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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
431 Days: Joseph P. Kennedy and the Creation of the SEC (1934-35)

Rules for Traders

Opened December 1, 2005
  • Spotlights

Chronology of Enforcement Directors from Division Inception in 1972 Through 2016

Opened September 1, 2020
  • Exhibition
The Enforcement Division: A History

Winning the Battle: Catching Boesky and Milken

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

Reevaluating the National Market System

Opened March 1, 2019
  • Exhibition
Regulating the Regulators: The Executive Branch and the SEC, 1981-2008

In Recognition

Opened December 1, 2016
  • Exhibition
The Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board Gallery on Municipal Securities Regulation

“A Great Market”

Opened December 1, 2015
  • Exhibition
The Center for Audit Quality Gallery on Corporate Governance

A Delicate Balance

Opened December 1, 2014
  • Exhibition
The Mechanics of Legislation: Congress, the SEC and Financial Regulation

Financial Modernization

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

Fall of Enron

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

Some Early Skirmishes

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

Justice Powell’s Counter-Revolution

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

Introduction

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

Corporate Governance and Accountability

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

Cold War Warriors

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

Cooperative Regulation

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

Corporate Take-Overs and Insider Trading Scandals in the 1980s

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

Curb Traders and Con Men

Opened December 1, 2005
  • Exhibition
The Enforcement Division: A History

Inside the Insider Trading Campaign

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

Consequences of NMS

Opened March 1, 2019
  • Exhibition
Regulating the Regulators: The Executive Branch and the SEC, 1981-2008

“A Terrific Responsibility”

Opened December 1, 2016
  • Exhibition
The Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board Gallery on Municipal Securities Regulation

Less than Level

Opened December 1, 2015
  • Exhibition
The Center for Audit Quality Gallery on Corporate Governance

Hiatus and Crisis, Round 2

Opened December 1, 2014
  • Exhibition
The Mechanics of Legislation: Congress, the SEC and Financial Regulation

Lessons Learned

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

Steady Drumbeat of Corporate Scandals

Opened May 1, 2013
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