NATIONAL BUILDING MUSEUM
This Renaissance Revival red brick beauty is worth checking out
if only to marvel at its soaring Great Hall. The shop is a favorite
among in-the-know locals seeking unusual and well-designed items
ranging from kitchen utensils to kids’ puzzles.
401 F St. NW
TIES
Forget wearing your heart on your sleeve. You can dangle an entire
city from your collar with the shop’s collection of urban neckties.
Designs include D.C. icons like the White House and the National
Building Museum.
$60
THE NEWSEUM
It follows that the shop in a museum dedicated to free expression
would have plenty to say. You can go left or right with a copy of
Drinking with Democrats or Drinking with Republicans. Improve your
vocabulary with 100 Words to Make You Sound Smart. Or buy a mini
copy of the U.S. Constitution to tuck in your pocket.
555 Pennsylvania Ave. NW
PULITZER BOOK
The Pulitzer Prize Photographs: Capture the Moment contains 162
award-winning news photos taken from 1942 to 2014. It’s the shop’s
biggest seller.
$49.99
HILLWOOD ESTATE, MUSEUM & GARDENS
With its porcelain tea services, floppy garden hats, silver spoons and
such, socialite philanthropist Marjorie Merriweather Post would feel
right at home in this museum shop. As well she should, given it’s on
the grounds of her Georgian-style mansion. Now a house museum, it
showcases a stellar collection of Russian imperial art and 18th-century
French decorative arts.
4155 Linnean Ave. NW
NESTING DOLLS
Add dash of artistry to your cooking with a set of six ceramic
measuring cups dressed up as Russian nesting dolls.
$38
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