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The Mint Museum – Uptown

4.3 (177 reviews)
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Part of the Dreams exhibit - September 2025
Mindy L.

Travelling through town and am lucky I came across this museum and the CIAF event they were hosting on Wednesdays! (Included free entry to the museum). I'm an artist and always feel at home around arts & cultural events. The exhibits were unique and well curated - I especially liked the ones explaining the materials (metal, glass, wood) giving background to the history and process of the crafts.

Troy B.

We visited while in Charlotte for the weekend. Parked in a parking garage nearby. This is a nice museum. We spent about 2 hours there. It had a variety of offerings and was worth the visit. Place was very clean and the staff that we engaged with were quite nice.

Misty M.

First time to the Mint museum and it was wonderful so much to see and take it. Please enjoy my picture view of the Mint.

Henri's My Friend Brien
Andi M.

My husband and I recently visited Mint Museum through Bank of America's "Museums on Us" program, offering free museum visits at select locations on the first weekend of every month. We've lived in the CLT area for many years, but have never been to Mint. If you like art, this museum has a lot of interesting works, many that rotate over time. They have many collections over three levels, including American art, craft and design, fashion, modern and contemporary art, European art, and much more. Just FYI - the top level was all art from local students. They even had several famous paintings on our visit, including Andy Warhol's Marilyn (on loan), so well as Henri's My Friend Brien. Some of the artwork was visually stunning. Art appreciation is very subjective, but you'll likely find something of interest while wandering through their exhibits. We both enjoyed our visit, and definitely recommend it for something fun to do on a weekend.

Nakia S.

The Mint is a lovely museum located in Uptown Charlotte. This is my 2nd visit here since moving to NC, each time I find something more interesting. This visit, I came specifically to see the Southern Modern exhibit and also to revisit a few other exhibits. I love it here. Every Wednesday night is free from 6pm-9pm. Come solo, with a date, family or a friend...just come. The gift shop on the main level is like another museum! Amazing finds, members can save a few $$$ and also get 10% off at Mariposa restaurant located next door to the Mint. Enjoy!

Neema B.

I have to admit I didn't realize the museum had such a nice gift store. I was looking for a specific brand of gift wrap and the merchant website listed the Mint as one of their retailers. The store is well stocked and appears to sell items from various brands, which is nice. They didn't have the gift wrap I was looking for, but they did have gift wrap and I found something pretty. What turned me all the way off is the lack of customer service. There were two employees working when I arrived and neither greeted me although both looked at me as I walked in. When i asked if they sold gift wrap, the woman who helped me didn't bother to respond, she simply started walking to the back of the store where it was. The other woman was too busy staring me up and down to speak. Completely rude and made me feel 100% unwelcome. People don't understand that being nice goes a long way. Their behavior makes me not want to return in the future.

Annie W.

What a wonderfully delightful museum!! We went for the Annie Leibovitz exhibit, but there was so much more! Each space we went into, including their permanent exhibit, had such varied and wonderful pieces of art. Everything was well chosen and added to my delight. The only criticism I have is that some of the pieces were not displayed well in their cases and I don't understand why when there was room to display them better; some of the photographs were displayed so that the "line" of where the glass doors met cut right down the photo when it could have been prevented had they mounted the photo over to the right by a few inches. It's not as if there wasn't room. Wish there was a reason for this, but I can't imagine what it would be! Regardless, wonderful museum and exhibit!

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Courtney S.

Such a great museum to explore in Charlotte. They have a mixture of classic artists from across the world and local/east coast artists. They also do plenty of events and Wednesdays you can get in free! Definitely go check it out if you haven't already.

Rose E.

We enjoyed strolling the 2 floors (3rd and 4th) of this uptown museum. It's been a long while since I've been to this location...and I could barely remember if any of it stayed the same or not. I believe one of the floors were dedicated to the more traditional American art...and the other to the more modern art. I definitely enjoyed the modern art varieties much more. We also noticed that many of the art was accompanied by a video display on the wall, explaining the work in detail. Not sure if that is the new norm, or just for this particular set of works...but I thought that this behind-the-scene exhibition was very enlightening. I'm very appreciative of art and culture in general...and this is definitely no exception. As always, we left agreeing that we should incorporate more arty outings in our future date nights.

Cristina R.

The Mint is my favorite museum in Charlotte! As a member of the Young Affiliates of the Mint (YAMs), I get to visit both the Uptown and Randolph locations as much as I'd like (plus a bunch of other perks like museum shop discounts and free weekly yoga). This is also a great event space. I've attended events on the outside front terrace, in the main atrium, and in the special events room + terrace on the top floor. The permanent collection is impressive, with recognizable artists including Kehinde Wiley and local faves like Romare Bearden. They also bring in awesome special exhibits, some of which lean into the museum's craft & design sphere like clothing and seating. I highly recommend this museum (and membership) to those who love art and a great time!

Ashley F.

This is a wonderful museum! I've been many times over the years and every time I come I remember how much I absolutely love museums. There's so much to see and learn here. The art is spread out over a few different levels so you feel like you're on a journey of exploration. I could've spent hours in there, but we got there about 45 minutes before they closed. There is just so much incredible art to look at. I can't wait to go back. The staff was super helpful and friendly, they even have security circling around. I thought that was nice because it's such a big place sometimes you feel like you're in there all alone lol. This museum is free on Weds, so I definitely recommend checking it out then to save a few dollars. We parked right across the street in the Green parking garage, so getting there was easy. Can't wait to go back!

John B.

I found an excuse to visit the main art institute of Charlotte when they offered free admission for a weekend; I nonetheless booked a free ticket online to make sure there wouldn't be any issue when I got there. The building is large, and a central space has some artistic merit while serving a function for events. I was not thrilled as there was some sort of noisy pre-wedding activities going on; using museums for social events after hours is one thing, but during visitation I'm not a fan of it. There were escalators between floors, but one of them wasn't working (I've yet to have any engineer explain to me why it is so hard to keep an escalator running). There were restrooms on every floor. Once I got to the art, there was a variety of intrigue. There were global exhibitions, but the focus was certainly local. Notably, there was probably as much African American art here as there was at the other dedicated museum nearby. The special exhibit was on chairs, which was kind of torture since I got there towards the end of my visit and was looking at chairs that I couldn't sit in, but to their credit they placed some separate non-exhibition chairs in the room for sitting. If I'd paid full price for it, I'd probably be okay with that, particularly given that your ticket is good for the other museum location which is farther from the city center, and lasts for two days.

Sculpture made of tiny mirrors, outside of museum.
Barbara P.

While attending the worldwide United Methodist General Conference in April 2024, we had a break on Sunday, so I visited the wonderful Mint Museum in Charlotte, NC. It is well-located a short walk from the Convention Center. I loved their collection of American art, contemporary art and crafts. I also enjoyed shopping in their excellent gift shop. I was delighted by their great collection of many types of items. A great attraction stands just outside the entrance for all to see. Be sure to visit the Mint as well as the Bechtler museum nearby!

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Awesome experience the kids were amazed I would recommend going there. So take it all in people it's great to see how things are done.

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