Learn all about the rich textile culture of Oaxaca at this museum, which is housed in a green stone colonial mansion built by a Spanish merchant, who made his fortune exporting cochineal, the same precious red dye used in the woven bags on display in the shop. You'll also find blouses, scarves, and linens in colorful fabrics with intricate embroidery.

Design buffs will love the signature bookends here, which double as facade models for Sir John Soane’s Museum, the former house and studio of famed British architect John Soane— one of the hallmark architects of the Regency Era. Inside the house museum, find a wide collection of books, sculptures, architectural fragments, models, and paintings by the architect, who was an avid collector as well as a fastidious worker.

Located on Manhattan's Upper West Side, this museum celebrates America's handcrafted tradition and spotlights the work of self-taught artists. That translates to an eclectic shop that pays tribute to folk art with a modern twist— think quilt throw blankets, beaded necklaces, and framed thread art. The museum is also home to paintings, furniture, pottery, and more unique heirlooms that weave through the fabric of American history.

As one of the world’s leading contemporary art museums, the Louisiana Museum of Modern Art— about 20 miles north of Copenhagen on the Øresund Sound— features a shop filled with homewares, books, posters, and accessories that reflect the museum’s impeccable design. Think Carl Hansen chairs, Hay glassware, and modernist mobiles.

New York’s Jewish Museum is not only home to some of the city’s best exhibitions by artists both established and emerging, but its shop holds a host of elegant crafts, including Judaica both traditional and contemporary: Menorahs, spice boxes, Challah knives, and more. Its permanent collection includes both historical artifacts and contemporary visual art by Nicole Eisenman and Kehinde Wiley, among others.

For the design devotee with a small apartment, the Vitra Museum Shop's replicas of classic chairs from the likes of Charles and Ray Eames, George Nelson, Michael Thonet, and Marc Newson are the perfect gift. Designed by Frank Gehry and owned by the family of the famed Swiss furniture designers, the museum has hosted exhibitions on Memphis, Surrealism, Hans J. Wegner and Danish Modern, and how plastic remade our world.

As one of the godfathers of the American craft movement, designer and architect George Nakashima built an empire from his New Hope, Pennsylvania home studio, a 12-acre Zen palace where he built an extensive line of high-end furniture. Now a National Historic Landmark, the complex is working to preserve the art of woodworking. Here you can take home wood bread boards salvaged from precious shop remains, black walnut coasters, and letter openers made from repurposed wood cutoffs.

Housed in the William Starr Miller House, a Beaux Arts beauty on Central Park’s rim, Neue Galerie houses New York’s collection of early-20th century German and Austrian art and design— and its shop, with Austrian crystal sets, Jugendstil tablecloths, couture fascinators, and more, rivals the collection itself, which includes paintings by Gustav Klimt and objets d’art from Wiener Werkstaette.

There’s no shortage of artist-themed gifts in the world’s museum gift shops: Picasso pens, Van Gogh magnets, Frida Kahlo baby bibs. But the 53F shop inside Tokyo’s Mori Art Museum, a forward-thinking contemporary art museum located in the Roppongi Hills Mori Tower, is home to rarefied gems that would bring a smile to even the most jaded art enthusiast, from special edition Yoshitomo Nara Moleskine journals and Yayoi Kusama tea sets to ceramic bears crafted by artist Masuda Hikari.