Employees, families invited to ‘Moneyville’ on Aug. 25

Trolley tour The next Durham Museum Olley the Trolley tour is also scheduled for Aug. 25. This month’s tour will be to south Omaha. The cost is $5 per person and seating is limited. Interested employees should contact jlcarson@unmc.edu to register. The trolley will pick up riders at noon outside of the Durham Research Centers.

Where can you play the stock market, run your own lemonade stand, put your face on a million dollar bill and see samples of currency from pounds to pesos?

In “Moneyville,” which is the backdrop for this year’s participant’s night at The Durham Museum.

The event will be held Aug. 25 from 5 to 8 p.m. as part of the Time Travelers program, a partnership between the medical center and the museum.

“Moneyville” is a highly interactive exhibit that promotes economic literacy.

In this colorful city, visitors will find:

• A bank;
  
• A store,
  
• An anti-counterfeiting lab;
  
• A stock market; and;
  
• An international port.

Visitors can create “money,” explore anti-counterfeiting measures and see what a million dollars looks like.

Throughout the exhibit, visitors will discover how money is made, spent, earned, and saved, and how it connects people around the world.

A cash bar and appetizers will be available.

The museum is at 801 S. 10th St. Admission is for immediate family only, which includes two adults and dependent children of the same household.

An employee identification badge must be presented for admittance.