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Appalachian Spring
Touting its motto, 'celebrating American craft,' this local chain features fine handmade pottery, woodcarvings, quilts and jewelry. It's good for wedding gifts - we like the carved wooden boxes and hand-blown glass bowls.
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Bead Museum
The shop reflects the museum's educational mission by offering one-of-a-kind contemporary and ethnic beaded jewelry, books, posters and videos that relate to the exhibits.
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Beadazzled
Crafty types and jewelry lovers should not miss this specialty shop, which carries all things small and stringable. The selection from around the world ranges from 5ยข clay doohickeys to expensive pearls. Helpful staff will tell you how to put them together, and classes are offered on weekends.
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Claude Taylor Photography
Claude Taylor's travel photographs are quite good quality, featuring people and landscapes from around the world. The photographer has a keen eye for color and composition, and the prints (which come in all shapes and sizes) start at about around US$100 .
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Freer Gallery Of Art
As well as prints, posters, jewelry and crafts, world music enthusiasts will find an extensive selection of traditional and contemporary music from Asian countries. Fun kits for kids teach them about brush painting, origami and haiku.
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Go Mama Go!
These 'moms with an attitude' offer pottery and art handcrafted by Asian and African artisans. The unique dinnerware is green, blue, cobalt - all clear, strong colors with very simple shapes.
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National Museum Of American History
This place offers four venues for your wallet to 'celebrate' American history. The main shop has reproductions of old war posters and 20th century newspapers, and an excellent selection of crafts, including Navajo pottery and Inuit statues. Other stores in the museum focus on presidents, music and - in keeping with the museum's latest exhibit - transportation.
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National Museum Of Women In The Arts
This unique institution dedicated to women artists has an equally unique shop. A small room left of the museum entrance, it holds books, prints, posters, jewelry and handicrafts - all created by women.
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Oya Mini Bazaar
African art and curios are sold at prices only slightly higher than you'd pay on the continent itself. There is a massive collection of West African masks, along with mainstream curios like Washington DC T-shirts.
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Parish Gallery
This is among conservative Georgetown's more contemporary galleries, featuring the work of African Americans and other minority artists. Many local artists are represented.
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Political Americana
You'll have to dig a bit, but hidden amid the bland heaps of token Americana trinkets are one-of-a-kind political souvenirs - signed documents by famous statesmen, single-print historical photos and old videos of important moments in American history.
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Renwick Gallery
One of DC's best museum shops offers handmade textiles and hand-dyed silks as well as glasswork, woodwork and unique jewelry, much of it quite affordable (a pair of hand-blown ruby-glass earrings costs around US$12 ). Its excellent choice of books includes how-to manuals on jewelry- and fabric-making, ceramics, glassblowing and cabinetry, many appropriate for kids. You can also learn: It feels like an organic extension of the crafts museum upstairs.
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Sansar
This unique gallery specializes in fine crafted wooden pieces that are gorgeous and functional - think knotted coffee tables and intricately carved boxes. It also sells objects made from other mediums, many of which are priced to buy for gifts. Even if you're not buying, it's worth browsing.
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Ten Thousand Villages
A unique nonprofit store, Ten Thousand Villages imports handicrafts from developing countries for a fair price, so you won't find any incredible bargains here. On the other hand, the furniture, pottery and textiles are high quality, and you can rest easy knowing your purchase helps to pay for food, education, healthcare or housing for someone who needs it.
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Touchstone Gallery
One location encompasses several galleries, including the spacious, artist-owned Touchstone Gallery, which exhibits modern art created by its 40 members. Works cover multiple mediums including cartoonish paintings and brightly colored sculptures.
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Troyer Gallery
Among DC's better-known galleries, especially for emerging artists, it features many home-grown paintings and sculptures as well as a large photography collection. Openings are held the first Friday of the month.
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