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Your Pop Culture Gift Guide
With the holiday season rockin’ around the clock, we thought we’d make your shopping easier with a Pop Culture Gift Guide!
We’re talking 3 golden ways to give plus “How did you know?!” fan-favorite merch, so scroll on, shop now, and kick back.
Gift of MoPOP
Shopping for a true pop culture lover? Give them an entire year of awesome museum access with their very own MoPOP membership! Comes with guest passes, early access to new shows, discounts at the MoPOP Shop and Culture Kitchen, and plenty more. Family packages available!
Gift from MoPOP
Did you know you can visit the MoPOP Shop without a ticket? Just stroll through our doors and shop the rad curated selection of music, movies, gaming, and fandom memorabilia. Not sure what to choose? Our themed gift baskets have done your shopping for you:
- Baby Box (Urban Babies Wear Black Book / King Kong Plush / Guitar Onesie)
- Nirvana (Kurt Cobain T-shirt / Guitar Ornament / Keyboard Magnet)
- Hip-Hop (Death Row 2-Pack Socks / Death Row Hat / Wu Tang Wallet / Grandmaster Flash Magnet / Tupac Funko Pop / 50th Anniversary Hip-Hop Mug)
- Mystery Box (All the pop culture, all the mystery, all for that one person who’s impossible to shop for.)
Gift to MoPOP
Pop culture has the ability to bring people together through the awesome power of shared enthusiasm, and we at MoPOP are dedicated to celebrating and strengthening those vital connections.
Make a gift today in the name of your favorite fan or fandom and enjoy the glow of knowing you’re supporting the life-changing power of creative expression right here in Seattle and across the globe.
Support Our Friends!
- Volunteer with Seattle Humane
It’s helping! It’s hanging out with adorable animals! It’s win-win! What a great day. - Siff Cinema Uptown
We bring the pop; they bring the cinema. Dive into Uptown’s packed calendar for big-screen classics, indie shorts, foreign films, and special events you won’t find anywhere else. - Nook & Cranny Books
Choosing books to gift can be an uphill challenge, but trust us, if it’s at Nook & Cranny, you should buy it. This recent addition to Seattle’s indie bookstore scene boasts a fabulously curated range for readers of all ages plus local crafts, author events, rotating artists in residence, monthly subscription boxes, and one of the prettiest, easiest-to-use websites around. - Push/Pull
Love underground art? Comics? Community? How about cooperatively run underground art and comics stores that also offer supplies, classes, and community events? Hey, perfect! - Retro Emporium
Nostalgic for the toys and games of your past? You’ll find plenty of them here, plus so many more you didn’t know you desperately needed. A must-visit shrine for gaming nerds. - Spin Cycle Records Movies and Games
They call it Vinyl Heaven, and they’re not wrong! Stop in to discover your next lucky find, long-lost treasure, or brand-new favorite, then dig into the movies, games, and consoles and go home happier than a needle in a groove.
One Last Thing
Not to be that museum, but we recently fancied up our website and you should totally check out all the community events • camps and classes • new exhibitions • opening parties • closing parties • and free online archives we’ve got on there for you. Resources? Check. Entertainment? Check. Your friends and neighbors having a great time? Check.
Basically: We like you. Get in on all this fun stuff.