8 Best Shopping in Block Island, Rhode Island

The adjoining 1661 Farm supplies wool from its alpacas, llamas, yaks, and sheep for North Light artisans to make beautiful yarns, clothing, and blankets. Classes are offered in knitting, crochet, and felting—and you can also tour the Micro Yarn Mill where the yarns are made.

You can pick up handmade pendants, rings, earrings, and bracelets with maritime (and Block Island) themes at this jewelry store.

Books about Block Island history are a specialty of this shop, which also has a good selection of fiction and nonfiction for rainy day or beach reading on vacation. There are also art supplies and classes for adults.

This gallery specializes in the work of local and regional artists: photographs, sculptures, ceramics, and contemporary American paintings, often with coastal themes. Works from more than 30 artists are on display at the gallery overlooking Old Harbor from the second floor of the Post Office building.

The owner of this collection of home accessories is an interior designer who blends old with new to colorful but harmonious effect.

Malcolm Greenaway has taken magnificent photographs of Block Island places and scenes since moving here in 1974. In his Water Street gallery, he sells prints in various sizes—print only, matted, or matted and framed. Come in and meet the artist himself: he's usually around when the shop is open.

This shop carries jewelry, crafts like handmade quilts and pillows, and gifts.

The gallery, located in a renovated horse barn for nearly 40 years, exhibits paintings, photographs, pottery, and jewelry by island artists and artisans. The rustic gallery also serves as a community arts center, hosting artist openings, art classes, movie screenings, and lectures.