Take a trip to museum Web sites for ideas

WASHINGTON POST
While your neighbors battle for parking spaces at the shopping center, turn a trip to your favorite museum Web sites into a holiday gift solution.
UNational Air and Space Museum at www.nasm.si.edu:
Painted metal "Astronaut Crossing" sign by Atlas Screen Printing, $14; NASA chess set by Big League Promotion, $30; blue miniature plastic V biplane, $5, and aluminum airplane clock by Authentic Models, $40; assorted marbles, $5 per miniature bag; children's nylon flight jacket by Edmo, $58.
UFreer Gallery of Art at www.asia.-si.edu or separate retail site at www.freersacklershop.com:
Painted Kali goddess lunchbox by Accoutrements, $13.95; gold-and-coral necklace by Alice Kuo, $1,720; gold brooch by Geeta Jewelers, $1,540; cotton pajama set with geisha pattern by The Cat's Pajamas, $80; yellow silk handkerchief by the Institute for Khmer Traditional Textiles, $55 for a set of six, all at the Sackler Gallery shop; small hand-painted Yaobian vase, $27; pearl-and-topaz necklace by Sheba Gallery, $550, at the Freer Gallery shop.
UNational Museum of the American Indian at www.nmai.si.edu:
Royal blue hand-sewn Mola applique decorative pillow, $65, and small embroidered butterfly Christmas ornament, $8, both by Kuna Women of Panama; brown leather buffalo ceremonial rattle with decorative beading and feathers by artist Larry Cly, $45; hand-painted Navajo folk art bird figurine by artist Paulete A. Begaye, $32; box containing an 8-ounce package of Northwest smoked salmon from the Quinault tribe, $45 to $60.
UInternational Spy Museum at www.spymuseum.org:
International Spy Museum Handbook of Practical Spying by Peter Earnest and Jack Barth (National Geographic), $14.95; metal handcuff cufflinks, $20 per set; Bond Girls Are Forever: The Women of James Bond, by Maryam d'Abo and John Cork (Harry N. Abrams), $40; "Secret Agent Spy Kit," including markers, magnifying glass and reverse-sight sunglasses, $14.95; plastic lipstick ballpoint pen, $5; rubber ink stamps that say "Eyes Only," "Sensitive Information" and "Classified," $6 each.
UHirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden www.hirshhorn.si.edu:
Artist Andrew Galvin's cobalt blue blown-glass picture frame by Galvin Glass Works, $76; 45-piece plastic toy building blocks set by Zolo-a-go-go, $40; multicolor coin purse by Decor Craft Inc., $6; red seat-belt purse by Harveys, $85; red "liquid" quartz watch by Heights Product Group, $45; orange blown-glass vase by artist Michael Sosin, $72.
UNational Museum of Natural History at www.mnh.si.edu:
Miniature Chilean panpipe by Pyramid Imports, $6; plush triceratops by Wildlife Artists, $24; children's plastic butterfly collector's case by Safari Ltd., $12; plastic chameleon squeeze toy by K & amp;M International Inc., $6; traditional cotton doll from Peru by Don Barco, $9; hand-painted Peruvian ceramic vase by the Nahuatl tribe, $35; hand-painted wooden ceremonial mask from Guatemala by Guatemalan Travellers, $60.
UNational Gallery of Art at www.-nga.gov:
The Christmas Almanac, edited by Natasha Tabori Fried and Lena Tabori (Welcome Books), $24.95; orange suede sketch pad and pencil set by Tigo Enterprises, $30; Robert de Vaugondy-inspired papier-mache globe, $10; multicolor acrylic- cube necklace with silver-plated trim by Rosselini, $125; hand-painted crystal vase with calla lily pattern by Archelan, $395.