Gift Shops Are A Pleasant Step Back In Time
Not everything has to be constantly updated
Do you have any things you like that are kind of junky and tacky, but just perfect? That’s kind of how I feel about museum gift shops.
Some are nicer than others—MOMA in Manhattan has a fancy gift shop with some actually nice stuff, for example—but as a genre or category, they’re almost always full of overpriced, kitschy, cheaply made, often old-fashione…