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Museum and Archives

This page lists archives and museums with documentary material on insurance and related subjects, such as economics, law, statistics and actuarial mathematics.

Genoa State Archives 

The Genoa State Archives preserve the oldest notarial fund in the world, which allows us to study the birth of the insurance policy - on maritime transport as on life and on every possible event - from its earliest form as a simulated contract.

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Seguro's Museum

Open to the public and located in the headquarters of the MAPFRE Foundation, it houses material on the history of insurance from the 18th century to the present day: from the old safety ordinances to the first mutual societies, from the birth of the first companies to fire insurance.

Insurance Museum

The aim of the Insurance Museum, established in London in 2022, is to become an educational centre that engages the public in the global history of insurance through digital resources, education, and cultural events, as well as a growing collection of objects and documents.

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Aviva Group - Archive

The Aviva Group Archive is located in Norwich at the historic headquarters of the Norwich Union. It is the most important business archive in the UK and through the study of its records, it is possible to trace the history of British insurance over 300 years.

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Gotha's Museum

Opened in 1998, it is located in the city of Gotha, the capital of Thuringia and the birthplace of the first two German mutual insurance companies: the first, Gothaer Versicherungsbank, founded in 1820, and the second, Gothaer Lebensversicherung, founded seven years later.

Memoria do Seguro

A permanent exhibition opened in Lisbon in 2019 at the initiative of the Portuguese Association of Insurers (APS), it aims to preserve and enhance the history and documentary heritage related to the Portuguese insurance business.

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C.U.BO

Centro Unipol Bologna realised by Unipol Group on the occasion of its 50th anniversary, is a multi-purpose space that provides the public with a variety of activities, cultural areas, a media library, workshops, and also organises exhibitions, events and meetings.

Historic Museum

The historical museum of the Reale Mutua di Assicurazioni company is the result of a selection of the most representative documentary material kept in the company's archives.Inaugurated in 2007, its layout and exhibition spaces were renewed in 2013

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