Science Gifts - On-line Catalogs

A collection of links to on-line catalogs of gifts with a science theme. I've mentioned here just a few items from each, there are more at each site. These are not affiliated in any way with me or with Columbia University.

Non profit organizations:

• The Big Idea, from the Museum of Science and Industry in Chicago. Idea Factory toys that explore concepts of physics.
• Exploratorium Store, San Francisco. Hoberman spheres, Zoobs, Izzi puzzles, Exploratorium cookbooks.
• Harvard Museum of Natural History - Museum Shops .  Books, t-shirts.
• Lawrence Hall of Science Store . Butterfly garden, Lizards of MC Escher foam puzzle, robotics kits. 
• Made with Molecules Serotonin necklace for when you're feeling happy, glucose onesies for a baby sweet as sugar.
• The MIT Museum Shop's Online Catalog.   Periodic table t-shirts, robots, and, of course, slide rules...in their original 1960's packaging.
• Museum of Science, Boston, Museum Shop.  Build models of flying machines from the designs of Leonardo Da Vinci.
• The Otter's Trove.  This playful mammal appears on all items here.  Proceeds support educational and conservation efforts of Friends of the Sea Otters.
• Peabody Museum of Natural History, Museum Shop , at Yale University.  Six-foot color murals depicting The Age of Reptiles, The Age of Mammals
• The Science Store.  Lots of stuff for kids. Proceeds support the Oregon Museum of Science & Industry.
• SETI League Own the mesh from the radio telescope that detected an unusual signal in the Search for Extra-Terrestrial Intelligence, mentioned on The X-Files.
• Smithsonian On-line Catalog.   Levitron anti-gravity top, singing birds clock, crystal growing kit.    Benefits Smithsonian Institution.
• Southwestern Research Station - American Museum of Natural History T shirts
• Space Shop at Kennedy Space Center.  Build your own shuttle, and other stuff with the NASA logo.
• McDonald Observatory Giftshop.   Photos of Comet Hale-Bopp.
• The Tech Museum Online Store from the Tech Museum of Innovation, in Silicon Valley.  Intel earrings, high-tech neckties, and Intel Bunny People ("the Beanie Babies for the cyber-savvy").
• Virginia Air & Space Center - Museum Store. Teddy bear in space suit.
• Wildlife Conservation Society - Gift Shop. The stuffed animals here include the West Indian manatee and proboscis monkey. Benefits conservation research in Africa.

Commercial sites:

• American Science and Surplus .  An odd-job lot, with slime & ooze kits, lampless lava, hatching cockroaches, and other unusual things that you never knew existed, let alone that you didn't need them.
• Anatomical Chart Company. Anatomical novelty items include lumbar mugs, chocolate brains, DNA ties, and hypodermic pens. (You need the most recent browser to view this site.)
• Discover This Educational science gifts for children, allows browsing by age and price.
• Discovery Store
• Edmund Scientific Over 500 of the most popular products from their Scientifics catalog.
• Infectious Awareables. Ties, scarves with images of infectious agents.
• Lego Mindstorms lets you build robots and extratarrestrial creatures and program them to move.
• National Geographic Store. Weather station, sextant, glow-in-the-dark compass.
• NOVA Online Shop.Books, videos, curiosity kits.
• Scientific American Marketplace.   Fractal jigsaw puzzles.
• Science Stuff
• Star Magic
• Whatdidyoubringme!? Natural history t-shirts, ties, books, pens, magnets.

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