The Mint Museum Uptown is the re-incarnated Mint Museum of Craft & Design and the American and modern European art from the original Mint on Randolph Rd. Combined, this museum makes for the most eclectic collection of styles and mediums. While I'm not quite an art aficionado, I recognize that this new Museum should put Charlotte on the map for "destination' museums.
The four floors are dedicated to different styles and mediums. The collections are as varied as modern British pottery to Ansel Adams. Yeah, I said Ansel Adams! There is a large collection of early American paintings until World War 11 and the Romare Bearden collection deserves a review in itself. My favorite work was "Charlotte's Charlotte", (see my photo section), a look at how Queen Charlotte is as diverse as Charlotteans themselves. HINT: She wasn't 100% European. The BOA Masterworks collection deserves an honorable mention: avant-garde artwork from the post World War 11 era (think surealism and pop art).
If you should tire from viewing art at the Mint, they have a nice museum store and cafe in the bottom. You can leave and return within a given day OR visit the Mint Museum on Randolph on the same day with the same ticket. And there's the rest of the cultural campus; the Harvey Gant center, the Bechtler, and the Knight Theater. Either way, the admission price to the Mint is the most redeeming $10 you'll spend uptown.