In 2018, The Mint Museum announced Todd A. Herman, PhD, former Executive Director at The Arkansas Arts Center, as the new president and CEO.

It includes portraiture of the Federal era, 19th century landscapes, and paintings from the group known as "The Eight"[5] (Robert Henri, George Luks, William Glackens, John Sloan, Everett Shinn, Maurice Prendergast, Ernest Lawson, and Arthur Bowen Davies).

The collection includes body adornments, tools, ceramic vessels, sculpture, textiles, and metal ornaments.

With over 2,500 works,[5] its permanent collections "present the creative evolution of studio craft from the utilitarian objects of the 19th century to the art of today".

[9] It also encourages the creation of art, spawns collaborations and dialogue, and serves as a forum for artists, craft theory, aesthetics and technology.

[11] Its permanent collection has been described as "complex and eclectic", featuring "everything from fine jewelry to fiber arts, from wacky, satirical, narrative ceramic sculpture...to product design.

The Uptown location spreads over five floors and houses collections of glass, ceramics, wood and other material from the Mint Museum of Craft + Design.

[14][18][19] The oldest section of the Randolph Road building originally served as the home of the first branch of the United States Mint.

Designed by noted architect William Strickland, construction of the Federal-style Charlotte Mint building began in 1836 by Perry & Ligon of Raleigh, North Carolina at a cost of $29,800.00.

In 1931, when Mecklenburg County planned to expand the main post office, located adjacent to the Mint, the building became endangered.

[23] As part of a planned renovation of its Randolph Road campus, the museum announced in April 2012 that it will open a research center based on North Carolina pottery at the facility.