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Peabody and Agassiz museum shops At different ends of the same building, these are attached to the Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology and the Harvard Museum of Natural History (Agassiz shop). The Peabody has a wide-ranging selection of arts and crafts; the Agassiz has gifts for the earthy set - geodes, crystals, and rubber snakes. MORE INFORMATION Peabody museum shop Location: 11 Divinity Ave., Cambridge Phone: 617-495-2249 Hours: Mon.-Sat., 10 a.m.-5 p.m.; Sun., 1-5 p.m. Get directions Agassiz museum shop Location: 26 Oxford St., Cambridge Phone: 617-495-4473 Hours: Mon.-Fri., 9 a.m.-5 p.m.; Sat., 10 a.m.-5 p.m.; Sun., 1-5 p.m. Get directions High end: A pot fashioned by the Shipibo people of Peru - either as a funerary pot in which the deceased would be placed in a fetal position or as a cauldron for brewing beer - goes for $2,100; a giant, sparkling amethyst geode sells for $595 at the Agassiz. Low end: A scorpion yo-yo with a real scorpion inside ($10.95); complete kits to make chocolate and chewing gum ($10.95), all at the Agassiz. Red dragonflies, spiders, and lizards made from recycled tin, $9 at the Peabody. Hands-on: The Peabody Shop has kits that will help you and your child make crafts like a Hopi Indian-style blanket, Pueblo pottery and beaded masks, Eskimo art and igloos, a Plains Indian tipi, and a Native American sand painting. Appropriate for middle-school age and up, they run $19 to $24.95. Permanent beauty: Safari, Ltd. makes impressive collectibles in series such as the Vanishing Wild, Monterey Bay Aquarium, Smithsonian Institute (for insects), and Carnegie Institute (for dinosaurs). They're currently modeling a new dinosaur on the Kronosaurus skeleton in the natural history museum. All are at the Agassiz and range from $3.95 to $35.

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