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The Mint Museum

The Sydney Mint in , , Australia, is the oldest surviving public building in the . Built between 1811 and 1816 as the southern wing of the , it was then known as the Rum Hospital.
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  • Opening hours:
    Monday—Friday: 9:00 AM—4:00 PM
    public holidays: closed
  • Type: Museum
  • Description: building in Sydney
  • Also known as: “Sydney Mint”, “The Mint”, and “Wing of Rum Hospital”
  • Address: 10
  • Wheelchair access: limited

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Darling Harbour and Hyde Park Barracks Museum.

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is a leisure and entertainment precinct, in central . It extends to Pyrmont, Ultimo and the business district of Barangaroo, and contains The Star and Pyrmont Bay, including Harris St.

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The Hyde Park Barracks, Sydney is a heritage-listed former barracks, hospital, convict accommodation, mint and courthouse and now museum and café located at in the , , Australia.

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Ltd is an Australian public company that operates Australia's primary securities exchange, the . is situated 240 metres northwest of The Mint Museum.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include City Centre and Woolloomooloo.

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The was where Governor Arthur Phillip first raised the British flag on Australian soil in January 1788, the earliest site of European settlement in Australia.

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is a harbourside, inner-city suburb of , New South Wales, Australia, 1.5 kilometres east of the , in the local government area of the .

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is the Harbour City, and is the oldest and most cosmopolitan city in with an enviable reputation as one of the world's most beautiful and livable cities.

The Mint Museum

Latitude
-33.86894° or 33° 52′ 8″ south
Longitude
151.21243° or 151° 12′ 45″ east
Elevation
43 metres (141 feet)
Levels
2
Operator
Museums of History New South Wales
Open location code
4RRH46J6+CX
Open­Street­Map ID
way 16750260
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­hospital
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­museum
Open­Street­Map attribute
wheelchair=­limited
Geo­Names ID
8645155
Wiki­data ID
Q1641346
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In Other Languages

From Aragonese to Urdu—“The Mint Museum” goes by many names.
  • Aragonese: “Casa d’a moneda de Sydney”
  • Chinese: “雪梨鑄幣廠”
  • Galician: “Casa da Moeda de Sydney”
  • Galician: “Ceca de Sydney”
  • German: “Sydney Mint”
  • Hausa: “Sydney Mint”
  • Japanese: “シドニー・ミント”
  • Japanese: “シドニー造幣局”
  • Korean: “시드니 조폐국”
  • Russian: “Сиднейский монетный двор”
  • Slovenian: “Sydney Mint”
  • Turkish: “Sidney Darphanesi”
  • Turkish: “Sydney Mint”
  • Urdu: “سڈنی منٹ”

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