Catherine Eagleton
Curator of Modern Money
Coins, paper money, tokens, credit
cards, and other money-related objects from the last 300 years
Department: Coins and Medals
Telephone: +44 (0)20 7323 8607
Email: ceagleton @ thebritishmuseum.ac.uk
Catherine Eagleton joined the British Museum
in 2004, having previously worked at the Science Museum, London,
and volunteered at the Whipple Museum of the History of Science,
Cambridge.
The modern money collection numbers more than
150,000 objects and several thousand new objects are added to the
collection every year. As well as looking after the collection,
Catherine is currently working on several exhibitions, managing the
Money in Africa
project, and researching the Sarah Sophia Banks collection of
coins and tokens. She is also interested in medieval history, and
sometimes works on objects from earlier time periods, particularly
scientific instruments, manuscripts, and books.
Current British Museum projects
Previous British Museum projects
Wealth of Africa: 4000 years of money and trade,
exhibition and associated educational programmes and
events
External fellowships/ honorary positions/ membership of professional bodies
Web manager, e-journal editor, and board
member for ICOMON
Affiliated Research Scholar, Department of
History and Philosophy of Science, Cambridge University
Member of Editorial Advisory Board for
e-journal Marginalia
Publications
Most recent publications
C. Eagleton, Money: A History, with J. Williams,
(London, British Museum Press, forthcoming 2007)
C. Eagleton, “Museums and Medieval Material Culture”, in
Marginalia, 1 (2005), available online at http://www.marginalia.co.uk