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Store: Gift Shop
The Arctic Museum Gift Shop, open during museum hours, carries an excellent collection of Arctic books, covering Arctic exploration, Arctic anthropology and archeology, Arctic natural history, Inuit arts and crafts, current issues, and a wide selection of children's books, both fiction and nonfiction. In addition, the shop sells children's items such as Arctic animal puppets, puzzles, and masks, a wide variety of Inuit art cards, notecards and postcards, as well as native Inuit, Inupiat and Yup'ik art work from Labrador and Alaska.
Items for Purchase
ROBERT E. PEARY DOLL A 10” soft sculpture doll made exclusively for The Peary-MacMillan Arctic Museum. The Arctic explorer carries a flag made for him by his wife, Josephine. The doll is suitable for ages 2 years and up.
CHARMS Sterling silver polar bear charm and Schooner Bowdoin charm. The charms are made using the original molds donated by Grady Jensen, whose father made a number of charms in honor of Arctic explorer Donald B. MacMillan.
Alabaster Bears The bears (in a range of sizes) are carved by Norman Rosenbaum. Mr. Rosenbaum is donating the proceeds from the sale of the bears to The Peary-MacMillan Arctic Museum.
Small Bears $60.00
Medium Bears $120.00 – $175.00
Large Bears $225.00- $265.00
Please call 207-725-3416 for availability or to place a special order.
Facing the Future BookletThis booklet, written by Dr. Genevieve LeMoine, describes the mask-making traditions of North Alaska, and features the museum’s Alaskan caribou skin mask collection.
Magnetic NorthThis refrigerator magnet contains 49 Northwest Greenland Inuit words for weather, snow, and ice. It comes with a translation sheet.
Robert E. Peary ButtonThe button is inscribed with Peary’s motto: “Find a way, or make one.”
Arctic Museum T-ShirtsThe sitting polar bear T-Shirt comes in a variety of colors and in long or short sleeve. The shirt is 100% cotton and pre-shrunk.
Children’s sizes (small, medium, and large)
Adult sizes (small, medium, large, and x-large)
Long sleeve
Short sleeve
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