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Thursday, Nov. 18, 2004
Where can you find furnishings, hand-woven throws, books, teapots, vases, even food all in one place? If you answered a museum shop, you're right on the money. The Washington area is blessed with an abundance of stores attached to museums, where the merchandise runs the gamut from kente cloth coasters at the National Museum of African Art and airplane clocks at the National Air and Space Museum to rear-view vision eyeglasses at the International Spy Museum and books on interior design and house restoration at the National Building Museum. As the holidays approach, museum stores make promising destinations for shoppers in search of something a little different. A stop at any of these shops provides the opportunity to combine commerce with culture, while escaping the madding crowds. Speaking of crowds, the lines no longer wind around the block as they did when the National Museum of the American Indian first opened Sept. 21, and they are expected to remain relatively short until the week of Thanksgiving, according to a museum official. Word to the wise buyer: Now's the time to head to the American Indian Museum's brand new Chesapeake and Roanoke stores. The former features pricier items like pottery and jewelry, while the latter stocks note cards, journals and a children's area with native musical instruments and lacrosse sticks. A gift that's a hands-down holiday winner is an 8-ounce package of Northwest smoked salmon from the Quinault tribe ($50 and encased in a decorative wood box). Rapidly dipping fall temperatures and a forecast for a cold winter call for gifts for the hearth. Recent models of fireplace screens, tools and log holders get good marks for a greater sense of style than in the past. Consider the Laurel Leaf Fire Screen ($295), a replica of a wrought-iron antique, found in the domestic life collections of the National Museum of American History for adding some sparkle to your home this holiday.
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