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The galleries of Parisian museums are full of treasures but so are their shops — the perfect places to shop for cultural, trendy or unusual items...
Unusual shops
Reflecting the museum in which they are housed, this type of shop offers unusual and miscellaneous articles. A brief look at some of these atypical, strange and surprising places.
 At the Musée de la Poste, it is possible to rediscover the pleasures of letter writing, an era before the advent of the computer age! The shop of the Musée de la Poste Correspondances offers a fine choice of objects in all genres linked to the role and history of the Post Office: original postcards, objects and ideas for gifts.
Below the Sacré-Cœur and on the butte Montmartre, the Halle Saint-Pierre is an exhibition area showing unusual and popular art brut. The bookshop of the Halle Saint-Pierre is as surprising as the museum. The fine venue built of iron and glass houses books on art and literature, often illustrated and covering all types of contemporary creation.
 Correspondances - Musée de la Poste - 34 bd de Vaugirard, Paris 15th - Tel +33 (0)1 42 79 23 27 – www.museedelaposte.fr
Bookshop of the Halle Saint-Pierre - 2 rue Ronsard, Paris 18th - Tel +33 (0)1 42 58 72 89 – www.hallesaintpierre.org
 Not far from here, in the north of Paris, the shop of the
Musée de l’Érotisme, open until 2am in the morning, caters for shopping with … an aphrodisiac edge. On sale are books of modern art and erotic photographs, old films and comic strips on the same theme, books on lovers Paris as well as upscale erotic objects and jewellery.
There is also the bookshop of the Hôtel de Sully, in a renaissance mansion. This exceptional establishment presents national heritage treasures and heritage publications.
Shop of the Musée de l’Érotisme - 72 bd de Clichy, Paris 18e - Tel +33 (0)1 42 58 28 73 – www.musee-erotisme.com
Bookshop of the Hôtel de Sully - 62 rue Saint-Antoine, Paris 4e - Tel +33 (0)1 44 61 21 75
 The shop of La Monnaie de Paris will delight fans of coins, medals and jewellery or even touristic tokens. With a huge selection to choose from and a broad price range, budding collectors and the most experienced ones will be happy.
As for the bookshop of the Musée de la Chasse et de la Nature, situated near to the City Hall, it offers atypical shopping opportunities with very specialized literary and artistic publications on the subjects of nature and hunting.
Shop of La Monnaie de Paris - 2 rue Guénégaud, Paris 6th - Tel +33 (0)1 40 46 58 55 – www.monnaiedeparis.fr
Bookshop of Musée de la Chasse et de la Nature - 62 rue des Archives, Paris 3th - Tel +33 (0)1 53 01 92 40 – www.chassenature.org
 For honing your technical and scientific knowledge, the shop of the Musée des Arts et Métiers offers very fine objects and books linked to the current exhibitions. Badges, fans, model aircraft, and of course literary works, magnificently illustrated, provide a close-up view of the fascinating world of technology.
In the Hôtel de Saint-Aignan, in the heart of the Marais district, the bookshop-shop of the Musée d’Art et d’Histoire du judaïsme offers an excellent selection of varied objects and books on religion, philosophy, history, ethnography, continually updated according to what’s on at the museum.
Shop of the Musée des Arts et Métiers - 60 rue Réaumur, Paris 3e - Tel +33 (0)1 53 01 82 00 – www.arts-et-metiers.net
Bookshop-shop of the Musée d’Art et d’Histoire du judaïsme - Hôtel de Saint-Aignan, 71 rue du Temple, Paris 3e - Tel +33 (0)1 53 01 86 49 – www.mahj.org
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