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The Mint Museum

Name: The Mint Museum
Address: Charlotte, NC, US
Telephone: +17043372000
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✨ Come intrigued, leave inspired
🖼️ North Carolina's first art museum

Visit either of our two locations:

Mint Museum UPTOWN (Levine Center for the Arts)
500 S. Tryon Street, Charlotte, NC 28202

Mint Museum RANDOLPH
2730 Randolph Road, Charlotte, NC 28207

04/07/2026

🎶 Imagine walking through an art museum hearing a live piano performance…

Ethan Uslan () takes us on a journey with a curated piano performance. Uslan’s repertoire includes original arrangements of New Orleans Jazz, blues, and ragtime. He has performed worldwide, been featured in the documentary “The Entertainers” and whose jazz rendition of Bach’s “Minuet in G" was used in the AMC series “Interview with the Vampire”.

📆 April 15, 6–6:45 PM
📍 Mint Museum Uptown
🎟️ FREE admission

🎹 ABOUT THE STEINWAY RESIDENCY SERIES:
Working with the Steinway Piano Gallery, the Mint is bringing the thrill of piano music to Mint Museum Uptown. Every third Wednesday of the month, a rotating lineup of talented local and regional pianists will fill the museum space with piano performances.

🫶 The series is presented by
🎼 IG Reel music courtesy of

04/02/2026

🪵 Artist Talk with Kim Mupangilaï: Cross-Cultural Identity, Heritage, and Form
📆 April 9, 6–7:30 PM
📍 Mint Museum Randolph, Charlotte NC
🎟️ FREE
mupangilai is an interior architect, sculptural furniture designer, and educator based in New York, where she teaches at Parsons School of Design. Her practice examines cross-cultural identity, heritage, and the sociopolitical conditions embedded in art history and design through material-driven research and form. Mupangilaï will discuss how cross-cultural identity and heritage are represented in her furniture and material designs.

🖼️ About the CAD Series:
Presented by Wells Fargo, the Contemporary Architecture and Design Series features talks by a select group of innovative and contemporary designers from around the globe. Mark your calendar for the next talk, May 7, with Ini Archibong ().

04/01/2026

🎨 Free Art Kits inspired by Jeffrey Gibson's "I’M TAKING TIME AWAY TO DREAM" 🌈

Visit Mint Museum Randolph to pick up a free all-ages project to create at home. This month, create your own stylized word art with pencil and markers inspired by contemporary artist Jeffrey Gibson (). A vibrant expression of identity, culture, and memory, this striking piece blends the artist's Choctaw-Cherokee heritage, his q***r identity, and his one-of-a-kind approach to contemporary art.

📆 April 1-4
📍 Mint Museum Randolph, pickup during museum hours while supplies last
Wednesday 11 AM-9 PM
Thursday-Saturday 11 AM-6 PM
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For questions please contact: Leslie Strauss at [email protected] or (704) 337-2050.
🫶 Free Art Kits are supported by Mint Museum Auxiliary.
📸 Jeffrey Gibson (American, 1972–). "I’M TAKING TIME AWAY TO DREAM," 2023, acrylic on canvas, vintage beaded elements, glass beads, acrylic felt and nylon thread in a custom painted frame. Copyright Jeffrey Gibson. Courtesy the artist and Stephen Friedman Gallery. Photo by Max Yawney.

03/31/2026

✨ Discover what’s happening at the Mint this April! From restorative sound experiences to thought-provoking artist talks and world-class exhibitions, there’s something for everyone this month. 📆 Tap the 🔗 to see our full events calendar.

🎶 Sound Bath Series
April 7, 6:45–7:45 PM | FREE | 📍 Mint Museum Uptown
Unwind with a calming and immersive Sound Bath led by . This monthly experience invites you to slow down, reset, and connect through sound in a restorative environment.

🪑 Artist Talk with Kim Mupangilaï: Cross-Cultural Identity, Heritage, and Form
April 9, 6–7:30 PM | FREE | 📍 Mint Museum Randolph
Interior architect and designer .mupangilai will discuss how cross-cultural identity and heritage are represented in her furniture and material designs.

🎹 Let the Music Play: Steinway Residency Series Opening Night
April 15, 6–6:45 PM | FREE | 📍 Mint Museum Uptown
Enjoy an evening of live piano with , featuring original takes on New Orleans jazz, blues, and ragtime in partnership with Steinway Piano Gallery.

🖼️ Opening of "Caravaggio | Revolution"
April 26, 1–5 PM | +10 Special Exhibition Admission | 📍 Mint Museum Uptown
Discover how Caravaggio’s bold realism reshaped art and continues to influence modern visual culture. Featuring one of his masterpieces “Boy bitten by a lizard”.

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03/16/2026

✨ Contemporary Architecture + Design Series: Artist Talk with Kyle Spence
📅 March 19, 6 PM�
📍 Mint Museum Randolph�
🎟 FREE admission

Presented by Wells Fargo, the Contemporary Architecture + Designer Series brings together an inspiring group of globally recognized designers whose work pushes the boundaries of contemporary practice across disciplines and geographies.

Join us for the first presentation in the series: “Rhythms of Place: Improvisation, Archaeoastronomy, and Community Design” featuring Kyle Spence. Spence is a professor at UNC Charlotte and 2025 Gambrell Faculty Fellow who explores the “Place-Moment” connection to create socially responsive architecture. Recent projects include the prize-winning Mitchelville Heritage Trail proposal, the EarthArcs series, and EcoDome urban farming prototypes.

Other upcoming CAD Series speakers include world-renowned interior architects Kim Mupangilaï, Ini Archibong, and Florian Dach and Dimitri Zephir.

🌍 Come be part of the conversation around design, place, and community. 🌍

03/04/2026

🌸 March is for families at the Mint! Museum admission is FREE for children. Join us for these family-friendly events, and view our full events calendar: www.mintmuseum.org/events

🌈 Free Art Kits: Bead Sculpture
March 4-7, pickup during museum hours | 📍 Mint Museum Randolph
This month use colorful beads and fuzzy stems to construct a work of art inspired by Katrina Sánchez’s tembleque sculpture in “Interventions: Weaving Joy, Woven Resistance” on view at Mint Museum Randolph.

🔁 All-month long:
🎨 Lewis Family Gallery
Hours: Wednesdays 5–8 PM | Fridays & Saturdays 11 AM–4 PM | Sundays 1–5 PM
📍 Mint Museum Uptown
A hands-on space to build, explore, and create.

🎨 Drop-in Art
Wednesdays, March 4–April 8* | 5–8 PM
📍 Mint Museum Randolph
Open-ended creative fun for all ages, with a museum educator on hand to inspire and guide.

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Charlotte, NC

Opening Hours

Tuesday	9am - 5pm
Wednesday	11am - 9pm
Thursday	11am - 6pm
Friday	11am - 9pm
Saturday	11am - 6pm
Sunday	1pm - 5pm

Telephone

+17043372000

Website

http://www.mintmuseum.org/

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