The Perth Mint Gold Tour
Description
The Perth Mint offers a unique combination of attractions which allow you to experience all the magic, allure and wonder of gold. Founded in 1899 on the cusp of the greatest gold rush in Australia’s history, the Mint is custodian to one of Western Australia’s oldest heritage sites and is a magnificent reminder of the State’s golden beginnings. Bringing the story of Western Australian gold to life, the darkened halls of the Gold Exhibition offer multimedia presentations, interactive displays, historic images and aged artefacts, which all combine to form the backdrop to the array of dazzling pure gold exhibits. Embark on the emotive journey of gold discovery, marvel at the largest gold coin ever made, view an impressive collection of natural gold nuggets, watch how molten gold is poured to form a solid gold bar, discover the value of your weight in gold, and much more!
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Itinerary
Make the most of your visit to The Perth Mint by joining one of the hourly guided talks. The grand heritage building, heavily secured vaults and original Melting House each provide the cues for many extraordinary stories about Western Australia's golden past and the Mint's rich history of refining gold and issuing priceless gold bars and coins. Marvel at the largest gold coin ever made, weighing one tonne of pure gold; view Australia's most dazzling display of natural gold nuggets; watch molten gold being poured to form a gleaming solid gold bar; handle more than $700,000 worth of gold bullion and much more!
Highlights
What's included
Traveller Ratings
Important Information
- Wheelchair accessible
- Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
- Service animals allowed
- Public transportation options are available nearby
- Transportation options are wheelchair accessible
- All areas and surfaces are wheelchair accessible
- Suitable for all physical fitness levels
- The Perth Mint is located at 310 Hay Street (cnr Hill Street) in East Perth, a short walk from Perth's city centre and many leading hotels and accommodation houses. You can use the free Central Area Transit (CAT) bus service to visit the Mint. Chose the Red CAT bus (click here for route map) and depart at The Perth Mint stop (Number R06)
- Public holidays from 9.00am to 5.00pm
- Closed New Year's Day, Good Friday, Anzac Day, Christmas Day and Boxing Day.
- An exhibition guide brochure is available in 8 languages (Chinese, English, French, German, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese and Korean)
- Wheelchair access and universal access restroom facilities. A wheelchair is available for loan, if required.
Reviews(638)
This was so informative and enjoyable. Well cool seeing a bar of gold being made in front of your very eyes! Sophie the guide was wicked, passionate about the subject and very funny. A must!
All ages can enjoy learning about this piece of history Great narration and fun informative guides so well done
Sound issues. I have difficulty hearing and the sound from both presenters was reverberating and even though I was close and it was loud I could not understand a word t hey wete saying. My family also indicated the same and they gave no hearing problems. When outside the presenter was able to be heard but inside it was extremely poor. You need to sit in the stalls with a crowd and you will see what I m mean about the sound reverberating. A much better sound quality sound is required. Also the two presenters had accents and it was very hard to understand what they were saying with the poor quality sound system.
This is a great experience, and you even get to watch a Gold bar being made. Very informative tour. I really enjoyed looking at the gold!
Overall informative and interesting tour. Disappointed the wait time to buy bullion was 1.5 hours!
Wow, I thought this was going to be just another tour filled with information, but WOW it was great , very interesting and enough detail without becoming too detailed. The guide was friendly and engaging, and kept the pace of the tour going. It was great to see the pouring of a gold bar, and I found it especially interesting to see how quickly a molten gold bar cools down.
My expectations weren't high but was a lovely surprise. We enjoyed the tour and found it was reasonable in price and I think worth the cost. The " guide" was a delight and made it as enjoyable as it was. Easy to get to and your there about an hour and then however long you walk around the shop part. Was a nice experience.
Was a really great experience. Previously had no idea about the purpose of the Perth mint. Was blown away at the size of queens memorial coon
Gets fully booked at busy times so make sure you book in advance. Even on the same day at Easter tickets were selling fast. Not very friendly initial greeting on the desk. Tour guide was very enthusiastic and we enjoyed the gold pour. Just to let you know that it does go dark for a while and you are not allowed to move from your seat. It was interesting to see the gold pour
The Mint Gold Tour is excellent split between two guides, both informative. Live gold pour is very cool. Not much to see here if you do not get the tour as you are limited to the front retail area were they just sell coins and jewelry. Tour gets you behind the scenes into the foundry and some excellent displays including the 1 tonne gold coin and chance to handle a gold bar.
