Winter Gift Guide

The Museum Gift Shop offers a wide variety of attractive gifts including books for adults and children, hands-on science kits, art calendars, cuddly stuffed animals, intriguing puzzles, nature guides, cards, and jewelry. A gift from the Montshire is a gift to the Montshire: your purchase supports the Montshire Museum of Science and its educational programs. Just a few of the hundreds of items are featured below. Of course, Members of the Museum always receive a 10% discount. Not a Montshire Member? That's OK, join the Museum on your next visit to the shop, or sign up right now online.

The Montshire Museum Gift Shop is also the perfect place to do your holiday shopping! Join us on Friday, November 30, from 5 to 8 p.m., for our first annual Shop, Save, and Explore event. Highlights include book signings by local authors, refreshments, and expert gift advice. For this one night, Montshire members will receive a 25% discount on all purchases; non-members will enjoy a 10% discount. The Museum's galleries will be free and open to the public. We hope to see you there!

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Codebreaker

This fun, creative family game for ages 7 to adult starts with a simple matching game, but adds a HUGE twist--dry-erase markers that allow players to jot down secret clues on the back of the character tiles. Takes 30 minutes to play, 2-4 players.

$25.99/Members price: $23.39

Ringgz

In this exciting strategy game challenges players to win the most territories using colorful wooden rings. Find the right balance between gaining majorities and controlling your opponents to capture victory. Fast paced and addictive, this beautifully crafted game will be sure to please the whole family!

$37.99/Members price: $34.19

Pudgy the Piglet

You saw Pudgy in the Museum's exhibition Toys: The Inside Story. You'll also find this cute mechanical pig in our shop! This talented piglet walks, oinks, swishes its tail, and wriggles its nose. Turn him on and off with the switch on his belly. This is a soft, pink plush toy from the Charm Company.

$18.99 / Members price: $17.10

Prof. Noggins Famous Inventions Game

We use the telephone every day. Do you remember who invented it? This family card game includes 30 trivia cards with true/false and multiple-choice questions. This game encourages communication between players and healthy competition for up to eight players! With levels from easy to hard, this game can keep even the most advanced players interested and challenged. Recommended for ages 7 and older.

$12.99 / Members price: $11.70

Nightscapes

Inside the box includes everything you need to transform your bedroom ceiling into a starry night sky. The "star projector" guides you in applying the proper size dots of glow paint to reproduce the celestial nightscape of the summer sky. A 12-page booklet contains complete instructions and a sky chart showing the names of the major stars and constellations. Batteries are included. By Toysmith.

$31.99 / Members price: $28.80

White Mountain Guide (Centennial Edition)

The Appalachian Mountain Club is celebrating the 100th anniversary of this essential guide for hikers and campers exploring the spectacular White Mountains of New Hampshire. The centennial edition has everything hikers have come to expect from this resource—detailed trail descriptions, accurate maps, tips on safety and trip planning, and the latest trail data. This is the right time to update your old, battered guide!

$24.95 / Members price: $22.46

Last Child in the Woods: Saving Our Children from Nature-Deficit Disorder by Richard Louv

Boys and girls now live a "denatured childhood," Louv writes. Children spend less time outdoors due to our growing addiction to electronic media, loss of green spaces to development, and exaggerated fears of natural dangers. By reacquainting our children with the natural world through hiking, fishing, bird watching and creative play, we come to recognize the importance of getting connected to nature again. From Algonquin Books (paperback edition).

$13.95 / Members price: $12.56