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Explore the SEC Historical Society’s in-depth Exhibitions, short-form Spotlights, and Tributes honoring notable individuals.

  • Exhibitions
  • Spotlights
  • Tribute
  • Exhibition
Wrestling with Reform: Financial Scandals and the Legislation They Inspired

In Recognition

Opened May 1, 2013
  • Exhibition
The Richard C. Adkerson Gallery on the SEC Role in Accounting Standards Setting

Congress Gets Involved

Opened December 1, 2012
  • Exhibition
Chasing the Devil Around the Stump: Securities Regulation, the SEC and the Courts

Uncertain Future

Opened December 1, 2011
  • Exhibition
The Institution of Experience: Self-Regulatory Organizations in the Securities Industry, 1792-2010

Mechanics of the Market

Opened December 1, 2010
  • Exhibition
In the Midst of Revolution: The SEC, 1973-1981

Whose Revolution Is It?

Opened November 1, 2009
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The Imperial SEC? – Foreign Policy and the Internationalization of the Securities Markets, 1934-1990

Cross-Border Securities Fraud

Opened December 1, 2008
  • Exhibition
The Bright Image: The SEC, 1961-1973

Facing a Challenge

Opened December 1, 2007
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Fair To All People: The SEC and the Regulation of Insider Trading

United States v. O’Hagan

Opened November 1, 2006
  • Exhibition
431 Days: Joseph P. Kennedy and the Creation of the SEC (1934-35)

Encouraging Capital

Opened December 1, 2005
  • Spotlights

Financial Reporting: A View from the SEC’s Chief Accountant

Opened November 1, 2022
  • Exhibition
The Enforcement Division: A History

O’Hagan and “Misappropriation Theory”

Opened September 1, 2020
  • Exhibition
Transformation & Regulation: Equities Market Structure, 1934 to 2018

In Recognition

Opened March 1, 2019
  • Exhibition
The Mechanics of Legislation: Congress, the SEC and Financial Regulation

SEC and “Functional Regulation”

Opened December 1, 2013
  • Exhibition
Wrestling with Reform: Financial Scandals and the Legislation They Inspired

Looking Back

Opened May 1, 2013
  • Exhibition
The Richard C. Adkerson Gallery on the SEC Role in Accounting Standards Setting

“Worthless” Stock Options

Opened December 1, 2012
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Chasing the Devil Around the Stump: Securities Regulation, the SEC and the Courts

A Challenged SEC Responds

Opened December 1, 2011
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The Institution of Experience: Self-Regulatory Organizations in the Securities Industry, 1792-2010

The Quotation System

Opened December 1, 2010
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In the Midst of Revolution: The SEC, 1973-1981

Towards Accounting Self-Regulation

Opened November 1, 2009
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The Imperial SEC? – Foreign Policy and the Internationalization of the Securities Markets, 1934-1990

Canada: A Case Study

Opened December 1, 2008
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The Bright Image: The SEC, 1961-1973

An Economic Theory of Regulation Emerges

Opened December 1, 2007
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Fair To All People: The SEC and the Regulation of Insider Trading

Rule 14e-3 and the Misappropriation Theory

Opened November 1, 2006
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431 Days: Joseph P. Kennedy and the Creation of the SEC (1934-35)

PUHCA: The Public Utilities Holding Company Act

Opened December 1, 2005
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The Enforcement Division: A History

1989 – 2008

Opened September 1, 2020
  • Exhibition
Transformation & Regulation: Equities Market Structure, 1934 to 2018

Electric Light

Opened March 1, 2019
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