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2018 Holiday Gift Guide

Blog Category:  Museum Shop
Photo credit: Cameron Robinson
December 18, 2018
12/18/18

It’s no secret: NMWA’s Museum Shop is a local favorite for fun, funky, and fresh gifts from women-owned companies around the world. We rounded up our favorite products to help you find last-minute gifts for the art-loving feminists in your lives.

Visit the shop Monday–Saturday 10 a.m.–5 p.m., and Sunday 12 p.m. –5 p.m., and buy select products online.

Museum members receive a 10% discount on purchases both in-store and online.

A photograph consisting of six objects arranged against a white background. The objects are a black T-shirt that says "Girls Do it Better," a purple water bottle that says "woman power," a magnet shaped like the symbol of Venus, a book titled "Men Explain Things to Me," a pink bandana with gorilla faces printed on it, and a pink box that says "The Little Box of Feminist Flare" on it.

For the Fierce Feminist

1. “Girls Do It Better” T-Shirt  ($35)
2. Little Box of Feminist Flair ($9.95)
3. Guerrilla Girls Bandanna ($22)
4. Men Explain Things to Me by Rebecca Solnit  ($12.95)
5. Retro Venus Magnet ($6)
6. “Woman Power” Stainless Steel Water Bottle ($26)

A photograph consisting of six objects arranged against a white background. The objects are a grey sweatshirt with the word "Rodarte" embroidered on it, an issue of Aperture magazine titled "Fashion," a green beaded necklace, select cards from the Fashion Oracles Card Deck, a pair of black and white geometric earrings, and a beaded and embroidered pouch with imagery of flowers and winged creatures.

For the Fashion-Forward

NMWA’s first fashion exhibition, Rodarte, is on view November 10, 2018-February 10, 2019.

1. Aperture Magazine “Fashion” Issue, Fall 2014 ($24.95)
2. Rodarte “Radarte” Sweatshirt ($90)
3. Small Embroidered Pouch ($21)
4. Leather Bead Adjustable Necklace ($48)
5. Zass Design Earrings ($46)
6. Fashion Oracles Card Deck ($14.99)

A photograph consisting of six objects arranged against a white background. The objects are a book titled "Radical Women: Latin American Art, 1960-1985," an abstract illustration of Yayoi Kusama wearing yellow polkadot clothing and a red wig, a teacup and matching teapot decorated with a blue and pink geometric pattern, a pair of stud earrings in the shape of Frida Kahlo's face, and a pocket mirror that features an image medium-dark skinned woman with an Afro hairstyle.

For the Art Buff

1. Radical Women: Latin American Art, 1960-1985 ($60)
2. Frida Kahlo Earrings ($22)
3. Mickalene Thomas Pocket Mirror ($28)
4. Louise Bourgeois Tea for One Set ($62)
5. Yayoi Kusama Print ($32)

A photograph consisting of six objects arranged against a white background. The objects are a white T-shirt that says "Do not touch the artwork" in black text, a black-and-white floral printed bandana, a small blue-and white marbled ceramic bowl, a brown leather folded wallet, a pair of slippers made of fabric printed with Frida Kahlo imagery, a beige candle labeled "Lotus" decoratively covered with a black-and-white printed cloth, and a print that says "Like a lady boss" in black and pink text on a white background.

For the D.C. Native

Shop small, buy local from these beloved D.C. brands.

1. “Do Not Touch the Artwork” T-Shirt – District of Clothing ($28)
2. Lotus Blossom Candle – Handmade Habitat ($28)
3. “Like a Lady Boss” Print – Grey Moggie Press ($33)
4. Frida Kahlo Kids Shoes – AuggieFroggy ($37)
5. Mini Leather Wallet – Stitch and Rivet ($50)
6. Small Ceramic Bowl – Tin Tin’s Pieces ($32.50)
7. Bandanna – Printed Wild ($22)

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