Listed alphabetically, not ranked. Hours and inventory change, so call ahead if you are making a special trip.

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 around the Plaza, on Bent Street, in the John Dunn Shops courtyard, and just north of town in El Prado.

Maharasha sits in McCarthy Plaza, the smaller square just south of the main Plaza, and is the newest of the group. It leans fair trade and women-owned, and the back ceremony room hosts readings and gatherings, so it functions as more than a retail floor.

Bison Star Naturals belongs in this guide because body care, handmade soap, lip balm, sage products, and Taos-area wellness goods function as local gifts rather than home goods.

The Taos museum 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.

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, and handmade personal care products. These categories overlap with the specialty food, pottery, wellness, and home goods guides.

• New Mexico Food Shops
• Pottery and Ceramics
• Home Goods

• Shopping in Taos
• Jewelry and Native Art
• Art Galleries
• Artist Studios
• Antiques
• Clothing
• Gift Shops
• Pottery
• Home Goods
• Books
• Outdoor Gear