Great Gift Ideas: A Shopping Mall Alternative

Tired of the same old gifts from shopping centers? Previously, we shared with you the suggestion to shop Main Street. Today, we’ve found a few out-of the-ordinary ideas from Gozaic partners’ museum shops.

Imagine having Elvis at your holiday celebrations! Graceland, in Memphis, Tennessee, offers life-size Elvis stand-ups measuring 6 feet 2 inches tall. Choose from Surfing Elvis, Jailhouse Rock Elvis, ‘70s Elvis and many more. Great for souvenir photos of your party.

Packed with protein and full of regional flavors, this 12 ounce canister of peanuts is a traditional taste of Virginia. Colonial Williamsburg, in Williamsburg, Virginia, is offering the same premium peanuts served in Colonial Williamsburg’s taverns.

The beauty and wonderment of gardening can be shared with children through storybook seed kits available at the Florence Griswold Museum in Old Lyme, Connecticut. Classic stories like “Jack’s Magic Beans,” “Cinderella’s Magic Pumpkin” and “The Princess’ Pea” are the themes of these gardening kits, which get kids interested in gardening. The kits include a stake, pencil, fun activities, recipes and a special seed to grow.

For someone who survived the 1969 Woodstock Festival, or those who wished they were there, the Museum at Bethel Woods, in Bethel, New York, is selling the Bethel Woods Bus Groovy Art 3D Ornament.

The title of this book, available at the Lower East Side Tenement Museum in New York City, caught our eye. Depending on who you hang out with, it could read like a party guest list! “A Guide to Gangsters, Murderers and Weirdos of New York’s Lower East Side.” Sounds like an interesting read to us.

Photos top to bottom: Graceland, Colonial Williamsburg, Museum at Bethel Woods