History - Beiyang Era", "Centennial Wall Street - Liberation North Road Special Exhibition", "A Review of Sino British Financial Exchange History", "Social Fundraising and Financial Security", "Revolutionary Finance Exhibition", "Women and Finance", "Tianjin Modern Finance Exhibition", "Finance Makes Life Better" Theme Exhibition "," Financial Special Exhibition on the 40th Anniversary of Reform and Opening up ", etc.
Cultural/Brand Activities
For many years, the Tianjin Financial Museum has been committed to protecting financial heritage, exploring financial stories, spreading financial culture, and cultivating a financial ecosystem. The museum regularly holds various activities such as "China Financial Collections Expo", "Museum Afternoon Tea", "Museum Art Workshop", "New Year Concert" and various forums and conferences to tell about Tianjin's financial history and Urban culture and share cutting-edge perspectives; Build a platform for Financial inclusion, feel art and inherit financial culture for the public. The Tianjin Finance Museum held dozens of large-scale forums and conferences, including activities hosted by the museum such as the Tianjin Finance Salon and the Tianjin Financial Technology Development Forum, as well as various conferences held by the government, media and cultural institutions in the museum. These have become brand events for museums.
"Museum Afternoon Tea" is one of the brand activities of the Tianjin Finance Museum. Li Weiguang, professor of the School of Economics of Tianjin University of Finance and Economics, Zhang Bo, chief editor of the Tianjin Academy of Social Sciences Press, He Zhihua, vice chairman of the Civil Collection Special Committee of the Tianjin Society of Cultural Relics Museum, Zhou Zuitian, a famous scholar of culture and history, and other guests were invited to talk about financial history and culture and share cutting-edge new perspectives. Since its establishment, "Museum Afternoon Tea" has held nearly a hundred lectures in Tianjin, with over 10000 attendees and over 100000 people following and participating in interactions through live streaming platforms. It has become a well-known cultural brand in Tianjin.
The "Museum New Year Concert" is a large-scale event regularly held by the Tianjin Financial Museum every year. For many years, it has presented an artistic feast to the audience with high-quality and high-level performances. The concert invites entrepreneurs from various financial and cultural sectors to attend, and registers with the public to participate.
Honors Received
The Tianjin Financial Museum has received multiple "excellent" evaluations in 2013, 2014, 2015, 2017, and 2018. In the future, the Tianjin Financial Museum will continue to play a role in the financial and cultural fields, promote the healthy development of the museum industry in Tianjin, and create a good financial environment in the region
In April 2017, the Tianjin Finance Museum participated in the full media activity of Tianjin Television And Radio Station Binhai Radio "Looking for the voice of reading and recommending the voice ambassador of Binhai Radio", and won the award of excellent organization
In July 2018, Tianjin Financial Museum was awarded the honor of "Youth Civilization" by the Communist Youth League Tianjin Heping District Committee
In December 2018, the Tianjin Financial Museum's "Stay Away from Illegal Fundraising to Ensure Social Security" - Social Fundraising and Financial Security Community Tour Project was selected as a brand of Tianjin Municipal Social Service Institutions
Project Case Set and Awarded Honorary Certificate
In September 2019, the first investor education base jointly built by a professional financial museum and Yide Futures Co., Ltd. in Tianjin was established as a museum and obtained the approval of China Securities Regulatory Commission
Awarded by the Tianjin Securities and Futures Investor Education Base by the Tianjin Securities and Futures Regulatory Bureau
In November 2021, the Tianjin Financial Museum was awarded the "First Batch of Financial Education Demonstration Bases in Tianjin" by the Tianjin Branch of the People's Bank of China
In 2020 and 2022, the "Financial Intelligence Training Camp" project of Tianjin Financial Museum was continuously awarded as the Outstanding Case of Youth Education in Tianjin Museum of the Year
On December 6, 2022, Tianjin Finance Museum was awarded the "Off campus Practical Education Base of Young Pioneers of China" by Tianjin Municipal Working Committee of the Chinese Young Pioneers
In 2014 and 2022, in the evaluation of social organizations in Tianjin, the Tianjin Financial Museum continuously won the 4A level honors of social organizations
On February 8, 2023, Tianjin Society of Cultural Relics Museum issued the nameplate of the affiliated unit of "Non State owned Museum Professional Committee of Tianjin Society of Cultural Relics Museum" to Tianjin Financial Museum
Visiting Information
Geographic location: No. 29 Jiefang North Road, Heping District, Tianjin (former site of the "French Club")
Opening Hours: 10:00-17:30 every Monday to Friday (closed on Saturdays and Sundays, and closed on national statutory holidays)
Ticket price: 30 yuan for full price tickets, 15 yuan for half price tickets (on-site ticket purchase)
Service introduction: The museum can host activities such as forums, small salons, training conferences, etc
Visitor Information: The Tianjin Financial Museum can accommodate group visits of up to 100 people on its premises, and provides explanation services. Group visits require a phone appointment in advance
Appointment phone numbers: 022 23399650, 022 28358365
Notice for reservation: visitors can search the Tianjin Finance Museum through the Alipay applet, make an appointment in advance with electronic vouchers, and purchase tickets on site
Transportation route: take Tianjin Metro Line 3 to Jinwan'guangchang station and get off at Exit C
