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Gratify your nautical gift needs through a variety of model ships, T-shirts, posters, and prints inscribed with an image of the Star of India (see San Diego Maritime Museum).

This store is filled with ethnic clothes, Chinese brushes, Russian dolls, Indian chiming bells, and a good selection of alebrijes (see Mingei International Museum).

If you’re looking for art gifts with a contemporary edge, you might find them among the select merchandise that relates to the museum’s special exhibitions. Always on display are the latest art books and handcrafted jewelry (see Museum of Contemporary Art).

Science toys, videos, puzzles, and hands-on games will attract the kids – and you (see Reuben H. Fleet Science Center).

Juried art shows showcase the work of local artists, whose works often go on sale after being exhibited. This small shop features glass sculptures, porcelain objets d’art , hand-painted cushions, and jewelry.

Chinese calligraphy sets, snuff bottles, tea sets, and chops – a type of carved stamp traditionally used to sign one’s name – are on sale here (see San Diego Chinese Historical Museum).

If you’re interested in the history of San Diego, including haunted locations and biographies of various characters, this museum offers one of the best collections of local history books (see San Diego Historical Society Museum).

Merchandise reflects special exhibits. Wonderful art books, children’s books, jewelry, purses, flower pressing kits, and Tibetan chests are for sale. A garden shop sells garden ornaments and bonsai kits (see San Diego Museum of Art).

Crafts from around Latin America include carved Peruvian gourds, textiles, Mexican folk art, and three-legged Chilean good luck pigs. There is also a wide assortment of Native American crafts such as silver jewelry (see San Diego Museum of Man).

Old photo reprints from Earp’s Dodge City and Tombstone gunfighter days and a number of biographies tell the story of Stingaree’s most infamous resident.