Museum store

Art museum gift stores must exude an ambiance of wonder and sophistication that match the artifacts found within the exhibits themselves. OPTO and the Philadelphia Museum of Art together carefully curated a retail environment that was functional, beautiful, and inspiring. Reveal Collection grouping tables and showcases, surrounded by Reveal Outrigger and Tiled Wall with undershelf lighting, provide the perfect palette for PMA’s eclectic merchandise. #museum

MoMA Design Store Kyoto

New MoMA Flagship Store Boasts a Two-Story Bookshelf with 2,000 Books - Design Milk

Holiday shoppers can combine culture and commerce when they shop at a museum store.

Image 17 of 33 from gallery of Bioaroma Museum & Experience Store / KAAF | Kitriniaris Associates Architecture Firm. Photograph by Simone Bossi

Patches of natural and artificial light highlight the curved layers of the National Museum of Qatar’s recently completed gift shop. The massive undulating walls were constructed from over 40,000 pieces of timber that tower high above visitors’ heads and imitate the shape and feeling of the Dahl Al Misfir or Cave of Light.

Design Milk caught up with MoMa's director of merchandising, Emmanuel Plat, to find out more about the new Museum Store at MoMA.

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Can the past still move us forward? At Hefei Modern Science and Technology Museum, science is more than a subject – it becomes a spatial narrative that merges learning with feeling. In immersive environments where data turns into experience, the origins of science unfold through interactivity, aesthetics, and emotional storytelling. Visitors move beyond facts and step into the thought processes that changed our world. This is where the roots of knowledge come alive. 🔗 More information…

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Image 3 of 29 from gallery of naïve bookstore / atelier tao+c. © Wen Studio

Image 10 of 33 from gallery of Bioaroma Museum & Experience Store / KAAF | Kitriniaris Associates Architecture Firm. Photograph by Simone Bossi

A postcard pit-stop? No longer. These days, many museums are blurring the line between shop and exhibition space, and products on hand–often limited edition or collector’s items–are expected to stand out almost as artfully as pieces in the permanent collection.

The MoMA Design Store opened its second standalone store in Kyoto, designed by Lumsden.

Located in the Entrance Pavilion of the Art Gallery of NSW's new Sydney Modern building, the Gallery Shop designed by Akin Atelier is an immersive…