www.sechistorical.org

About the Museum and Archive

Welcome to the SEC Historical Society’s unique virtual museum and archive, providing an open door to financial regulatory history.

Since opening on June 1, 2002, this independent and objective resource provides access to primary materials on the creation and development of the regulation of the capital market system from the 20th century to the present. 

The museum and archive’s comprehensive collection includes:

• Timeline: Linking regulatory developments against U.S. and world events from 1930 to the present.
• Galleries: The museum’s unique search function, providing an alternate way to access all museum material on a particular subject.  Current Galleries look at insider trading, international financial regulation and eras in SEC history. 
• Papers: Letters, speeches, memos, telegrams and reports, not accessible through other online sources.
• Programs: A variety of original programs offering historic perspective on current regulatory issues.  Broadcast live on www.sechistorical.org, and preserved in video (limited), audio, MP3 and edited transcript formats.
• Oral Histories: Remembrances, available in video (limited), audio, MP3 and edited transcript formats, from people who helped create and continue to shape the financial regulatory system.
• Photos: Historic and current images of people significant to financial regulation.
• Film, Radio and Television: Historic media of events in regulatory history.

The museum and archive also provides Links to other Web sites related to the history of financial regulation.

New materials are added to the museum and archive each month.

Use the Search function found in the upper left corner of all pages (the box with the magnifying glass) and click "Go" to find what you are looking for.

Learn more about how the collection of the museum and archive is built, and how the SEC Historical Society ensures that the collection remains objective, authoritative and current.

History is happening now, and your gift will help keep the door to the history of financial regulation open. The museum and archive, along with the Society, receives no funding from the public sector. Please consider a gift today.