Mint Museum has two locations:
- Mint Museum Uptown: 500 S. Tryon Street
- Mint Museum Randolph: 2730 Randolph Road
Read on to learn of upcoming events and exhibits.
Free Art Kits at Mint Museum Randolph
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Drop-In Art at Mint Museum Randolph
The Mint Museum Randolph’s Art Room is open and free most Wednesdays, from 5 to 8 p.m. Explore self-directed drawing, clay, collage, and painting stations. A museum educator will be on hand to provide encouragement and helpful tips.
Party in the Park at Mint Museum Randolph
Party in the Park takes place on select Sundays in six months in 2024. Enjoy free admission to the museum, plus food trucks, family art activities, live music and a cash bar on the front terrace. 1 to 5 p.m.
Free Admission at Mint Museum
Free Wednesday Evenings
Admission to both museums is free every Wednesday from 5 p.m. to 9 p.m. On Wednesday nights, Mint Museum Uptown’s free night is part of Wednesday Night Live, during which the Gantt Center and Bechtler Museum are also free to visit, and there is a performance, film or other special activity at one of the venues.
Wild Wednesday
On two Wednesday evenings a month, Mint Museum Randolph is holding Wild Wednesday from 6 to 8 p.m. There will be an animal encounter on the lawn from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m., with an animal from Stevens Creek Nature Center. Kids can also participate in nature-themed art experiences and go on a self-guided scavenger hunt through the museum. Admission is free Wednesday evenings, starting at 5 p.m.
Wild Wednesday takes place June 14 and 18, and July 12 and 26, 2023.
Museums on Us
The first full weekend of the month, customers of Bank of America and Merrill get one free admission to the Mint Museum.
At Home Events and Activities
Online Exhibits
Enjoy these exhibits from home:
- Classic Black: The Basalt Sculpture of Wedgwood and His Contemporaries
- Project Ten Ten Ten
- Under Construction: Collage from the Mint
- Portals to the Past: British Ceramics 1675-1825
Hours at Mint Museum
Mint Museum Uptown
At Levine Center for the Arts
500 South Tryon Street
Charlotte, NC 28202
704-337-2000
- Monday: Closed
- Tuesday 11 a.m. to 6 p.m.
- Wednesday: 11 a.m. to 9 p.m.
- Thursday: 11 a.m. to 6 p.m.
- Friday: 11 a.m. to 9 p.m.
- Saturday: 11 a.m. to 6 p.m.
- Sunday: 1 p.m. to 5 p.m.
Mint Museum Randolph
2730 Randolph Road
Charlotte, NC 28207
704-337-2000
- Monday: Closed
- Tuesday: 11 a.m. to 6 p.m.
- Wednesday: 11 a.m. to 9 p.m.
- Thursday: 11 a.m. to 6 p.m.
- Friday: 11 a.m. to 6 p.m.
- Saturday: 11 a.m. to 6 p.m.
- Sunday: 1 p.m. to 5 p.m.
Current Exhibits at Mint Museum
Some of the current exhibitions that you can explore:
Mint Museum Uptown:
- Holly Keogh: Overlaps and Interlocking
- The Vault
- Flavors of Justice
- Feeding the Stone
- American Art
- Craft + Design
- Ten Ten Ten
- Native American Art
- Modern and Contemporary
- Craft in the Laboratory: The Science of Making Things
- MINT5pace
Mint Museum Randolph:
- Guiding Winds: Rosalia Torres-Weiner
- New Acquisitions: Hardscapes/Dreamscapes
- Heritage Gallery
- Patterns of History
- The Cole Family: A Dynasty of North Carolina Potters
- ARt of the Ancient Americas
- Decorative Arts
- European Art
- Special Collections
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