Mint Museum
North Carolina's first art museum, in two buildings: a glass tower in Uptown for craft and design, and the old US Mint for world art.
- Open
- Closed Mondays; check the website
- Price
- Paid; one ticket covers both on the same day
- Time Needed
- 2 hours
- Address
- Mint Museum Uptown, 500 S Tryon St, Charlotte, NC 28202Google MapsApple Maps
- Getting There
- Uptown, by the Levine Center for the Arts; the Randolph building is 10 minutes by car southeast.
Why Go
The museum opened in 1936 in the rebuilt branch of the US Mint that coined gold from the state's gold rush. Mint Museum Uptown has one of the best collections of American craft and modern design in the country; Mint Museum Randolph shows pottery, ceramics and art of the Americas.
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