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Digital Exhibitions

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

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Auditing the Auditors: Creating the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board

Opened May 19, 2021
Lucy Harvey, Curator
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The Enforcement Division: A History

Opened September 1, 2020
Dr. Harwell Wells, I. Herman Stern Professor of Law, Temple University, Beasley School of Law, Curator
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Transformation & Regulation: Equities Market Structure, 1934 to 2018

Opened March 1, 2019
Dr. Kenneth Durr, History Associates, Inc., Curator
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Investment Company Regulation: The Intricacies of an “Enlightened Partnership”

Opened December 1, 2017
Dr. Kenneth Durr, History Associates, Inc., Curator
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Regulating the Regulators: The Executive Branch and the SEC, 1981-2008

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

Opened December 1, 2015
Dr. Kenneth Durr, History Associates, Inc., Curator
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The Open Door: Roles of Women in Securities Regulation

Opened May 1, 2015
Teresa Koncick, Curator
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The Center for Audit Quality Gallery on Corporate Governance

Opened December 1, 2014
Dr. Kenneth Durr and Robert K. D. Colby, History Associates, Inc., Curator
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The Mechanics of Legislation: Congress, the SEC and Financial Regulation

Opened December 1, 2013
Dr. Kurt Hohenstein, Curator
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Wrestling with Reform: Financial Scandals and the Legislation They Inspired

Opened May 1, 2013
Robert K.D. Colby, History Associates, Inc., Curator
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The Richard C. Adkerson Gallery on the SEC Role in Accounting Standards Setting

Opened December 1, 2012
George P. Fritz, Curator
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Chasing the Devil Around the Stump: Securities Regulation, the SEC and the Courts

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

Opened December 1, 2010
Dr. Kenneth Durr and Robert Colby, History Associates, Inc., Curator
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In the Midst of Revolution: The SEC, 1973-1981

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

Opened December 1, 2008
Dr. Felice Batlan, Curator
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The Bright Image: The SEC, 1961-1973

Opened December 1, 2007
Dr. Kurt Hohenstein, Curator
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Fair To All People: The SEC and the Regulation of Insider Trading

Opened November 1, 2006
Dr. Kurt Hohenstein, Curator
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William O. Douglas and the Growing Power of the SEC

Opened December 1, 2005
Dr. Kurt Hohenstein, Curator
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431 Days: Joseph P. Kennedy and the Creation of the SEC (1934-35)

Opened December 1, 2005
Dr. Kenneth Durr and Dr. Adrian Kinnane, History Associates, Inc., Curator
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Remembrance: Lee Pickard

Opened July 22, 2026
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Image of David Becker, former SEC General Counsel

Remembrance: David M. Becker

Opened June 2, 2026
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Retrospective: Arthur Levitt

Opened February 21, 2026
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Remembrance: Richard R. Best

Opened March 15, 2025
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Remembrance: Catherine Therese Dixon

Opened March 7, 2025
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Remembrance: William H. Donaldson

Opened June 1, 2024
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Remembrance and Retrospective: Roberta S. Karmel

Opened March 25, 2024
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Remembrance: Barry R. Goldsmith

Opened February 8, 2024
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Remembrance: Harvey L. Pitt

Opened June 2, 2023
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Remembrance and Retrospective: Isaac C. Hunt, Jr.

Opened February 1, 2022
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Remembrance and Retrospective: Irving M. Pollack

Opened September 1, 2020
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Remembrance: David S. Ruder

Opened February 1, 2020
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Remembrance and Retrospective: Harold M. Williams

Opened September 1, 2017
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The FINRA Donation: Primary Sources on the Creation of the National Association of Securities Dealers

Opened October 29, 2025
Dr. Kenneth Durr, Curator
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Work of a Lifetime: Louis Loss and the Federal Securities Code

Opened September 9, 2025
Dr. Kenneth Durr, Curator
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Financial Reporting: A View from the SEC’s Chief Accountant

Opened November 1, 2022
David M. Lynn, Curator
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The Founding of the Securities and Exchange Commission Historical Society 1998 – 2002

Opened April 1, 2021
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Chronology of Enforcement Directors from Division Inception in 1972 Through 2016

Opened September 1, 2020
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20th Anniversary of Regulation Fair Disclosure

Opened August 17, 2020
David M. Lynn, Curator
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Documents from Historic Insider Trading Cases – United States v. Newman & Chiarella v. United States

Opened June 1, 2020
Donna M. Nagy, Curator
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The Investment Company Act of 1940 and Investment Company Compliance Course August 20 – 24, 1979 (Courtesy of James H. Perry)

Opened January 1, 2018
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15th Anniversary of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act

Opened July 30, 2017
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Securities Arbitration Clinics: Commemorating 25 Years of Law Students Aiding Investors

Opened February 1, 2023
Jane Cobb, Curator