Check out the Raleigh City Museum’s newest exhibit, The Art of Business opening Friday, January 8 from 6:00p.m. to 9:00p.m. This exhibit will be an artifact heavy display of commercial art from Raleigh’s past. With artifacts including signage, print collateral, packaging, and advertisements, museum visitors will get a glimpse of the beautiful craft that went into designing the business identities of our city’s past. Highlights include an extensive look at former business letterheads from the 1880s to the 1940s, a large signage collection from Snakenburg the Tailor, the varied ad campaigns and packaging of Pine State Creamery, and a look at the first advertising agency to set up shop in Raleigh, The Howard Agency. Live music and refreshments will be available at the opening; admission is free.

Cost: Free