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     Places to Shop


         Faneuil Hall
                                  Yankee Candle Village
     1                        6
         Marketplace
                                  MAP C2  •  Rtes 5 & 10,
     MAP X3  •  Boston        South Deerfield
     North and South Markets boast   The leading US producer of scented
     dozens of boutiques and specialty   candles offers the world’s largest
     shops. Quincy Market has the city’s   candle selection, home furnishings,
     best food court, as well as more than   food, entertainment, all-year
     40 pushcart vendors selling largely   Christmas shopping, and a candle-
     local wares.             making museum.
         deCordova I Store
                                      Sandwich Glass
     2                            7
                                      Museum
         MAP F2  •  51 Sandy
     Pond Rd, Lincoln             MAP G4  •  129 Main St,
     Contemporary art, mostly     Sandwich
     by New England artists, is    The museum shop carries
     the focus of deCordova       faithful reproductions of
     Sculpture Park and Museum.    historic pressed glass from
     The store at the museum        Sandwich, an extensive line
     matches that spirit with       of American art glass, and
     a range of art supplies,       blown glass from the
     jewelry, wearable art, and     museum’s own on-site
     inventive educational toys.    glassblowing studio.
                                        Essex
         Fuller Craft
     3                              8
         Museum
                                        MAP G2
     MAP F3  •  455 Oak St,         More than 30 antiques
     Brockton                        shops do business in
     This premier museum of   Sandwich Glass   this historic North Shore
     fine art in craft media   Museum  community. Keep an eye
     carries an extensive            out to find nautical arti-
     selection of artists’ jewelry, which is   facts, Chinese export porcelain,
     displayed alongside work in glass,   18th- and 19th-century furniture,
     ceramic, fiber, and wood.   and excellent oil paintings.
                                  Provincetown
         Wrentham Village
     4                        9
         Premium Outlets
                                  MAP H3
     MAP F3  •  1 Premium Outlets    In summer, Friday is “gallery night”
     Blvd, Wrentham           in Provincetown. Galleries along
     Bargain hunters from all over New   Commercial Street set out wine and
     England converge on this mall just   cheese to lure prospective buyers.
     off I-495, where 170 stores are
                                  Paradise City Arts
     dedicated to designer apparel    0
     and upscale housewares.      Festivals
                              MAP C3  •  Rte 9 and Old Ferry Rd,
         Rocky Neck Art Colony
     5                        Northampton
                              Two of the largest gatherings of crafts
         MAP G2
     It is not difficult to see why this rocky   artists and designers in New England
     penin sula is such an inspiration to   take place over Memorial Day
     artists. You can walk from cottage to   (late May) and Columbus Day (mid-
     cottage to see (and buy) paintings   October) weekends at the Three-
     created by resident painters that   County Fairgrounds in Northampton,
     belong to one of the oldest operating   an excellent opportunity to explore
     art colonies in America.   and buy local crafts.
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