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The online DAR Museum Shop offers a sample assortment of the merchandise available in the DAR Museum Shop at DAR Headquarters. Museum Gift Shop We invite you to visit the shop in person, as our selection of books and gift items is much more extensive than what we can offer on our web site. All proceeds help support the DAR Museum. Prices and availability are subject to change. To ask any questions or to place an order, please contact us at: (202) 879-3208 or museumshop@dar.org. Click here to download the Musem Shop Order Form.
Martha Pullen's Favorite Places: The DAR Museum
Purchase the book and both CDs for just $80! Purchased separately: Hardback book, $29.95
In conjunction with the Baltimore Appliqué Society, the museum has created two patterns from simply breathtaking appliqué quilts in the collection. Help continue the long-standing American quilting tradition by creating your own versions of two historical quilts! Both are for the advanced quilt maker.
The DAR Museum contains a splendid collection of historic samplers. You can make a reproduction sampler from one of our kits based on the work of women in the past who loved the craft as much as you!
Express your sense of patriotism year-round with our hand-crafted, silk neckties! The blue Signatures tie and gold Signatures tie features the signatures of all of the signers of the Declaration of Independence. The red Constitution tie features the text of the original United States Constitution. $40.00 each.
Enhance your jewelry collection with our selection of historical adaptations full of contemporary charm!
Start or add to a charm bracelet with our beautifully crafted sterling silver charms from Virginia: violin, needle & thread, chair, ball of yarn & knitting needles, lady's fan,tricorn hat, pineapple, teapot, lantern, Noah's ark, flag, minuteman, Memorial Continental Hall, shoe, quill & ink and eagle. $16.00 each.
You can fill in six generations of both sides of your family tree on our attractive PA-Dutch style design family tree chart. Measuring 17" x 22", it will arrive rolled in a slim red tube. $8.00 Postcards of DAR Museum period rooms: $.50 each. Choose from CA, CT, DC, DE, GA, IL, IA, KS, KY, LA, ME, MD, MA, MI, MS, NH, NJ, NY, OH, OK, RI, SC, TN, TX, VA, WV, WI. Also, exterior of Constitution Hall, interior of DAR Library, and Yochim Gallery.
What better way to dress up a lamp than with our patriotic Lady Liberty or Eagle lamp finials! Made of shiny brass, $17.00 each. Lady Liberty Ornament also available at $17.00.
While the toys in our Shop don't require electricity, they are bound to keep children of all ages (adults, too!) entertained for hours!
Unique patriot rifle pen is a replica of an 18th century musket used in the American Revolution.
Extensive historical information included on package. $14.00
For imaginative play or school projects, children can choose between our black wool tricorn hat with yellow grosgrain ribbon trim ($9.00) or plain white cotton mob cap ($6.50). One size fits most children.
Put a small reminder of Memorial Continental Hall on your refrigerator with our magnet featuring a reproduction of the watercolor painting by architect Edward Pearce Casey $3.25
3 ¼" x 2 ¾" covered box is perfect for a little favor (especially when filled with chocolates) or handy for use on a desk. Made of glossy black plastic reminiscent of black lacquer, with a watercolor scene of Memorial Continental Hall on the top. $3.75
Can't decide what to get? How about a DAR Museum Gift Certificate, available in any amount you wish. To order a gift certificate, contact us at: (202) 879-3208 or museumshop@dar.org.
Find DAR-related goods and other beautiful gift items at the DAR Store Online or call 1-888-673-2732. |
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This fourth volume in Martha’s Favorite Places series is brought to you by the DAR Museum’s curators and staff and their selective focus on nearly sixty items from the Museum’s treasures is reflective of our American ancestors’ sense of fashion, practicality and needlework artistry. The educational legacy held within its pages hearkens back to a time when clothing was the means through which childhood innocence was preserved, days of mourning were honored and new birth or days of lifelong marital commitment were celebrated. Hardcover, 144 pages; no patterns or instructions are included. Machine embroidery patterns are available on 2 companion CDs.
Learn about many of the hidden treasures carefully preserved in the DAR Museum. This full-color softbound book provides an exciting introduction to the 
The Mary Simon Quilt Top contains nine openwork baskets, the Baltimore Washington Monument, the U.S. Capitol, and more. The original quilt is very colorful. $25.00
The original Mary Mannakee Quilt is red and green
appliqué on a white ground, but you can make yours any color combination you wish! The border contains a pretty meandering vine. $25.00
A Washington, DC artist created our set of six watercolor blank note cards featuring three designs from the popular Mary Simon quilt top. $10.00 
The Martha Smith sampler is an 1824 architectural design from Virginia. Chart, $15.00; Kit (cotton), $65.00; Kit (silk), $75.00
Artridge Priscilla Jackson also created an architectural sampler, probably at the Female Seminary of Georgetown, DC. Chart, $15.00; Kit (cotton), $65.00; Kit (silk), $75.00
The Ann Trabue sampler, completed by Ann at age 15 in 1798, is wonderfully simple with creative use of colored floss. Chart, $15.00; Kit (cotton floss), $38.00
The Nancy Tucker sampler was worked in 1791 when Nancy was eight, and includes the alphabet, verse, and a scene of flowers, birds, and berries. Chart, $15.00; Kit (cotton floss), $38.00; Kit (silk) $52.00
The Judith Townsend sampler was created in 1803 when Judith was 12 years old. It features alphabets and geometric medallions. Chart, $15.00; Kit (cotton), $65.00; Kit (silk), $75.00
The Sarah Ann Parker sampler was done in Plattsburgh, NY, and contains only the alphabet. Sarah's work is probably incomplete, but it is a lovely sampler just the same. Chart, $15.00; Kit (cotton), $38.00; Kit (silk), $58.00 
This beautiful 100% silk scarf is an adaptation from an appliqué quilt in the DAR Museum Collection. It features a cream background with intricate designs of pomegranates, cockscomb flowers and leaves growing out of small yellow vases. It is the perfect accessory to brighten any outfit! Information on the quilt that inspired the design is provided with the scarf. $65.00
The flag George Washington commissioned Betsy Ross to sew for the Continental Army came to symbolize our struggle for independence. The Betsy Ross Flag T-Shirt is personalized with DAR Museum on a short-sleeved, beige,100% pre-shrunk cotton tee. Available in small, medium, large and extra-large. $18.00
Lovely gold vermeil and blue glass pierced earrings are adapted from a pair that formerly belonged to Dolley Madison, wife of James Madison, fourth president of the U.S. The originals date from about 1800 and are in the museum's collection. $56.00
Our Amelia jewelry is inspired by a set of topaz jewelry shown in an 1852 portrait in the museum's collection. The gold-plated pieces are set with clear and topaz-colored Swarovski crystals. Brooch, $25.00
Mix your own ink and write with a quill pen just like the Founding Fathers! Our set includes hand carved goose quill pen with ink, as well as historical information and hints for using. Special DAR Museum packaging. $2.75
Black and white Constitution Hall note cards commemorate this historic landmark. A brief history of the building is on the back of each card. Package of 8 for $7.50
Liberty Tea is an aptly named delicious herbal blend. During the tea boycott of the 1770s, colonists developed their own teas made from herbs and other plants. $5.50 for a package of 20 foil-wrapped tea bags. 
Available only from the DAR Museum Shop, our ABC coloring poster features the colonial alphabet (two letters are missing; do you know what they are?) and many corresponding images taken from books in the museum
collection. The heavy, ivory-colored stock measures18"x 24"and is printed with black
ink.
You can color it anyway you like! Packaged in a tube and ready for mailing. $9.95
During
the American Revolution troops would
avoid main roads in order to evade the
enemy. They relied on their trusty
compass to find their way through
unfamiliar territory and
waterways. Our compass will
help guide you just as it did our
soldiers in the 18th century.
Mystify and amuse - Confound and Confuse with the Hieroglyphic Writing Kit! Also called REBUS, it is a puzzle letter in which pictures are substituted for sounds. In colonial times the rebus puzzle letter came into fashion and the tradition was passed down from one generation to the next through the 18th and 19th centuries. Now you can learn the lost art of rebus writing! Writing kit $15.00
Early American Scrabble! The ABC Dice Game makes learning fun! Throw the dice and create words with this centuries old spelling game. $15.00 
Early American children often fashioned toys and dolls out of everyday household items. Our colonail Spoon Doll Kit
will take you back to a simpler
time. A great educationl and fun
toy! $8.00 
Our black and white Memorial Continental Hall note cards offer a great way to keep in touch with friends and family. A brief history of the building is on the back of each card. Package of eight for $7.50.
Our Memorial Continental Hall note card of a full color reproduction of Edward Pearce Casey (the architect) watercolor painting. $1.85 each. (If you want them packaged for use as a gift, just tell us how many you want and we will do them up with a pretty ribbon to make a "package.") 
Our
Memorial Continental Hall
lipstick mirror looks great just
about anywhere! It's slender shape
makes it the perfect addition to a
bathroom or entry foyer. It also makes a
great gift for the person who has
everything! $25.00
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