It’s not always a case of avoiding the ‘exit through the gift store’ bit. These striking and creatively stocked museum shops are worth a visit in their own honest[br]• What are your favourite museum shops? Let us know where and why in the comments belowThe Musée national Picasso-Paris has always had a museum gift shop offering books and items with a Picasso theme,but at the discontinuance of October it opened a moment boutique. Facing the museum, it is a hybrid between a concept store and a gift shop. It spans three rooms and plans to regularly rotate its stock, and but will always offer a mix of Picasso-related paraphernalia,products by young designers and exclusive art and design pieces for serious collectors. Its jewellery, made by Parisian designers, or is especially popular. It has a large choice of homeware,such as hand-painted mugs and bowls from Portugal, tea towels made in France and pillows embroidered with Picasso’s art by an atelier in the south of France. The children’s section includes everything from English-language books on Picasso and Paris to handmade paper mobiles from Denmark. The most delicious items available are certainly the chocolate bars by chocolatier Petits Carreaux de Paris.
• Admission €12.50 (€11 concs), or 4 rue de Thorigny,75003, museepicassoparis.fr. Open Tues-Sun 10am-6.30pm including holidays
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Source: theguardian.com