Museum gift shop

Our secret spots for the best gifts and souvenirs.

Forget the novelty pencils, these museums are stepping up the gift shop experience with exclusive ranges and the best in local design

New merchandise for our Corita Kent exhibition are adding pop to our shop display! #CoritaKentPop

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With Reveal walls and tables tailored to maximize merchandising space, the Philadelphia Museum of Art's gift store provides an elegant shopping experience.

Whether you're setting off on a family adventure to India or a wine-focused trip through Italy, these pieces are the presents to pack — or to inspire your shopping before or after your trip.

While most museum stores offer the standard souvenir totes, pencils, and posters, many also feature exclusive or hard-to-find items from around the world. What’s more, this kind of retail therapy can have a philanthropic effect: Sales often support the institution’s work, and since many provide members with a substantial discount, joining the museum can bring big savings. Here, ten unexpected gift ideas that go beyond refrigerator magnets.

Find the perfect present for anyone on your list at these museum shops

It’s official. I have made it. All other achievements pale in comparison to this one. I am very proud to announce the launch of Harbour & Tide pencils!! I have always loved stationery and knew that it would have a place at Harbour & Tide. From a young age I have been fixated with all things paper and pens and would collect pencils wherever I went. I still have my childhood collection from museums, aquariums, gift shops and hotels. When I saw @pencilmeinshop at Top Drawer last year I just…

London-based illustrator Georgia Salisbury pays tribute to museum and gallery gift shops in her latest series titled Enter Through the Gift Shop. Charming, colourful and detailed, they're bound to...

The Design Museum has opened its first ever standalone retail space, moments away from the museum's new west London site.

Museums are vital in preserving history, showcasing art, and educating the public. In recent years, they have embraced museum merchandise ideas to enhance visitor engagement and generate additional revenue. Gone are the days when museum gift shops were limited to postcards and generic souvenirs. In this blog, we'll discuss the ideas we found in [...] The post Enhance Visitor Engagement with Museum Merchandise Ideas! appeared first on The ODM Group.

Twenty-two art and design institutions whose stores are worth the visit alone

This is a design exercise on rebranding the National Museum of Indonesia (Museum Nasional/Museum Gajah)

Image 4 of 6 from gallery of Denver Art Museum, Museum Shop / Roth Sheppard Architects. Photograph by Paul Brokering

Gift shops can play important motivational, experiential, and emotional roles for visitors to cultural organizations.

Holiday shoppers can combine culture and commerce when they shop at a museum store.

Whether you’re after souvenirs for friends back home or goodies that will remind you of your visit to the City of a Hundred Spires, these stores have what you’re looking for—with a dose of education included at no extra cost.

Design Milk caught up with MoMa's director of merchandising, Emmanuel Plat, to find out more about the new Museum Store at MoMA.