NOMA Museum Shop — Local services in New Orleans

Beautiful museum and shop. Unfortunately, I purchased an expensive piece of jewelry at the store $$$ and it was totally defective. Diamonds fell out of the bracelet and the gold wore off quickly. No, I did not hit or bend the bracelet and no, I did not get it wet. Their customer service was absolutely terrible. She said I damaged it and offered no help. They wouldn’t even advocate for me with the vendor. I love supporting museums and always visit a museum store, but this is really disappointing. I wouldn’t recommend buying anything...

I always love museum gift shops and this one does have a variety of coffee table books, unique gifts, art pins and postcards. It has a truly excellent children’s section (complete with pillows for kids to sit and look at books) - in fact I’d say that’s their best section. However, I think it could work more with local artists for more variety in gifts. And they could have a few more clothing items - when I went they only had one...

Support the museum when you purchase souvenirs for yourself and loved ones. I was so awestruck after one exhibit in particular. This was a few years ago, and the exhibit has since traveled across the country - perhaps internationally. I'm not in a position to plan my life a round following that one exhibit everyone it goes, but I love that I can open up my souvenir book and live vicariously...