Archipelago

I love this little gift shop! It’s full of local made items from different artists, and you’ll notice that each section has “About the Artist” cards describing the inspiration behind the art or product. A portion of each purchase also goes back to supporting local artists in Maine. Archipelago also has a selection of all-natural local cosmetics, cleansers, and lotions. I picked up a few items to test and I’ve loved them so far!

I arrived just after closing time (4 pm) but snapped this picture of lampshades I make topping off lamps by Lou Charlett and Lyn Curran. A beautiful shop!

I love this shop! It's always great to shop for a cause and the local artists and crafts-people who's work is here is amazing! The Island Institute in am amazing organizing and I am always so happy to support them!

Interesting Art gallery shop with works by Maine artists. Most of the paintings were several hundred dollars. I bought a wooden bird ornament and a cloth Nordic Tomte (garden gnome)

This is a special store! One of a kind hand made gifts from Maine, original art work and helpful sales people.

The things in there are really nice and a great place to get a gift!

Outstanding art and crafts, all made in Maine. Well worth a visit.

Very nice gift shop containing work of local artists and artisans but quite expensive

We again included this craft shop/gallery on our walking tour of Rockland. The current exhibition was "Visions - Maine's Coastal Edges" that featured the paintings of Kaitlyn Miller and Anne Stuer plus the clay relief sculptures of Randy Fein.

Best high end made in Maine store. Excellent selection of Maine made crafts and merchandise. All sales benefit the Island Institute. Great cause. Beautiful store with some of the nicest gifts and crafts from Maine. All of their items are high end and just the pick of the litter. I especially liked the hand blown glass lobster floats. They were awesome. Wonderful selection of Maine books and children's books, as well as stationery. Some clothes and belts and sea bags by various Maine companies. Just wonderful local Maine goods for sale in a nice atmosphere for a great cause.

The staff. The staff push you out of the way repeatedly to get to something, several times after you move to avoid being in their way, after you've been in the place for about 90 seconds. They seemed to be huffy because you are IN their store. The facial expressions in this place suggest something bad has happened. There might be an unstated territorial spatial arrangement within the culture of the store, but I was just looking at some wall hangings. I do apologize for looking at items in the store that you were thinking of selling; I promise I will never do this again. The quality of the crafts is rustic-cheesy to good, somewhat overpriced, like at the crafts store at the rest stop off the Maine turnpike near Gardiner, but the staff is rude. A better place to look for higher quality crafts would be Full Circle Artisans in Cornish, but that's a world away.

A truly special place, filled with rare and carefully designed Maine made products. This non-profit supports hundreds of artists and their communities. The products and staff have humbling stories to share. Add meaning to your shopping! Go visit and support their mission and end up with world-class, unbeatable art, decor and wearing accessories!