The Mint
The Mint project: Sydney’s adaptive reuse triumph
Sydney’s urban landscape is a testament to both the city’s rich history and examples of forward-thinking vision. Among the most compelling examples of this fusion of past and future is the revitalisation of the Mint complex
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Major conservation works completed on the Rum Hospital verandah
In the 2023–24 financial year the MHNSW Capital Works team completed detailed conservation works on the ‘Rum Hospital’ building at The Mint
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Rum Hospital verandah conservation update
Remediation works have seen four original columns spliced, 17 joists replaced, seven bays of balustrades repaired, gutters and downpipes remediated, and a new fascia, perimeter floorboards and soffit boards installed
Unexpected views
Over the decades, photographers have captured unexpected glimpses of the Mint’s history
Museum stories
The changing face of the Mint
As photographers documented the evolving face of the Mint, they recorded changes to the site and streetscape
Moonlite at the Sydney Mint
If you’ve ever visited The Mint on Sydney’s Macquarie Street, chances are you have walked in the footsteps of an infamous Australian bushranger, ‘Captain Moonlite’
After the Royal Mint
Between 1926 and 1997 almost 20 different government departments and law courts came and went from the Mint buildings
Plant your history
Acanthus - an apt symbol for The Mint
Look at any classical building today, anywhere in the world and chances are you will find an acanthus leaf lurking somewhere
Francis Greenway: the ‘future safety’ of the Rum Hospital buildings
When Sydney’s Rum Hospital was completed in 1816, the buildings were already showing signs of potential collapse, but newly-appointed Civil Architect Francis Greenway came to the rescue