Royal Australian Mint

Spies, secret codes, coin design and animal heroes… adventure awaits these school holidays at the Royal Australian Mint! 🕵️✨

Mintventures is back with hands-on sessions designed for curious kids aged 7–12.

These holiday adventures include:
🌸 Exploring beautiful coin designs inspired by nature
✏️ Designing your very own coin
🕵️ Cracking codes and uncovering spy stories
🐾 Discovering unlikely animal heroes featured on coins

Perfect for creative thinkers, young explorers and budding designers.

📅 Sessions running from 29 June – 17 July 2026
⏰ 12pm – 1pm
🎟️ $10 per child (accompanying adult included)
📍 Royal Australian Mint

👉 Book your session now: bit.ly/mintprograms

Tonight, the Mint will illuminate purple for Migraine Awareness Month.

Migraine is a complex neurological condition that affects millions of people around the world. More than just a headache, migraine can cause symptoms including severe pain, nausea, fatigue, and sensitivity to light, sound, and movement, often impacting daily life, work, and relationships.

By illuminating the building, we raise awareness of the challenges faced by those living with migraine and recognise the important support provided by families, carers, and healthcare professionals.

Tonight, the Mint will glow red for World Sickle Cell Day.

Sickle cell disease is a group of inherited blood disorders that affect haemoglobin, causing red blood cells to become misshapen and break down more quickly than normal. For those living with sickle cell disease, symptoms can be unpredictable and may include episodes of severe pain, fatigue and other serious health complications.

By illuminating the building, we recognise the strength and resilience of people living with sickle cell disease and acknowledge the vital support provided by families, carers and healthcare professionals.

🚂 We’re down to the final two!

After an intense round of voting, these legendary locomotives have steamed their way into the grand final of the Battle of the Giants. 🏆

Thank you to everyone who has voted so far – now it all comes down to this.

Which train deserves the title of Australia’s favourite steam train and ultimate bragging rights?

Cast your final vote across our Instagram and Facebook stories.

Shop the Steam Giants collection: bit.ly/steamgiants

Mini-Minties is back these school holidays at the Royal Australian Mint! 🔎✨

Designed for children aged 4–6, these fun hands-on sessions explore the exciting world of coins through storytelling, craft, museum adventures and creative activities.

These holiday programs include:
🔍 Eye spy! You spy!
✏️ Design your own coin!
🦘 What animals are on Australian coins?

📅 Multiple sessions running from 29 June – 17 July 2026
🎟️ $10 per child (accompanying adult included)
📍 Royal Australian Mint

👉 Book now: bit.ly/mintprograms

What looks like empty space in the night sky tells one of Australia’s oldest stories and features on one of our coins.

Stretching across the night sky, the Gurgumin constellation acknowledges the dark spaces in between the stars, showing an emu. As the seasons change the emu will appear to be sitting or running. This acts like a calendar reminding Aboriginal people that it is either time to hunt emus or collet eggs.

Discover more stories behind coins like this one and explore the voices, histories and cultures woven through Australia’s story in our Songlines tours at the Mint.

Book your free spot now: bit.ly/SonglineTours

Spots are filling fast for the Mint’s school holiday programs! 🔎✨

From our Kids Coin Trades and Crafternoons to Mini-Mintie spy missions, animal adventures, coin design and hands-on Family Discovery tours, there’s something happening almost every day these holidays at the Mint.

Whether your child loves creativity, collecting, storytelling or discovering how coins are made, these programs are designed to spark curiosity and keep young minds busy these school holidays.

🪙 Kids Coin Trades
✂️ Free Crafternoons
🕵️ Mintventures
🔍 Mini-Minties
🏛️ Family Discovery Tours

📅 Programs run from 29 June – 17 July 2026
📍 Royal Australian Mint

Many sessions require bookings and spots are filling fast!

👉 Book now: bit.ly/mintprograms