Gift Shops in Taos
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Gift Shops in Taos
Eclectic, global, fair-trade, locally made, and genuinely interesting. The shops worth walking into even when you are not looking for anything specific.
The Shops Worth Visiting
| Shop | Description | Address and Hours | Phone | Website |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Moxie | Fair trade and handmade gifts: clothing, artisan jewelry, wall art, baskets, and ornaments. | Taos Plaza / Bent Street area. | ||
| John Dunn Shops | Pedestrian courtyard with eclectic boutiques, op.cit. Books, and MODA. | 120–124 Bent St, north of Taos Plaza. |
The best gift shops in Taos are the ones that are clearly curated by someone with a point of view. They carry things from multiple categories, none of it feels like filler, and walking in produces the sensation of discovery. These shops exist in Taos around the Plaza, on Bent Street, and in the John Dunn Shops courtyard.
The Taos Museums gift shops are worth treating as actual retail destinations rather than museum afterthoughts. The Millicent Rogers Museum shop has the best selection of authenticated Native American jewelry and textiles of any retail shop in Taos. The Harwood Museum shop carries local art publications, prints, and handmade items.
What to Look For
In a good Taos gift shop: small-batch New Mexico food products, locally made ceramics or jewelry, art books on Southwestern and regional art, high-quality printed textiles, beeswax candles, locally blended teas and herbs, fair-trade goods from artisan cooperatives. These categories overlap with the specialty food and home goods guides.
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