Moneterra (land of money) – The Money Museum of the Croatian National Bank is where you can learn the story of money, its history, usage, and its role in our lives. Through four theme zones with interactive exhibits, video content, exploration, and games, visitors can easily and engagingly learn about money, banking, personal finance, monetary policy, and the role of central banks.
The permanent exhibition is designed according to the principle of analogue-digital interaction. Visitors can use an interactive exhibit in the shape of a safe to control the 16-meter projection to explore the theme of the Global Money Time Machine. A large interactive brain sculpture interprets the theme of behavioural science, and an interactive exhibit with a reduced-scale model of the CNB building represents a machine for managing monetary policy. A gigantic calculator is used to calculate personal inflation, and there is also a special laboratory where visitors can detect fake banknotes. The most fun moment for visitors is probably printing a banknote with their image on an ATM. Some pieces of designed furniture are also exhibits filled with shredded kuna currency to show the amount of destroyed money but also an announcement of perhaps the complete digitization of money.
The museum took only 6 months to complete. Including the naming, visual identity, production of the entire content and all elements of the exhibition, as well as construction works and adaptation of the given interior space.