Unique artwork, your favorite cocktails, tasty food and a cozy environment are waiting to welcome you at Faces and Names, a nightlife destination located in Midtown Manhattan. Fit to its name, the bar features paintings of famous faces on the walls, with works showcasing the likeness of celebrities like David Bowie and the Three Stooges.
Architects will appreciate the exhibits at the Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum. The museum is housed in the former Andrew Carnegie Mansion and features exhibits and artifacts that showcase design history, along with contemporary design. The collection is showcased in four departments: Product Design and Decorative Arts; Drawings, Prints and Graphic Design; Textiles, and Wallcoverings.
The Winter Garden Theater is located on Broadway in Manhattan. The theater and entertainment venue opened in 1811, hosting the musical La Belle Paree. Stories like Sinbad, Peter Pan, West Side Story, The Unsinkable Molly Brown, Funny Girl, Much Ado About Nothing, Beatlemania, Othello, Cats and Mamma Mia! were all brought to life on the Winter Garden stage. The longest running production at the theater was Cats. The show opened in 1982 and was performed at the theater 7,485 times over 19 years.
Money talks at the American Numismatic Society, where you can learn everything you need to know about coins, currency, medals, and tokens from all cultures, past and present. The society's collection is comprised of over 800,000 objects from a variety of cultures and time periods. The ANS has a permanent exhibit featured at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York called Drachmas Doubloons and Dollars: The History of Money. The American Numismatic Society is the foremost institution of its kind in the nation.