Must-see shopping in Haiti

  • Isidor Gallery

    Port-au-Prince & Around

    In Croix-des-Bouquets, Jean Baptiste Jean Joseph's Vodou temple and art gallery-cum-museum features tapestries, pillow cases, other beaded fabrics and…

  • Serge Jolimeau

    Port-au-Prince & Around

    Serge Jolimeau is the heir apparent to Croix-des-Bouquets' metalwork tradition. His eponymous open-air showroom features his originals (displayed inside a…

  • El Saieh Gallery

    Port-au-Prince & Around

    Sharona El-Saieh, daughter-in-law of the gallery's founder and one of the original patrons of Haitian painting is an accomplished mosaic artist. She holds…

  • Papillon Enterprise

    Port-au-Prince & Around

    Formed in 2009, this top-notch organization has built a successful artisan's workshop staffed by Haitians who make art out of various recycled materials…

  • Mountain Maid Baptist Mission

    Port-au-Prince & Around

    Attached to the Mountain Maid Tea Terrace, this mission shop sells arts and crafts as well as wonderful bread, cookies, honey and homemade spiced dous (a…

  • Comité Artisanat Haïtien

    Port-au-Prince & Around

    Established in 1972, this craftmakers’ cooperative has worked to promote Haitian crafts and provide fair wages for its artisans. The shop here is strong…

  • Pascale Théard Creations

    Port-au-Prince & Around

    An upscale art boutique with everything from custom sandals to Vodou bracelets to chandeliers made out of recycled tires. The business owner, Pascale…

  • Les Créations Moro

    Southern Haiti

    One of Jacmel's better artisanat (handicrafts) galleries, Moro features Carnival masks and costumes and the all-popular 'sitters' – colorful plywood…

  • Galerie d'Art Nader

    Port-au-Prince & Around

    A huge gallery over two floors, with a large collection of mostly moderns and some naives. The owner also has an extensive private collection housed as a…

  • Galerie Monnin

    Port-au-Prince & Around

    In a lovely building, this is Port-au-Prince’s oldest private art gallery. Lots of landscapes, but with a wide selection of different Haitian schools.

  • Libraire de Pléiade

    Port-au-Prince & Around

    Pétionville's largest selection of English-language books, which is to say, it's quite small.

  • Expressions

    Port-au-Prince & Around

    A respected Pétionville gallery with a vast collection of Haitian art.