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Mint Museum of Art
The Mint Museum of Art can be
found in Charlotte, North Carolina and is the former Charlotte Mint
building, which opened in 1936, and became the first art museum in
the state. It houses many great collections of photography, American
art, contemporary art, pre-Columbian art, historic maps, American
and European ceramics, Asian art, American decorative arts, African
art and historic costumes and accessories. In their American art
collection there are photographs, works on paper, paintings,
sculpture and prints that span the colonial period to the second
World War; focusing on three major areas; early 20th century
realism, Federal portraiture and 19th century landscapes.
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