Museo del Risparmio

Where did the name money come from? Who invented the banknote and why? How did the Euro come into being?
The Savings Museum wants to answer these and many other questions in a simple, clear and playful way.

Founded in 2012 on the initiative of Intesa Sanpaolo, it is the world's first museum dedicated to financial education, an innovative multimedia laboratory that aims to improve the basic financial skills of adults, young people and children using the edutainment and game-based learning approach.

Within the Museum rooms, audiovisual and interactive materials (3D videos, documentaries, interviews, theatrical animations, video games) have been created specifically to satisfy the curiosity and need for in-depth information of visitors.

The mascots For and Mica, two cautious little ants who know how to manage their resources well and waste nothing, will accompany even the youngest visitors along the museum route with animated videos, authoritative in their content, but witty in their display mode.

The Museum is the leader of several financial education projects for schools of all levels and the organiser of events to deepen and disseminate basic financial culture.

One room is entirely dedicated to the symbol of savings: it houses a collection of over 1,700 piggy banks (displayed in rotation) from all over the world, of different eras, shapes, materials and sizes.

From 22 February 2024, the Savings Museum presents Admire, a new interactive exhibit combining art and economic concepts. With two state-of-the-art VR and Oculus stations, guests can enjoy an immersive experience where 10 works of art come to life to explain some of the financial principles in an immersive journey between art and economics.