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THESE COOL MUSEUM SHOPS HAVE JUST THE THING TO HELP YOU REMEMBER YOUR VISIT
Manila
AYALA MUSEUM
See the exquisite reproductions of the art of Fernando Amorsolo, Juan Luna, and Fernando Zobel. Makati Avenue cor Dela Rosa St, www.. ayalamuseum.org
Singapore
ASIAN CIVILIZATIONS MUSEUM BY BANYAN TREE
Find the Vietnamese Celadon range, dainty porcelain plates, ancestral carvings and spa products, of course. There are also paintings, traditional toys, and handwoven silk shawls. Empress Place Road, www.museumshop.com.sg
Hong Kong
HONG KONG MUSEUM OF ART
The museum boasts 15,000 art objects, which include Chinese paintings and calligraphy, antiques, historical and modern paintings. Its Book Shop is stocked with must-have art and design tomes and other creations by popular Hong Kong artists. 10 Salisbury Road, Tsim Sha Tsui, www.hk.art.museum
Seoul
NATIONAL MUSEUM OF KOREA
Spare a few minutes as this museum has not one but four shops. There is a brightly designed Children’s Museum Shop for kids’ books and gifts, and there are Museum Shops I, II and III, all of which sell books on Korean art, culture and related lifestyle products. 135 Seobinggo-ro, Yongsan-gu, www.museum. go.kr/EngMain.do
Hong Kong
HONG KONG SCIENCE MUSEUM
Take the kids to see 500 fun and interactive exhibits related to science and technology. They will be thrilled by the Gift Shop and Book Shop, with its scientific toys, games, software, DVDs and various publications. You never know when you’ll need a dinosaur telephone call sensor or a perpetual calendar that shows the dates for thousands of years. 2 Science Museum Road, Tsim Sha Tsui East, Kowloon, hk.science.museum; and www.lcsd.gov.hk
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