The Crown Society Travel Program offers our most generous and loyal Crown members art-infused experiences that delight, enrich, and inspire even the most seasoned traveler. Our trips are about seeing fabulous art, and enjoying the culture of new destinations, while strengthening friendships with fellow Mint supporters and staff.

From Bentonville to Berlin, Dresden to Durham, the 2022–2023 Mint trip roster features special access to museum exhibitions, private collections, and studio visits, which only the Mint can organize with help from curators, artists, and colleagues in the art world. Our guests will stay in the most chic of accommodations and enjoy fabulous group meals with attention paid to every detail. For more information or to inquire about eligibility for a particular trip, please reach out to Kitty Hall at kitty.hall@mintmuseum.org or 704.337.2034. Note that some details may change as we make preparations, and that an e-vite will go out to members of our Crown Society well in advance of each trip.

The Crown Society Travel Program is reserved for members of The Mint Museum Crown Society. Explore each membership level and benefits.

Questions? Want to reserve your spot?
Reach out to Kitty Hall at 704.337.2034 or kitty.hall@mintmuseum.org.

Venice to Milan: Splendors of Northern Italy

October 23–30, 2022 | SOLD OUT

Travelers will join Venetian art expert and Mint President and CEO Todd Herman, PhD, and Chief Curator Jennifer Sudul Edwards, PhD, for a once in a lifetime experience specially curated for The Mint Museum. Beginning in Venice, highlights include an after-hours visit to San Marco, tours of the famous Venice Biennale, and a private visit and dinner at the Peggy Guggenheim Museum. In Milan, guests will have after-hours access to Leonardo’s famous Last Supper, private access to one of the most beautiful villas on stunning Lake Como, and an exclusive dinner at a home and museum in Milan.

This trip is currently sold out.  

Raleigh and Durham

November 10–11, 2022

Join friends for a short road trip and overnight to see Roy Lichtenstein: History in the Making, 1948-1960 at the Nasher Museum in Durham, and A Modern Vision: European Masterworks from The Phillips Collection at the North Carolina Museum of Art in Raleigh. Guests will stay and dine at the lovely Umstead Hotel in Raleigh.

Silver Circle+ / $1,180 per couple based on double occupancy or $925 for a single

Bentonville, Arkansas

April 4–6, 2023

The Mint is returning to Bentonville and Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art. Whether you visited with us in 2017, or this is the first time, you’ll want to be part of the group seeing the museum’s phenomenal permanent collection, as well as the special exhibition Diego Rivera’s America, which will be on view at the time. The Crystal Bridges campus also includes a home by renowned architect Frank Lloyd Wright, sculpture-filled nature trails, and the museum’s space for contemporary art, The Momentary. Accommodations will be at the chic, art-filled 21-c Museum Hotel Bentonville.

Silver Circle+ / $1,950 per couple based on double occupancy or $1,375 for a single

Berlin and Dresden

July 10–18, 2023

Join Mint President and CEO Todd Herman, PhD, for an in depth tour of two of Germany’s — and Europe’s — most significant artistic and architectural splendors. In Berlin, travelers will see the Baroque city center with its grand squares and boulevards built by the 17th- and 18th-century Kings of Prussia. Visitors will see important WWII, Third Reich, and Cold War sites, visit private homes and collections, and spend time in many of the most important museums in Europe. In Dresden, the group will enjoy visits
to private collections, as well as the 300-year-old collection of jewels at the Green Vault museum.

Platinum Plus Circle+ / Pricing to be determined

Chicago

August or September 2023, exact date TBC

Guests will enjoy a visit to Monique Meloche Gallery, a private art collection, the Chicago Botanic Garden, and the treasure-filled Art Institute of Chicago.

Silver Circle+ / Pricing to be determined

QUESTIONS? Reach out to Kitty Hall at 704.337.2034 or kitty.hall@mintmuseum.org.

The Crown Society Travel Program is reserved for members of The Mint Museum Crown Society. Explore each membership level and benefits.

Questions? Want to reserve your spot?
Reach out to Kitty Hall at 704.337.2034 or kitty.hall@mintmuseum.org.